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Baseball Blasts 7 Homers, Routs Princeton

By Jamie Agin | March 21

When North Carolina first baseman Chris Iannetta crossed the plate after homering during Wednesday's game against Princeton, a funny thing happened. ...

Tar Heels Step Up, Beat Duke

By James Giza | March 21

DURHAM -- Serving notice that it might actually be better than advertised, the North Carolina men's lacrosse team began erasing the knocks that have plagued ...

Baseball Walks Its Way to Rout

By Aaron Fitt | March 20

The North Carolina baseball team strolled to first base 13 times on Tuesday, and the Princeton pitchers made the walk of shame -- from the mound to ...

Football Opens Practice Unifed After Offseason

By Ian Gordon | March 20

As if the North Carolina football team needed any more roadblocks before its spring football season started Tuesday night. With nine defensive starters ...

Klarmann Faces UNC as Devil's Advocate

By James Giza | March 20

It was only about three weeks ago that Steven Will, and the rest of the North Carolina men's lacrosse team, learned a bit of eerie news. Before an afternoon ...

Field of Dreams: Tar Heels Advance to Sweet 16 in Iowa

By James Giza | March 19

Her timing is almost always impeccable on the court, but Nikki Teasley might have wanted to save one comment for a later occasion -- if only to spare ...

Baptist Rebounds to Help Seal Victory

By Ben DeSantis | March 19

Chrystal Baptist weaved among her North Carolina teammates and Minnesota opponents underneath the Golden Gophers' basket. She wasn't paying much attention ...

UNC's Morrison To Transfer After Spring Semester

By Mike Ogle | March 19

The turnover ratio will be even higher than expected. North Carolina's Brian Morrison, a sophomore guard on the men's basketball team, announced Monday ...

UNC Stalls, but Season Ends at ACCs

By Mike Ogle | March 18

CHARLOTTE -- Four Corners and several years ago, North Carolina set forth upon the court and lulled opponents to sleep. Dean Smith's then-heralded Tar ...

Baseball Needs No Luck in Sweep

By Jamie Agin | March 18

Apparently the green hats weren't enough. In addition to sporting shamrock-colored caps, the North Carolina baseball team celebrated St. Patrick's Day ...

Roads End, Begin Again At Tourney

By Staff Editor | March 18

CHARLOTTE -- Florida State coach Steve Robinson somberly answered questions after FSU's ACC quarterfinal loss to Maryland. Beneath bleachers of cheering ...

Sports Briefs

By Staff Editor | March 18

Women's Tennis Sweeps in Arizona TEMPE, Ariz. -- The No. 12 UNC women's tennis team capped a three-match road swing Friday with a 6-1 victory against ...

Tar Heels Pound Harvard in NCAAs

By Ian Gordon | March 18

In preparation for its first-round NCAA tournament game with North Carolina, the Harvard women's basketball team practiced last week against a scout team ...

Teasley's Pass-First Mentality Leads UNC in Win

By Rachel Carter | March 18

The last time the Harvard women's basketball team faced North Carolina, there was an unusually tall girl running UNC's point -- Marion Jones. This time, ...

Women's Lacrosse Tops Duke

March 18

Kellie Thompson and Lindsay Stone each scored three goals as the No. 5 North Carolina women's lacrosse team defeated top-ranked Duke 10-4 at Henry Stadium ...

Tar Heels Withstand Denver 2nd-Half Rally to Win

By Ben DeSantis | March 18

At halftime of Sunday's lacrosse game between Denver and No. 10 North Carolina, Denver coach Jamie Munro was happy with his team's effort. He just wasn't ...

Sports Briefs

March 8

Wrestlers to Grapple In ACC Tournament The North Carolina wrestling team will compete in the 2002 ACC Tournament on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum in ...

Tennis Enters Break With Sweep

March 8

North Carolina opened its ACC men's tennis season Thursday afternoon with a 7-0 victory against N.C. State at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.The Tar ...

UNC's Lady Tar Heels Played Against Duke With Heart, Character

By Staff Editor | March 8

TO THE EDITOR: I watched the Women's ACC Championship Game on Monday night, and I would like to congratulate Coach Hatchell and the team. Yes, I know ...

Tar Heels Get Final Crack at Duke in Tourney Opener

By Mike Ogle | March 8

Duke's Jason Williams held a microphone after Sunday's win and concluded his goodbyes to the Cameron Indoor Stadium crowd by pointing to the national ...