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April 19, 2021

Mack Brown

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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 […]

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Spring football, pro days take center stage in ACC

March 31, 2021 Shawn Krest

Football spring practice often has to live in the shadow of March Madness in the state of North Carolina. This year, however, with the hardwood season coming to a premature end for every basketball program […]

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As spring football begins, UNC locks up Mack Brown

March 24, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Division I college football programs all across the state are holding their annual spring practice with an eye on preparing for the upcoming 2021 season this fall. At North Carolina, they’re looking even farther into […]

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ACC announces 2021 football schedules

January 28, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It’s still not certain whether North Carolina’s 2021 football season will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 2 or Friday, Sept. 3. But when it does, the Tar Heels will take on Virginia Tech in Blacksburg […]

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UNC addresses backfield void with grad transfer running back

January 12, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The North Carolina football team took a major step toward filling the void left by the departure of 1,000-yard rushers Michael Carter Jr. and Javonte Williams on Tuesday by announcing the addition of graduate transfer […]

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Orange Bowl performance gives UNC plenty to build on

January 6, 2021 Shawn Krest

MIAMI — Leading up to North Carolina’s first appearance in the Orange Bowl, the focus was on the star players who wouldn’t be there. Coming out of the 41-27 loss to Texas A&M in the […]

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Bowl games provide look ahead to next season for NC teams

January 6, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The ACC went 0-for-bowl season, an inglorious achievement one television analyst referred to as a “Blutarsky,” a tribute to the 0.0 grade-point average posted by John Belushi’s character in the movie “Animal House.” North Carolina, […]

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Texas A&M tops Tar Heels in Orange Bowl

January 3, 2021 Shawn Krest

North Carolina appeared to have all the players it needed when Sam Howell found Josh Downs for a 75-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Despite missing four of its best players, all who opted […]

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Look Ahead — 2021 Player of the Year: Sam Howell could lift UNC to even greater heights

December 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

When North Carolina plays Texas A&M in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2, it will mark its first appearance in one of college football’s major postseason games since 1950. But in the estimation of Mack […]

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Tar Heels watch, wait for possible Orange Bowl berth

December 16, 2020 Shawn Krest

The last time North Carolina was headed to a major bowl game, the world was hoping to have a vaccine available soon to help fend off a disease that had ravaged society — polio. It […]

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