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UNC men's basketball lands Vanderbilt forward Ven-Allen Lubin in the transfer portal

| May 23

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Heels stomp 'Pack, get revenge

By DANIEL MALLOY | February 22

View video from last night's game For 20 minutes Wednesday night, the ghosts of North Carolina's last two losses reared their heads. N.C. State ...

Freshman uses all the Wright moves

February 22

For the majority of the first half Wednesday, North Carolina couldn't shake N.C. State. The Wolfpack were outplaying the Tar Heels and even took a six-point ...

Tar Heel makes ocean his home

By Powell Latimer | February 21

"You do what?" Chip Peterson is used to the responses. Every time the North Carolina freshman swimmer tells people what he does, he gets the same are-you-out-of-your-mind ...

Ellington's stroke a game-changer

By DANIEL MALLOY | February 21

North Carolina loves to play at a blistering pace, and when easy transition buckets come in bunches it's tough to compete with the Tar Heels. Yet when ...

No MLB team? Come on, North Carolina

By SAM ROSENTHAL | February 21

North Carolina needs a baseball team. "What are you smoking?" you ask incredulously. "Don't you know that the UNC men's baseball team reached the College ...

Heels lend shoes to Canes

By GREGG FOUND | February 20

Somewhere along the trip from Miami to Chapel Hill, the Hurricane women's basketball team lost its luggage. This isn't a rare occurrence when teams ...

Sports briefs

February 20

Williams named finalist for basketball hall of fame North Carolina men's basketball head coach Roy Williams is one of 15 finalists for the Naismith ...

Tar Heels hit the road, split a pair

By Nicole Lukosius | February 20

Playing two matches in three days is all in a weekend's work for the North Carolina women's tennis team - two matches against top-10 teams, that is. The ...

UNC tied for first in ACC

February 20

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -No. 5 North Carolina's 77-72 win against Boston College at Conte Forum on Saturday wasn't just a close, hard fought win but also ...

This one's for coach

By Brian Willett | February 19

Victories in football might result in the dousing of a coach in Gatorade, but the North Carolina women's swimming and diving team preferred to get everyone ...

Baseball opens season in style

By JESSE BAUMGARTNER | February 19

North Carolina freshman Drew Poulk didn't have time to get nervous before his first collegiate baseball game on Friday. He was too busy hustling back ...

Lacrosse knocks off No. 1 Northwestern

By Craig Carter | February 19

In the quarterfinals of last year's NCAA Tournament, Northwestern began holding onto the ball in the second half, limiting North Carolina's possessions ...

Tar Heels hang tough

February 19

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - After a one-point overtime loss to Virginia Tech on Tuesday, North Carolina's Marcus Ginyard questioned his team's ability to win ...

Tar Heels breeze to easy win

By Matt Brooks | February 19

Charmaine Clark didn't have a chance. Miami's 5-foot-11-inch forward barely got her sneakers off the floor before 6-foot-3-inch North Carolina forward ...

Tar Heels packed at N.C. State

By Gray Caldwell | February 16

RALEIGH - Like their male counterparts, the North Carolina women's basketball team isn't used to playing from behind. And, for that reason, like their ...

A psychotic routine

By DANIEL MALLOY | February 16

For his fifth set of pull-ups, Tyler Hansbrough has decided to tack on some extra weight. Though North Carolina strength and conditioning coordinator ...

Tar Heels remain in good shape

By NATE HUBBARD | February 16

The full spectrum of Atlantic Coast Conference colors were on display around the pool Thursday night at the women's swimming and diving ACC Championships ...

Untested Heels fold down stretch

By JESSE BAUMGARTNER | February 15

As North Carolina guard Ty Lawson took the inbounds pass with less than 20 seconds to go and the score knotted at 73 during Tuesday's overtime loss to ...

Finding comfort in retiring

By JESSE BAUMGARTNER | February 15

As every reporter who covers North Carolina swimming and diving discovers, coach Frank Comfort likes to go off the record. Not just once, or a couple ...

Tar Heels fall short as Hokies sweep

By DANIEL MALLOY | February 14

Twice, North Carolina freshman Ty Lawson had the ball in his hands with the chance to win the game Tuesday night. Both times Lawson failed to execute, ...