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Tar Heels tap Shoop as offensive coordinator

By JESSE BAUMGARTNER | January 12

UNC football coach Butch Davis has hired former Oakland Raiders offensive coach John Shoop to be the Tar Heels' offensive coordinator. Shoop was with ...

Lawson leads healthy point guards

January 12

It's been a painful road to the ACC schedule for the point guards of the North Carolina men's basketball team. First, junior Quentin Thomas was lost ...

Tar Heels wear down Cavaliers

January 11

The shots weren't falling as smoothly as they had for most of the season for the North Carolina men's basketball team, and for only the third time this ...

Davis touts initial coaching staff hires

By Gray Caldwell | January 11

Just two months after being hired, North Carolina football coach Butch Davis held a press conference Wednesday to introduce members of his coaching staff. So ...

No. 1 North Carolina no longer a team of underdogs

January 10

It came - as it has in each of No. 1 North Carolina's 11 consecutive wins - just a split second after sophomore Marcus Ginyard missed a lay-in with 13:32 ...

Strong second half leads to rout

By DANIEL MALLOY | January 10

In the seven games before Sunday's date with Florida State, the North Carolina basketball team had steamrolled its opposition by an average of almost ...

QuickHits

By Staff Editor | January 10

FOOTBALL Jan 2. - North Carolina head coach Butch Davis hired Chuck Pagano as the Tar Heels' defensive coordinator. Pagano, who was part of Davis' ...

Women outduel Cavaliers

By Gray Caldwell | January 10

It's easy to understand UNC women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell's mixed reaction after the Tar Heels' victory against Virginia Monday night. The ...

Hoopsters rolling, rematch with Maryland looming

By GREGG FOUND | January 10

Usually, a women's basketball team like this is queen of the hill. No. 2 North Carolina has defeated every opponent by an average margin of 41 points ...

Defense helps UNC gain win

November 30

North Carolina guard Bobby Frasor could only shake his head in the first half - Ohio State had just made another 3-pointer. It was the No. 3 Buckeyes ...

Up-tempo Tar Heels outlast Ohio State

By DANIEL MALLOY | November 30

It's still November, but a clear trend has developed for the North Carolina basketball team: As Tyler Hansbrough goes, so go the Tar Heels. In UNC's ...

Davis contract signals drive for postseason

By DANIEL MALLOY | November 29

On Monday morning Rams Club members received a video message from Butch Davis via e-mail, inviting them to purchase tickets for next fall. The University ...

Buckeyes roll into town for a showdown

November 29

Even though Ohio State phenom Greg Oden will only get off his keester during the occasional time out, he's still the hot topic in regard to tonight's ...

Challenge proves ACC is the superior league

By JESSE BAUMGARTNER | November 29

The ACC-Big Ten Challenge is exactly that this year - a challenge for two big-time conferences to prove they aren't as weak as the experts are predicting. While ...

Davis makes dollars, deal makes sense

November 28

A lot of people questioned the decision to remove John Bunting from his post as head coach of the North Carolina football team when the announcement was ...

Tar Heels turn to Davis

November 28

Butch Davis had never set foot inside Kenan Stadium before Monday.But at 3 p.m., the former coach at the University of Miami and the Cleveland Browns, ...

Future depends on time, recruits

By DANIEL MALLOY | November 28

Director of Athletics Dick Baddour started Monday's news conference by saying, "Thank you for your patience in getting to this day." He was referring ...

Senior O'Reilly juggles busy schedule

By NICKI JHABVALA | November 27

Heather O'Reilly didn't have the typical calm and relaxing Thanksgiving break. After scoring a goal in North Carolina's 6-2 victory against Tennessee ...

Sports briefs

November 27

Butch Davis to be officially announced today as coach Butch Davis, former head coach of the University of Miami and Cleveland Browns, will be formally ...

Field hockey won't shed tears

By Gray Caldwell | November 21

For a team coming into the year with such high expectations, you could say that the North Carolina field hockey team had a disappointing season.You could ...