Zachary Crain
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With the UNC-Charlotte game canceled, North Carolina football hits expected speed bump
The COVID-19-related cancellation wasn’t unpredictable — last week Virginia Tech and other teams across the country had to postpone season openers due to coronavirus clusters — and in some sense, No. 12 UNC’s game against Charlotte being booted from the Tar Heels’ schedule feels almost routine.
Defense leads the way in UNC football's rout over Syracuse
Despite coming into the season with one of the most hyped offenses in college football, it was the North Carolina defense that held strong through the first three quarters against Syracuse.
UNC football beats Syracuse, 31-6, after sluggish first half
The No. 18 North Carolina football team (1-0) defeated Syracuse (0-1), 31-6, in a crowd-less Kenan Memorial Stadium after a slow first half offensively.
Chazz Surratt switched positions and revitalized his UNC career, all to win
Chazz Surratt made the bold decision to switch positions in the middle of his college career. Now, the man who once set records as a quarterback will take the field for the Tar Heels as one of the best linebackers in the country.
'A long time coming': UNC football prepares to open the season Sept. 12
“You can tell the guys are excited about a game and excited about something coming up in the future that’s fun,” Brown said. “It’s been a long time coming, but they can feel now that we’re heading that way.”
'I am confident that we will play': Mack Brown ready for season after UNC moves online
Despite UNC’s decision to move all undergraduate classes to an online-only format, the North Carolina football team is still gearing up to play this fall, head coach Mack Brown said in a press conference on Tuesday.
Tar Heels in the pros: Former UNC players ball out in shortened season
With a quarter of Major League Baseball's shortest season since 1878 already in the books, here's how some former Tar Heels have been playing.
NCHSAA moves football to February, pushes back the start of all sports
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced limitations to sports schedules during a conference Wednesday.
'Planning on playing': UNC football resumes voluntary workouts amid uncertainty
“I expect us to play college football this fall,” Brown said. “The real answer is that we’ve all got to do what we’re told to do, we’ve all got to fight this virus as a whole in our country and as the virus slows down, we have a better chance to play.”
Roy and Wanda Williams donate over $600,000 to fund scholarships for spring athletes
The donation will go to fund scholarships for student-athletes in spring sports including men’s and women’s lacrosse, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s outdoor track, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s golf.