Stacked rosters, dominant regular seasons and winning tournament games are all part of what makes a great college basketball coach. But in North Carolina, a state where those things are only the expectation, greatness depends […]
UNC entered the week knowing it needed another shot at Duke in order to get a spot in the NCAA field. Nothing else would get the Tar Heels off the bubble. Mission accomplished. UNC won […]
CHARLOTTE — This weekend, Charlotte FC will embark on its fourth season as a Major League Soccer club as it heads out west to face Seattle Sounders FC for a 10:30 p.m. Saturday night kickoff. […]
The NCAA first expanded the tournament to allow multiple teams from each conference starting in 1975. For the next 27 years, the University of North Carolina was in the field for every single one. As […]
When it comes to drama, the Duke-Carolina rivalry is kind of a dud. Not on the court, of course, Once the ball is tossed up and the games begin, there’s nothing in sports that tops […]
As we do each year, the North State Journal’s sports staff came up with fearless predictions for 2025. We’re not gamblers, but you can pretty much bet the farm that all of this is going […]
While this past year marked another series of disappointments for some North Carolina professional sports teams, the state’s newest pro squad managed to reel off its most successful season to date. Charlotte FC took a […]
For a 48-hour period last week, UNC Chapel Hill was the center of the college football world ― not basketball. Bill Belichick was hired to coach the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar […]
CHARLOTTE — Now at the end of its third season as a franchise, Charlotte FC is heading to the Audi Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs for the second time. Over the weekend, MLS revealed the […]
Arguably the greatest coach in the history of college athletics has said goodbye to nearly half a decade of dominance. Anson Dorrance, the long-time UNC women’s soccer head coach and 21-time NCAA national champion, announced […]
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