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UNC tops Tigers despite another 1st-half snooze

By DEREK HOWLES | September 26

Five minutes before North Carolina's men's soccer game Friday, the stands at Fetzer Field were mostly empty. Sure, the band had managed to cobble together ...

A Devilish rivalry has been born

By MATT ESTREICH | September 26

Rivalries don't exist when one team wins 60 of the 70 games ever played. They certainly don't exist when one team goes 22 years without ever beating ...

Offensive line must protect Baker to win

By Staff Editor | September 23

Game and Time: North Carolina at N.C. State. Kickoff is at 12 p.m. Saturday. Site: Carter-Finley Stadium. TV/Radio: The game will be televised on ...

Center's career officially over

By DANIEL MALLOY | September 22

A career that never really got off the ground ended Wednesday when the North Carolina men's basketball team announced that Damion Grant's tenure as a ...

UNC defense planning to 'Pack a punch

September 22

The goal line stand. Everybody remembers it. The image of former N.C. State tailback T.A. McLendon slamming into the solid 6-foot-6, 297-pound wall ...

Gridiron gripes: 3 things I hate about football

By MATT ESTREICH | September 21

Have you ever seen those grammar columns that sometimes show up in the middle-of-nowhere section of a newspaper? Usually some crusty old retired high ...

UNC readies for emotional rivalry

By Jacob Karabell | September 21

Many people would prefer to have the North Carolina-N.C. State football game late in the year, to culminate the teams' seasons with what many fans consider ...

No Justice for Tar Heel defense

September 20

For once it wasn't the defense that was making North Carolina fans groan - it was the offense. The Tar Heels are well known for having one of the most ...

A point of concern

By Jacob Karabell | September 19

Immediately after the game ended, the Kenan Stadium scoreboard reset to where it began Saturday, boasting a 0-0 score between Carolina and Wisconsin with ...

Freshman scores first goal, shows great promise

By DAVID MOSES | September 19

Sunday was a day of firsts for the North Carolina men's soccer team. UNC allowed its first goal at home this season, the Tar Heels committed more fouls ...

UNC overthrows Monarchs

By DEREK HOWLES | September 19

North Carolina's 2-2 tie with N.C. State on Wednesday night was so well-played and so dramatic that the rights would have been immediately snatched up ...

North Carolina topples Monarchs

September 19

The No. 3 North Carolina field hockey team put on an impressive display in its 1-0 victory against No. 9 Old Dominion on Saturday. Impressive, not ...

2nd-half flurry sparks win

By GREGG FOUND | September 19

DURHAM - For the first 75 minutes of Sunday's women's soccer game against Alabama-Birmingham, it looked like the theme would be how many North Carolina ...

Field hockey pulls win despite absence of two star players

By SAM SHEPARD | September 19

With two of its top players off in international competition, the North Carolina field hockey team still managed to hold on for a 1-0 victory Saturday ...

Baker has guts for game

By MATT ESTREICH | September 19

Have you ever wondered what 60,000 people holding their breath sounds like? Near the end of the third quarter in Saturday's loss to Wisconsin, North ...

Penalty problems plague UNC

September 19

North Carolina wide receiver Wallace Wright never had seen it before. Running back Barrington Edwards never had seen it before. Even Coach John Bunting, ...

Cross Country tops competition

By JOHN ZHANG | September 19

Saturday's Carolina Challenge at Ranson-Hamrick Course posed no challenge to the North Carolina cross country team - the opponents just could not keep ...

Women's soccer breaks through tough defense to score in second half

By DANIEL MALLOY | September 19

DURHAM - The North Carolina women's soccer team is not used to being out-muscled. So Alabama-Birmingham came out Sunday pushing and shoving in an effort ...

Intangibles could swing game to UNC

By Staff Editor | September 16

Game and Time: Wisconsin at North Carolina. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Saturday. Site: Kenan Stadium. TV/Radio: The game will be televised on ESPN2. The ...

Kenan Stadium hosts magical nights

By DANIEL MALLOY | September 16

Last season it seemed like a simple-enough formula for success: night game + Kenan Stadium = North Carolina win. It happened against Georgia Tech. ...