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Cross-country trip awaits Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL — In the estimation of coach Larry Fedora, the North Carolina football team has come a long way since the start of preseason camp less than a month ago. But that’s not nearly […]
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New redshirt rule has local coaches, players excited
Duke quarterback Daniel Jones redshirted his first year in Durham, getting to learn the system in a relatively low-pressure environment. That all changed the following year. Jones entered fall camp expecting to ease into the […]
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Suspensions a misstep UNC hopes it can overcome
CHAPEL HILL — The other shoe dropped on the North Carolina football program Monday. Literally. With the suspension of 13 players for their part in selling school-issued athletic shoes, including quarterback Chazz Surratt and both […]
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UNC’s Carney accepts responsibility for ‘wrong decision’
CHAPEL HILL — Thirteen North Carolina football players were suspended Monday for the NCAA violations they committed by selling their school-issued athletic shoes last spring. Only one, Malik Carney, made himself available to the media […]
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Surratt, defensive ends among UNC football suspensions
CHAPEL HILL — A year after playing most of the 2017 season with a roster depleted by an epidemic of injuries, the North Carolina football team will begin the new season equally as shorthanded. Only […]
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Tar Heels hoping to apply lessons learned from ’17
CHARLOTTE — If there’s a silver lining to the dark cloud that hovered over the North Carolina football team during an injury-riddled 2017 season, defensive tackle Aaron Crawford said it’s the lessons he and his […]
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ACC Kickoff notes, Day 2
CHARLOTTE — Former Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien had a knack for trolling rival North Carolina during his tenure at State, which included five straight wins against the Tar Heels at one point, so there’s no telling […]
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UNC self-reports secondary NCAA violations involving sale of athletic gear
CHARLOTTE — It hasn’t been a good day for the North Carolina football program. Only hours after coach Larry Fedora caused a stir at the ACC’s annual preseason media event with some controversial comments about […]
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Fedora disputes football link to CTE, says sport is ‘under attack’
CHARLOTTE — It started with a question about rule changes and the greater emphasis being placed on player safety in football these days. And Larry Fedora took off from there. Before he was through, the […]
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The State of football recruiting in North Carolina
NC State coach Dave Doeren got commitments from 10 players in June, and another three in early July. When the dust settled, 13 of the top 50 prospects in the state donned a Wolfpack cap. […]