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Football: North Carolina latest to offer Parker

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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Pretty soon it’s going to be easier to give a list of schools that haven’t offered scholarships to Narbonne safety Sean Parker than those that have.

North Carolina became the latest to hop on the Parker bandwagon, extending a scholarship offer, said Gauchos assistant coach Byron Moore. That’s 27 schools that have offered scholarships, for those keeping tally. Tar Heels coaches flew across the country to watch Parker practice and review tape of his last two seasons.

North Carolina is an intriguing possibility because it is a strong academic institution and Parker has a 3.8 grade-point average. The Tar Heels also play in Keenan Stadium, one of the most picturesque settings for college football. I know because I grew up in nearby Raleigh, N.C., and attended dozens of games there in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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