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July 3, 2025

Kenny Williams

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Former players, friends react to ‘end of an era’ of UNC basketball

April 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Shammond Williams, like virtually everyone else when they first saw the news Thursday, thought it was an April Fools’ gag. But when the former North Carolina basketball star realized that coach Roy […]

Sports

NBA picks, free agents look to make impression

July 10, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Call it the Pelican brief. No, not that 1990s movie starring Julia Roberts. Rather, it’s a phrase that sums up Zion Williamson’s first experience as a professional basketball player. The first overall draft pick from […]

Sports

Duke, Carolina combine for half-dozen NBA 1st-round picks

June 26, 2019 Brett Friedlander

For the players from North Carolina schools, last week’s NBA Draft followed a similar pattern to the college basketball season they recently finished. Duke dominated the headlines by having three players taken in the first […]

Sports

NBA hopefuls prepare for draft at Chicago Combine

May 15, 2019 Shawn Krest

The NBA Draft Combine begins Wednesday in Chicago, with interviews and player testing. Later in the week, NBA hopefuls will participate in drills and scrimmages, hoping to impress pro scouts prior to next month’s draft. […]

Sports

UNC has big holes to fill next season

April 3, 2019 Brett Friedlander

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The body language of the players on the court suggested that North Carolina was a beaten team several minutes before coach Roy Williams finally raised the white flag and removed his […]

Sports

Auburn 3-pointers leave Tar Heels feeling sick in Sweet 16

March 30, 2019 Brett Friedlander

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — North Carolina came into the Sweet 16 playing arguably the best basketball of anyone left in the NCAA tournament. Friday at Sprint Center, the Tar Heels ran into an opponent even […]

Sports

Nassir Little battling the flu, a game-time decision for Sweet 16

March 28, 2019 Brett Friedlander

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nassir Little’s breakthrough performances in Columbus last week appeared to give the North Carolina basketball team an explosive new element to add to an already potent lineup as it advances through […]

Sports

Plenty for UNC to be happy about in two wins

March 27, 2019 Brett Friedlander

COLUMBUS, Ohio — North Carolina came into the NCAA Tournament playing some of the best basketball in the country. It’s a trend that continued through the opening two rounds of the Midwest Region last weekend. […]

Sports

UNC beats Washington to clear second-round stumbling block

March 24, 2019 Brett Friedlander

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The North Carolina basketball team has higher goals than simply advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. But as the top-seeded Tar Heels learned so painfully a year ago, you can’t get […]

Sports

Midwest musings: A history lesson, a rivalry reunion and some second round blues

March 24, 2019 Brett Friedlander

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — No one knows better than North Carolina’s Roy Williams that in the NCAA tournament, winning is the only thing that matters. Regardless of how well your team plays.   So even though his […]

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