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Records unimportant in NC State-UNC rivalry
RALEIGH — A season that stood on the verge of being special is now teetering on the brink of becoming a disappointment for the NC State football team. A season that was once headed for […]
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UNC, Duke to spend Thanksgiving in Nike showcase
North Carolina and Duke will spend Thanksgiving week at one of the most exciting holiday basketball tournaments in recent memory. The two ACC powers are among 16 teams converging on Portland, Ore., in a celebration […]
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UNC blasts Western Carolina to win second straight
Quarterback Nathan Elliott, in his first home start, threw four touchdown passes as North Carolina trounced Western Carolina 65-10 in Saturday’s nonconference game at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. North Carolina scored three touchdowns in […]
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UNC gives AD Cunningham six-year contract extension
Bubba Cunningham successfully steered North Carolina’s scandal-ridden athletic department through a prolonged NCAA investigation while at the same time overseeing a period of facility expansion and competitive success. Friday, he was rewarded with a new […]
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Tar Heels’ Elliott making most of his chance
CHAPEL HILL — Nathan Elliott didn’t exactly win North Carolina’s starting quarterback job. It fell to him by default after the two players ahead of him on the depth chart, Chazz Surratt and Brandon Harris, […]
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UNC’s Maye, Duke’s Bagley first to earn ACC hoop honors this season
Luke Maye and Marvin Bagley III have little in common as basketball players. One is a former walk-on who burst into national prominence by making a game-winning shot against Kentucky in last year’s NCAA tournament. […]
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Ratliff-Williams does it all as UNC edges Pitt
North Carolina wide receiver Anthony Ratliff-Williams returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, threw a touchdown pass and caught the game-winning score as the Tar Heels finally earned their first conference victory of the season, beating host Pittsburgh […]
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College Football Previews: After winless week, N.C. schools look to bounce back
North Carolina at Pittsburgh Heinz Field, Pittsburgh | Thursday, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN Preview: The Tar Heels look to end a seven-game losing streak against an opponent they’ve beaten all four times since the Panthers joined […]
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Duke, UNC lead the way in NC basketball
North Carolina boasts both the NCAA defending champions and the 2017-18 season’s preseason No. 1. It’s no surprise to see the former, UNC, and the latter, Duke at the top of the heap, but each […]
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Former UNC runner Flanagan scores stunning victory in NYC marathon
Shalane Flanagan, a cross country star at UNC in the early 2000s, became the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years when she claimed a dominant victory over Kenyan three-times champion […]