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Netters meet their match in Sweet 16

By Matt Brooks | May 25

On Saturday, the No. 11 North Carolina men's tennis team's best season in 14 years ended with a shutout loss to No. 6 Ohio State in the Sweet 16 of the ...

UNC makes a pitch for 1st ring

May 25

What could the World Series of Poker and the College World Series possibly have in common? It's quite simple, actually. The more aces you have, ...

Record-setting season ends with 1-run losses

May 25

A great season came to a premature end for the North Carolina softball team Saturday as the Tar Heels were eliminated from the NCAA Regionals at the hands ...

Sports Briefs

By Staff Editor | May 25

Former UNC standout works out for 2 NBA teams David Noel, who won a national championship with the UNC men's basketball team and finished his career ...

Putkonen nearly no-hits Spartans in win

May 18

When the No. 5 North Carolina baseball team took the field against UNC-Greensboro on Tuesday at Boshamer Stadium, it was hard not to think back to around ...

Men's tennis team captures Sweet 16 bid

By Matt Brooks | May 18

North Carolina men's tennis coach Sam Paul was soaked. But it wasn't the three-hour rain delay that had him dripping wet at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. ...

No. 11 track squads eye home stretch of season

By Stephen Largen | May 18

The No. 11 North Carolina men's and women's track teams didn't squander their last chances this past weekend, as several athletes turned in excellent ...

World Series could call pitching-rich No. 3 UNC

April 28

"You just feel in our dugout that something special is gonna happen. We're just out there trying to make it the hardest three outs possible - just grind ...

Early exit for overachievers

April 28

DAYTON, Ohio, March 20 - Just as Reyshawn Terry's 3-pointer splashed through the net early in the second half, a frowning Roy Williams waved freshman ...

No. 1 Tar Heels fall in Final Four

By Jacob Karabell | April 28

BOSTON, April 3 - Maryland was breaking its huddles quickly. The players were exuding confidence on the court. Their faces bore smiles and excitement. ...

Football counts on recruits

April 28

As he rolled across the Lane Stadium grass on a cart Nov. 26, his left leg in an air cast, Kyndraus Guy clapped his hands together and shouted encouragement ...

Horton's redemption keys UNC win

By DANIEL MALLOY | April 27

It was a play indicative of Wednesday's sloppy, sluggish game. In the sixth inning, North Carolina shortstop Josh Horton mishandled a grounder from ...

The best college memories are Carolina blue

By DEREK HOWLES | April 26

Ever since I started working at The Daily Tar Heel, I've gotten to cover sports - something that makes me extremely fortunate. I've been even more ...

UNC men's lacrosse team sees own spell of legal fits

By DANIEL MALLOY | April 26

Charges in Chapel Hill against UNC men's lacrosse players on the 2006 roster They have been charged with underage consumption of alcohol, possession ...

Putkonen key to UNC's win against the Rams

April 26

It was the longest outing of the North Carolina career of redshirt freshman pitcher Luke Putkonen. What he accomplished in seven innings in UNC's 6-3 ...

Tar Heels continue midweek mastery

April 26

No. 3 North Carolina sent every hitter in the lineup to the plate in the bottom half of the first inning against Virginia Commonwealth on Tuesday at Boshamer ...

Pitchers set for duel at Boshamer

April 21

In the old west, a showdown at dusk was the best way to settle things. Tonight's baseball game will prove that some things never change. No. 3 North ...

UNC rides hot streak into ACCs

By Matt Brooks | April 21

The North Carolina men's tennis team is peaking at just the right time. Following a tough 4-3 loss at then-No. 6 Duke on April 12, the No. 11 Tar Heels ...

UNC aims to net ACC crown

By David Ely | April 20

In conference tournaments the five seed rarely is considered a threat to win it all. Sure, the team might be capable of springing an early round upset, ...

Commending our objectivity

By Jacob Karabell | April 19

As Sean May corralled Luther Head's miss, primal screams erupted on all sides of the TV. More noise seeped in from the neighboring apartment. Outside, ...