They came to remember Woody on Sunday at Carmichael Arena, in the place where decades ago the North Carolina students would chant his name – “Wood-Dee! … Wood-Dee!” – until he peered over his perch high above the court and acknowledged the crowd.
This was the building where Woody Durham, the longtime radio voice of the North Carolina football and basketball teams, put words to some of Dean Smith’s best teams. It’s where Durham introduced listeners around the state to the likes of Phil Ford and James Worthy and Michael Jordan.
It’s where, in 1974, Durham narrated the Tar Heels’ improbable victory against Duke.