Ryan McGeeMay 29, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close
Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Multiple Authors CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Erik Paulsen Jr. wants us to know about his dad. The UNC Tar Heels first baseman’s father died less than 11 months ago. Anyone who has ever lost a loved one knows that during every single day of that first trip through the calendar without them — the first ro…
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