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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
We’ve entered the home stretch of the college football season and while only one of the state’s seven FBS teams are still in line for a championship, there are still plenty of goals left to […]
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Anthony, No. 6 North Carolina beat Gardner-Webb
CHAPEL HILL — Cole Anthony keeps scoring at a rate never before seen by a North Carolina freshman. As for the rest of the offense, well, the sixth-ranked Tar Heels are working on that part. […]
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UNC loses another tight one, falls in OT to Pitt
PITTSBURGH — The play gave Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett the option of keeping it or handing it off to running back Vincent Davis. Only it really wasn’t an option at all. Pickett knew he was […]
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New group of NC teams projected to be bowl-bound
For the last five seasons, four teams from North Carolina have played in FBS Bowl Games. Based on national bowl projections, the state appears to be on pace for receiving a similar number of bids. […]
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Anthony gets scoring help as injury-riddled Tar Heels best UNCW
WILMINGTON — The North Carolina basketball team got more of its members involved in the scoring on Friday than it did in its opening game two nights earlier. The problem is, the Tar Heels ended […]
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Record-setting debut by Anthony carries Tar Heels past Notre Dame
CHAPEL HILL — Imagine the kind of numbers Cole Anthony might have put up had he been able to see clearly. The freshman point guard lit up Notre Dame for 34 points on Wednesday, a […]
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Tar Heels blend experience, high-end talent
CHAPEL HILL — Roy Williams is as old-school as a coach can get when it comes to the makeup of his basketball team. He prefers upperclassmen to freshmen, homegrown talent to transfers and a traditional […]
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Running the show: In-state ACC teams led by marquee point guards
The names just keep coming, a who’s who of point guard legends. The four ACC schools in North Carolina have produced some of the greatest floor generals in college basketball history. Just looking at the […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
Coaches will swear they only “take ‘em one at a time” and never look beyond the next game on the schedule. But we’ve reached the point in the college football season in which even they […]
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Heels reclaim Victory Bell in Brown’s landmark win
CHAPEL HILL — Charlie Heck isn’t the fastest player on the North Carolina football team. Far from it. At 6-foot-8 and 315 pounds, Heck is used to seeing the backs of his teammates’ jerseys during […]