Column: This journey is worth the pain
No one wants to talk about how last season ended, and I get it. But lend me your ears for a minute.
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No one wants to talk about how last season ended, and I get it. But lend me your ears for a minute.
For the North Carolina women’s basketball team, the short trip from Carmichael Arena to Cameron Indoor Stadium has been challenging of late. The team has lost seven of its last nine at Duke.
The North Carolina men's soccer team came from behind to defeat Florida Gulf Coast, 3-2, in double overtime Sunday night at Fetzer Field.
For the fourth consecutive season, the No. 4 North Carolina men’s soccer team failed to win a game in the ACC Tournament.
Before Andy Lopez steps onto the soccer field, he bows his head and prays.
Expectations for North Carolina men’s soccer head coach Carlos Somoano have always been high. When you roam the sidelines for a high-profile program, it’s part of the game.
On the heels of a two-game losing streak, the North Carolina baseball team got things going early Wednesday night at Boshamer Stadium, plating seven runs in the first two innings en route to a 17-2 win over William & Mary.
HOUSTON — Legends. There were legends in NRG Stadium on Monday night.
HOUSTON — Win or lose, Monday’s national championship game will be the last time Marcus Paige, Brice Johnson and Joel James suit up for the North Carolina men’s basketball team. Go ahead, take a minute. Let the memories come roaring back. The game-winning shots. The dunks. The smiles. The best friends.
In the storied histories of the North Carolina and Villanova men’s basketball programs, the teams have met in the NCAA Tournament six times. In four of those six meetings — including both of UNC’s national championships under Coach Roy Williams — the winner went on to cut down the nets.
HOUSTON — It's hard to beat a team three times in the same season. But that's what the North Carolina men's basketball team accomplished Saturday evening when they defeated Syracuse 83-66 and secured a spot in the national championship.
A picture can be worth a thousand words. But it doesn’t always tell the full story. It doesn’t whisper the specter of scandal. The agony of yesterday. The hope of tomorrow.
Where do I start? No, really, where? Is it his 21 double-doubles this season? What about the 39-point, 23-rebound outing against Florida State? Or is it any number of his rim-rattling alley-oops, sending the Smith Center crowd to its feet?
It seems as if nothing has gone right for the North Carolina women’s basketball team.
It’s a school day in Wrightsville Beach, but Ron Benson is in his red 1949 Oldsmobile headed to the inlet. There’s a surfboard stretched horizontally out of his back windows, and the glassy morning waters are calling his name.
There’s nothing like the sting of losing a Super Bowl to a sports fan. Ask the folks in Buffalo. They lost four in a row.
You’ve heard the stories.
The North Carolina women’s basketball team had lost six consecutive games before its Thursday matchup with No. 13 Louisville, which was riding a 14-game winning streak.
For Joshua Martin, expectations have always been high.
The previous time the North Carolina men’s golf team played in a tournament, the men’s basketball team hadn’t played a game yet and the football team was riding a six-game winning streak.