frank maguire was the coach at the time and frank maguire was a real fashion plate out of new york city wanted to jazz up the uniforms, so he put red trim in and people were surprised. through the years, there is not much red in the carolina basketball uniforms. that is the color of one of our big rivals, nc state, so now our uniforms are blue-and-white and that is it. the blue and white came out of a couple literary societies at unc in the 1800's and one's colors were white and one's colors were blue, so that is how it came about. north carolina basketball took off in the 1940's and 1950's and has become the top program in all of college sports not just basketball. carolina basketball is a marquee program both in the atlantic coast conference and across the country. basketball has changed across the years and certainly the biggest change is with integration. back in 1910 it was all white teams. the first black basketball player in north carolina were charlie scott in 1966. he became a great player in the nba and is also a hall of famer. we've had tremendous former black players. james

frank maguire was -- he wanted to jazz up the uniforms a bit. put a little bit of a red trim in their. people were really surprised, because obviously through the years, there is not much red and the carolina basketball uniforms. that is the color of one of the rivals and see state, so now the uniforms are blue and white. and that's it. but the blue and white came out way back when and there were a couple of literary societies at the un sea in the 1800s and one colors for white and one color is for blue, and how is how the university of north carolina was called light blue and white. basketball really took off in the forties and fifties. it has become one of the most top programs in all of the sports, not just basketball. basketball is one of those marquee programs. both in the atlantic coast conference and across the country. college basketball has really changed over the years. probably the biggest change is with immigration. back in 1910, it was an all white team. the first black basketball was charlie scott. he became a great player of the n

let's speak now to frank maguire, a parent whose 16—year—old son is back at school today, and joni mcsorleyhat. so, on the one hand or delighted, that way. but still obviously keeping one eye on the covid—19 and all of that, and hoping that, as this is an important year for all of that, and hoping that, as this is an important yearfor him, with his gcses, that it will all hopefully run smoothly. how would you describe the impact of lockdown on him, and has he been able to do much online schooling? the lockdown obviously, when it came there was a virtual online streaming with the school which he adapted quite quickly to, and was able to complete his final study that way. however, as it was his gcse module year, at the front of his mind straightaway was, what was going to happen with his results later on for this year? and it materialised that no results we re and it materialised that no results were given for the gcse modules. so, it's a big year, it is a big year for him this year. it is all going to be compiled into one year for the gcses now. and we're keen to see how thatis gcses now. an

maguire. it's at 9.30pm tonight on the bbc news channel. chelsea's manager frankil centre—back. thiago silva on a free transfer — one—year deal after leaving paris saint germain. the 35 year old will link up with england left—back ben chilwell, who signed from leicester on wednesday. us sport continues to be disrupted as more playersjoin the boycott to protest over the police shooting ofjacob blake. in the game between the new york mets and miami marlins — both teams took off their caps for a moment of silence, before walking off the field, leaving behind a black lives matter t—shirt. basketball‘s nba's play—offs and football and ice hockey matches have also been postponed. the american football season doesn't start for another fortnight — and is in full practice mode, but the tennessee titans cancelled their latest session in solidarity. we had a meeting with the entire tea m we had a meeting with the entire team and be felt as players and an entire organisation that it was right to not practice today. we felt that with all the recent events happening in our coun