The departure of “one of our own” Jacob Ramsey from Aston Villa to Newcastle United is “sad”, says former Villans boss Dean ...

Former Aston Villa boss Dean Smith would love to reunite with Jack Grealish at Charlotte FC, but it seems the England star has his heart set on extending his Premier League career ...

FILE - In an Oct. 9, 1997 file photo, North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith smiles during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C.,where he announced his retirement.

Dean Smith, who passed away at the age of 83 on Sunday, won 879 basketball games, two national championships, made 11 Final Fours, coached 24 first round NBA Draft picks, among countless other ...

Growing Up, 1931-49: "Mother called him Christopher Columbus" Dean Edwards Smith was born on Feb. 28, 1931, in the east Kansas railroad town of Emporia, the only son of devout Baptist schoolteachers.

Dean Smith was a spiritual man, and there is no doubt if he had any say in the matter, this escape would have come long ago.

One night in 1965, when Dean Smith was still a 30-something basketball technocrat trying to justify his post as successor to the magisterial Frank McGuire, his Tar Heels returned to campus from a ...

Dean Smith’s first face-to-face meeting with a potential new signing is crucial. He’s looking for a few simple traits: a man who can hold a conversation, asks questions and absorbs ideas.

Legendary North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith died this weekend at the age of 83. Rather than repeat the honorifics about Smith's unbelievable career, here are some numbers that accomplish ...

Smith, who died Sunday three weeks shy of his 84th birthday, had faded from the college basketball scene since retiring in 1997 and as his health failed the last few years. He was a quiet coach, a ...