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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, ...

UNC-Duke proved that 'She Got Game'

By SAM ROSENTHAL | February 14

One of my roommates refuses to acknowledge that women's basketball is a sport. Basketball, he agrees, is a sport, but somehow the involvement of the female ...

Free throw shooting key for Tar Heels

February 13

In North Carolina's 104-67 blowout of Wake Forest on Saturday, it was easy to credit Reyshawn Terry's 23 points as the key to the victory. But another ...

Tennis team aces Big Ten test

By Samantha Newman | February 12

The North Carolina women's tennis team showed its versatility and depth with two impressive 7-0 victories against Minnesota and Indiana on Saturday and ...

Reunion of past Tar Heel champions gives UNC crowd a rare treat

February 12

There are about seven billion people on Earth, and in any given place one surely will find people from just about any denomination. But in Chapel Hill, ...

Davis dismisses offensive lineman for violating rules

February 12

Charlston Gray, a 6-3, 295-pound offensive lineman from Fort Worth, Texas, has been dismissed from the UNC football team for repeated violations of team ...

Heels dominate Deacons

By DANIEL MALLOY | February 12

Reyshawn Terry couldn't help looking. The North Carolina senior's eyes - along with every other pair in the sold-out Smith Center - were fixed on a certain ...

Carolina Classic leaves questions unanswered

By Gray Caldwell | February 12

The question of just how good the North Carolina softball team can be this year remains unanswered after this weekend's season-opening Carolina Classic. The ...

Speedy Lawson starting to heat up

By SAM ROSENTHAL | January 31

Ty Lawson can teleport. Well, the 236 UNC students and counting in that Facebook group think so. Facebook never lies. For a couple weeks, I've ...

UNC women's tennis looks to bounce back

By Nicole Lukosius and Mike Ehrlich | January 30

Heading down south did not turn out the way the North Carolina women's tennis team would have liked, as they fell to No. 2 Florida 4-3 Sunday afternoon ...

Ellington starting to get back in the groove

By DANIEL MALLOY | January 30

TUCSON, Ariz. - On the first possession of Saturday's game, the North Carolina basketball team worked the ball around the perimeter until point guard ...

Sweet, sweet revenge

By GREGG FOUND | January 29

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - So far this year, the Terrapin fears the Tar Heel. Facing a sellout crowd of 17,950, a third-ranked Maryland team and - most importantly ...

Quick hits

By Staff Editor | January 29

Gymnastics Freshman Christine Nguyen finished in a three-way tie for first place on the balance beam to lead the University of North Carolina gymnastics ...

Record crowd unable to faze UNC

By NICKI JHABVALA | January 29

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A sell-out crowd of 17,950 made its way to the Comcast Center to watch the No. 2 North Carolina women's basketball team take on defending ...