During his time at UNC, Albert Long played varsity football, basketball, baseball and track, and he's still the only athlete in ACC history to letter in four sports.
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After 22 seasons at the helm of the North Carolina baseball team, Mike Fox announced his retirement on Friday.
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Mike Fox, UNC baseball's head coach of 22 years and the winningest active head coach in college baseball, announced he is retiring on Friday. Fox ends his tenure as UNC's winningest head coach in program history.
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After a near five-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball is back in action with Opening Day slated for Thursday and Friday. With no fans in the stands, walk-up music as players approach the batters box will be some of the only noise echoing through ballparks during the abbreviated 60-game regular season. Here are the tracks some members of our sports desk would choose.
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This week, although the only fans you’ll see in the stands will be made out of cardboard, Major League Baseball will make its long-awaited return. With the season being reduced from 162 to 60 games, teams that might not otherwise have a chance could make a run at success in the shortened campaign. Here's where a few former Tar Heels stand entering Opening Day.
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“I’m a skeptic about the idea of resuming sports," Andrews said. "I’m a skeptic about certainly resuming college sports and college football, I think that’s absolute insanity. I think it’s downright dangerous and maybe even morally repugnant to put college athletes at risk like that."
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Former North Carolina outfielder Dylan Harris and right-handed pitcher Gianluca Dalatri inked free-agent deals with the Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals, respectively, following the shortened MLB draft in June.
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Former Tar Heel first baseman Aaron Sabato inked his deal with the Minnesota Twins on June 23 for a $2.75 million signing bonus after the organization selected him with the 27th overall pick in the 2020 MLB draft.
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With Aaron Sabato inking a deal with the Minnesota Twins following the MLB draft, here's how the former Tar Heel might fit in with his new organization.
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The North Carolina baseball team will have to adjust to some major departures, as Dylan Harris, Aaron Sabato and Gianluca Dalatri have signed MLB contracts within the past week.
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Even in a game filled with numbers, throwing a perfect game is unpredictable — and many of the game's all-time greats never accomplish it. But maintaining perfection for nine innings isn't all about the numbers, and that's what makes it one of sports greatest accomplishments.
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In a normal season, Friday would have marked the beginning of the NCAA Baseball Tournament, culminating in the eight-team College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting June 13. The Tar Heels, 12-7 when their season was cut short, were ranked No. 23 by D1 Baseball at the start of the year. Now, though, there is nothing to play for.
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The huge wins over the Yellow Jackets may have provided a jolt of energy for the Tar Heels, who cruised through the Chapel Hill Regional, outscoring their opponents 34-14 over a three-game span.
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A five-run fourth inning for the North Carolina baseball team wasn't enough for the Tar Heels to match Notre Dame's 14 runs in Sunday's game, leaving UNC with an 0-3 record in the ACC to start conference play.
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Despite a poor showing from North Carolina in its weekend series against Notre Dame to start ACC play, first baseman Aaron Sabato hit three home runs in three games to burst out of a slow start to the 2020 campaign.
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