In 2005, longtime UNC writer Art Chansky wrote the definitive history of the UNC-Duke basketball rivalry, “Blue Blood.” Chansky, whose then-three decades of experience with the rivalry, dating back to his days with the Daily […]
The North Carolina basketball team put up some impressive offensive numbers during its recent exhibition trip to the Bahamas. Those point totals, however, weren’t the statistics that caught coach Roy Williams’ eye. The Hall of […]
Five-star center Armando Bacot revealed Thursday in a video announcement that he has selected North Carolina as the destination for his college career. Bacot chose the Tar Heels over Tobacco Road rival Duke. He is rated as […]
The NBA’s Summer League tournaments represent different things to different players. For this year’s draft picks, they’re an opportunity get acquainted with the NBA style while playing for the first time in the uniforms of […]
Plenty of area players will be watching the NBA Draft with interest on Thursday night, including several Duke Blue Devils who will be there in person at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Three months after […]
Zion Williamson, a Duke recruit regarded as one of the top high school basketball players in the nation, injured his right thumb Wednesday in the McDonald’s All American Game in Atlanta. Late in the second […]
The Old North State’s participation in college basketball’s postseason this year can be summed up with just one word. Almost. That’s almost, as in Duke almost made it to the Final Four; UNC Greensboro and […]
CHARLOTTE — Joel Berry and Theo Pinson walked slowly and quietly down a hallway from their locker room to a postgame press conference at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Sunday. It was a symbolic journey. Four […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A few minutes after UNC beat Syracuse in their opening game of the ACC Tournament on Wednesday, Roy Williams was ready to put the 78-59 game, and his team, to bed. “I […]
DURHAM — Duke’s locker room at Cameron Indoor Stadium has been the scene of plenty of halftime tongue lashings over the years. Saturday night, against a North Carolina team that had already beaten them once […]
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