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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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Young son makes UNC’s Sails grow up in a hurry
CHAPEL HILL — After playing sparingly as a true freshman in 2016, UNC cornerback K.J. Sails had to grow up in a hurry. On the field, Sails was asked to step into the starting lineup […]
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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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Projecting college football season with watchlists
The college football award watchlist season ended last week with the release of the preseason list for the Walter Camp Award. Over a two-week span, watchlists for 16 different awards were unveiled, honoring everything from […]
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Several NC players named to All-ACC preseason team
NC State, Wake Forest and Duke placed two players each on the preseason All-ACC team while North Carolina got one selection in voting among media attending the league’s annual Football Kickoff event in Charlotte last […]
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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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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. […]
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Make-or-break year for some NC football coaches
With temperatures hovering around the mid-90s and humidity levels following closely behind, everyone’s seat has a tendency to get a little hot this time of year in North Carolina. But for some, the heat will […]
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First round pick Jordyn Adams chooses baseball over UNC football
Jordyn Adams might be signed and sealed to play football for North Carolina this fall. As for the delivered part, there are at least 3.5 million reasons why the Green Hope High School star will […]