Special: Larry Keith Interview - Touch 'Em All, Dean Smith Stories

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🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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"Touch 'Em All: My Life and Career at Sports Illustrated" is Keith's memoir, which is not about a single legendary athlete or championship team. It's about an accomplished writer and editor who chronicled legendary athletes and championship teams for more than three decades. Inside Carolina’s Tommy Ashley spoke with Keith about his journeys, the stories and memories that shaped his illustrious career as a witness to those icons. **Call to Action:** **Subscribe:** Follow 'Inside Carolina' wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode! **Review:** Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help us reach more Tar Heel fans! **Visit:** Explore http://www.InsideCarolina.com for breaking news, recruiting updates, and expert commentary on all things UNC sports. This show is brought to you by Inside Carolina, the No. 1 site for UNC sports coverage and community. Visit http://www.InsideCarolina.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to a special Inside Carolina podcast. We're always sponsored by Johnny T-shirt.
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0:31.1	We need to support fans inside Carolina readers and watchers.
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0:38.4	Today I'm talking to Larry Keith, author of Touch them All, my life and career at Sports
0:43.8	Illustrated. Larry is a Carolina guy through and through. He started at UNC Charlotte,
0:49.2	moved up to Carolina or moved on to UNC, worked for the Daily Tar Hill right out of the gate when he got
0:55.5	in Chapel Hill, had the opportunity to cover those legendary Dean Smith teams of the late 60s
1:00.7	and had a wonderful career at Sports Illustrated. So I got an opportunity to sit down and talk to him.
1:07.1	I hope I do it justice. You tell us, you tell me after the fact, but stand by for Touch them all, my life and career at Sports Illustrated with Larry Keith.
1:38.3	I'm Tommy Ashley.
1:39.4	We're always sponsored by a Johnny T-shirt and Johnny T-shirt.com.
1:43.0	The reason this is a special show is because
1:45.8	the man on the screen with me larry keith if you do not know who larry keith you're going to learn
1:52.1	about larry keith over the next little while that we talk but larry is a carolina guy through
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