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(10/05/20 12:52am)
NCAA executive director Walter Byers met with his legal team in 1955 and created the term "student-athlete," ensuring that college athletes wouldn’t be eligible for workers' compensation benefits following the death of Ray Dennison, a military veteran and football player for Fort Lewis A&M.
(09/18/20 3:21am)
Just one week after football returned to Kenan Memorial Stadium, UNC has already hit a COVID-19-related bump in the road. The one non-conference opponent the Tar Heels scheduled, UNC-Charlotte, had to cancel their game Thursday morning due to multiple players being placed in quarantine.
(09/12/20 10:41pm)
After an offseason of hype for the North Carolina football team’s high-powered offense, it was the defense that stole the show in week one.
(09/12/20 7:59pm)
The No. 18 North Carolina football team (1-0) defeated Syracuse (0-1), 31-6, in a crowd-less Kenan Memorial Stadium after a slow first half offensively.
(09/11/20 5:33am)
Chazz Surratt has always found a way to win.
(09/01/20 1:24am)
What once seemed unlikely is now set to happen in less than two weeks: the North Carolina football team hosting a regular season game in Kenan Memorial Stadium.
(08/19/20 1:21pm)
Despite UNC’s decision to move all undergraduate classes to an online-only format, the North Carolina football team is still gearing up to play this fall.
(08/17/20 11:53pm)
With a quarter of Major League Baseball’s shortest season since 1878 already in the books, it's become clear that the 60-game campaign could provide some unexpected outcomes.
(08/13/20 12:39am)
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association will push back the start of its football season to Feb. 26, NCHSAA commissioner Que Tucker announced during a Zoom conference on Wednesday.
(07/24/20 10:47pm)
North Carolina men’s basketball head coach Roy Williams and his wife, Wanda, donated over $600,000 to fund scholarships for student-athletes in spring sports returning for their senior season, UNC announced in a press release on Thursday.
(08/12/20 12:41am)
After a short hiatus, the North Carolina football team is back in action.
(07/20/20 3:36am)
Following decisions from the Pac-12 and Big 10 to move to conference-only schedules for fall sports, the North Carolina football team’s week two match-up with Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff was thrown into question with speculation that the ACC could follow suit. Summer Sports Editor Zachary Crain caught up with Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO Gary Stokan to discuss conference plus-one schedules, the Kickoff game’s potential impact and more. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
(07/17/20 1:38am)
Following one of the most unusual offseasons in the history of college athletics, UNC’s fall sports teams have begun their return to campus.
(07/15/20 2:14am)
Since his hiring by the North Carolina football team in 2018, head coach Mack Brown and his coaching staff have been on a recruiting tear.
(07/08/20 9:22pm)
Update, 9:15 p.m.: During the Faculty Executive Committee meeting on July 13, Campus Health Executive Director Ken Pittman, discussed two points of exposure to COVID-19 that may have contributed to the 37 positive cases within Carolina Athletics. One of those points was at an off-campus apartment complex.
(07/07/20 9:28pm)
Following a first-year campaign in which he tallied only 43 rushing attempts, running back Javonte Williams burst onto the scene as a key offensive weapon for the North Carolina football team in 2019.
(06/30/20 9:52pm)
Tony Grimes, a five-star cornerback and the No. 7 recruit in the country, announced his commitment to North Carolina on Tuesday.
(06/30/20 12:29am)
On the surface, a 7-6 season is anything but spectacular. But for the North Carolina football team — which had won just five games total in its previous two seasons — 2019's result sent shock waves through a program that desperately needed a jolt of excitement.
(06/19/20 12:46am)
After spending months off campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina football team is back in Chapel Hill.
(06/17/20 1:08am)
In recent years, the North Carolina men’s basketball team has entered the era of the one-and-done. Departures from first-years Cole Anthony, Coby White and Nassir Little in the last two offseasons set a new precedent for a program that previously relied on upperclassman leadership to guide it through each season.