Certainly, the more all-star games, the more difficult it is. If you weren’t associated with a shoe company, I think you’d have a difficult time.

North Carolina is fifth in the country in getting other states’ retirees.

It’s the new economic development. This freight train is just a few steps from our doorstep now. The oldest boomers (this week) will be turning 60. That’s the tip of the iceberg. As more and...

This is as good a collection of players as I can remember.

It’s working out. The talent’s great. The kids are great. Adidas is good about making sure the best interests of the Derby Festival Classic always come first. They haven’t strong-armed us in any way.

This is perhaps the first generation of minorities that have a full and equal shot at the American Dream. Certainly more black Americans have gone into the middle class over the last 20 years than...

They are good residents with money to spend.