UNC women's fencer Sydney Persing is a quick learner, as a fencer and journalist
Growing up from a family of lawyers, North Carolina women's fencer Sydney Persing was raised to be a go-getter.
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Growing up from a family of lawyers, North Carolina women's fencer Sydney Persing was raised to be a go-getter.
In the second half of Press Coverage’s interview with North Carolina women’s soccer head coach Anson Dorrance, hosts Brian Keyes and Keaton Eberly continue the conversation by learning which players the National Soccer Hall-of-Famer has identified as taking a giant leap for his program, and what he expects of them going forward.
The fall semester might be over, but that doesn’t mean the gang in the studio quits working.
The University of North Carolina just won its 44th national championship in school history on Nov. 18, and this time it was in field hockey.
In conjunction with Press Coverage’s roundtable discussion with former North Carolina men’s basketball All-American Eric Montross, part two of this special-edition episode shifts from the present to the past, as Montross dissects one of the most bizzare sequences in NCAA tournament history and gives his point of view from this iconic moment.
Basketball is officially back, and so is our team over at Press Coverage. On this week’s edition of the podcast, which coincides with The Daily Tar Heel’s annual basketball preview that was released recently, Keaton Eberly and Tommy Fradenburg sit down with former two-time All-American, 1993 national champion and current Tar Heel Sports Network color commentator Eric Montross in part one of a special two-part episode about North Carolina men’s basketball.
The past few years have marked a rough stretch for the North Carolina women’s basketball team.
CARY — The last time the No. 3 North Carolina women’s soccer team played against No. 7 Florida State, UNC head coach Anson Dorrance was fortunate enough to still have Alessia Russo and Emily Fox in the starting lineup.
Maybe it’s time for a comeback.
It’s that time of year again; college basketball has returned. In anticipation of the No. 8 North Carolina men’s basketball team’s exhibition against Mount Olive this Friday in the Smith Center, hosts Parth Upadhyaya and Mark Burnett welcome The Daily Tar Heel sports editor Chris Hilburn-Trenkle to the Press Coverage roundtable as they recap the main highlights from ACC Media Day last week and predict who will be in the starting five for the Tar Heels on opening night.
CARY — On Thursday, Alessia Russo continued her fiery hot streak for the No. 3 North Carolina women’s soccer team.
After matchups with two heavyweights this weekend, the No. 1 North Carolina field hockey team (15-0, 6-0 ACC) will return to Chapel Hill with a 4-1 win against No. 12 Boston College and a 2-1 victory over No. 5 Connecticut.
In this week’s episode of Press Coverage, News and Observer’s Jonathan Alexander sits down with Keaton Eberly and Parth Upadhyaya. With Late Night with Roy coming up, the hosts talk about what to expect from the North Carolina basketball team this year and why UNC wasn't allowed to play South Carolina in a preseason game to raise funds for Hurricane Florence relief.
Timothy Crothers is a man of many talents. He's a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a published author who assisted two UNC sports legends with writing their autobiographies. He also had his book, The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion, adapted into a film that was released in 2016 with high critical acclaim.
CARY — For the No. 5 North Carolina women’s soccer team, much has happened since the last time it hosted a game at WakeMed Soccer Park.
North Carolina football opened its season Saturday with a disappointing loss on the road to California, and many are taking notice.
In its second shutout performance of Labor Day Weekend, the No. 2 North Carolina field hockey team thoroughly dismantled Pennsylvania, 8-0, in Philadelphia on Sunday.
For most teams, the idea of starting the regular season with victories over two top-20 opponents would be seen as an empowering achievement on its own.
Throughout the history of mankind, gambling has been a part of everyday life.
Four years worth of athletic accomplishments from three North Carolina athletes received the ultimate recognition on Tuesday — as men's basketball's Joel Berry II, women's lacrosse's Marie McCool and track and field's Kenny Selmon were all named the 2018 Patterson Medal recipients.