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Bill Belichick made bizarre Jordon Hudson email request to North Carolina comms staffer
Jordon Hudson might be more acutely aware of Bill Belichick’s dealings in North Carolina than previously realized after a Freedom of Information Act request revealed an email where the famed football coach asked a UNC communications staffer to include his 23-year-old girlfriend on emails sent his way.
The emails were uncovered while reporters from Axios and The Assembly were working on a joint story about the increase in budget for the University of North Carolina after Belichick’s arrival at the program.
One email that The Assembly reporter Matt Hartman shared on social media showed a request that Belichick sent to Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs and Strategic Communications Robbi Pickeral Evans.
The email appeared to be regarding football social media posts for Dec. 16, as per the subject line.
“Robbi, Thank you for the e-mail,” Belichick wrote. “I am including Jordon on this email so she can also keep up with our postings. Can you include her on anything you send to me? Thank you. BB.”
Hartman said in a second post that other emails showed Hudson getting copied on messages regarding whether to accept interview requests.
Belichick and Hudson’s relationship has made plenty of headlines since it became public knowledge last June.
The 49-year age gap has certainly raised eyebrows, though sources close to the couple have told Page Six that the relationship is the real deal and that Belichick and Hudson have “definitely discussed marriage.”
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The emails give some credence to a report from Pablo Torre last month that said Hudson was the coach’s “de facto agent.”
The FOIA request also revealed the reactions — both good and bad — from Tar Heels alumni over Belichick’s hiring and the massive volume of media requests UNC had received.
According to The Assembly’s higher education newsletter, “The Quad,” UNC saw one alum promise to “make an incremental 6 figure donation the day he is announced,” while others expressed concern about Belichick’s controversies in the NFL and the age gap between him and his girlfriend.
In one humorous email, a concerned alum sent a link to an article from the Babylon Bee — a satirical news site — asking whether a headline about Belichick accepting the job on the condition he could live in his girlfriend’s dorm was real.
“They can’t think this is real, right?” one UNC staffer wrote to another about the inquiry.
Friends and family members gathered in Washington state on Saturday, remembering former Miss North Carolina Carrie Everett, who died on Easter Sunday. Another memorial service is planned in North Carolina next month.
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Virginia 3, North Carolina 0 | First Quarter
Virginia 3, North Carolina 0 | Q1 8:19
After a faceoff win by Henry Metz, Brendan Millon finds Truitt Sunderland to give the Hoos a 3-0 lead. Timeout North Carolina.
Virginia 2, North Carolina 0 | Q1 9:00
Brendan Millon gets the scoring started for the Cavaliers with a question mark style goal. On the defensive end, Jake Marek opens the game with three early saves with his third save setting up a transition goal by Tommy Snyder.
Virginia vs North Carolina pregame notes
UVA owns a 59-33 advantage since the series began in 1938.
The 59 wins are UVA’s most against any opponent in program history (followed by 51 against Duke).
In Chapel Hill last year, the Tar Heels defeated the Cavaliers 18-9, snapping UVA’s six-game series win streak.
UVA has won nine of the last 11 meetings, dating back to 2018.
The Hoos have won the last two meetings with Carolina at Klöckner Stadium, 11-4 in 2022 and 14-6 in 2024.
The Tar Heels’ four goals in 2022 marked the fewest goals in a game under Joe Breschi, who was named UNC’s head coach in 2006.
The last time the Tar Heels knocked off the Cavaliers at Klöckner was a 16-13 decision during the first of three games between the two teams in 2021.
Later that year, UVA claimed back-to-back meetings against the Heels, including in the NCAA semifinals on the way to capturing the 2021 national title over Maryland.
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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Fire crews are responding to a brush fire near Howard Gap Road in Hendersonville on Friday evening.
The fire is across the street from the Ebenezer Baptist Church and near the Highlands Square Shopping Center.
Henderson County Fire Marshal Glen Gillette said crews are fighting “blowdown from Helene.”
NEW WILDFIRES IGNITE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOREST AMID WORSENING DROUGHT
Around 11 p.m., the fire appears larger than it did an hour ago because crews are backburning, which refers to using fire to help control the wildfire.
Dana Fire Department Chief Jimmy Womack said that what was a 3-acre fire an hour ago will be an 8-acre fire due to back burning. He said the fire is 80% contained.
Womack said the cause of the fire is unknown, but one of the conditions contributing to the blaze is the Helene blowdown.
“There’s a lot of blowdown in these woods behind us. That’s what creates most of the problem,” said Womack.
Womack said there has been no property damage and no injuries have been reported for this fire in the woods that 24 personnel are fighting. They got the call to arrive at 6:05 p.m.
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Dana Fire and Rescue and Henderson County Fire Department are supporting the U.S. Forest Service with this fire.
Glen said no structures are threatened at this time and Howard Gap Road is closed.
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This story will be updated as new information is discovered.
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