Horse with a North Carolina connection wins Preakness
Shackleford, a horse named after Shackleford Banks near Beaufort, NC, defeated favorite Animal Kingdom for the Preakness title Saturday. Shackleford beat the Kentucky Derby winner…
No. 13 Carolina completes sweep of No. 1 Virginia
No. 13 North Carolina capped off a three-game series sweep of top-ranked Virginia (44-12, 22-8 ACC) as the Tar Heels (44-12, 20-10 ACC) used a…
Cavs drop first series of season; Heels go for sweep
Freshman left-hander Kent Emanuel withstood the test from No. 1 Virginia (45-8, 22-7 ACC) Friday night and No. 13 Carolina (43-12, 19-10 ACC) picked up…
Carolina defeats No. 1 Virginia in pitchers’ duel
As was expected a pitcher’s duel broke out Thursday evening at Boshamer Stadium as No. 1 Virginia’s (45-7, 22-6 ACC) Cody Winiarski and North Carolina’s…
Former UNC player leads U.S. women’s soccer over Japan in Cary
Playing at Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park, former UNC player Heather O’Reilly scored a goal and assisted on another as the United States’ women’s soccer team…
Skinner named Sporting News Rookie-of-the-Year
People scoffed when I played up the importance to the Carolina Hurricanes of 18-year-old rookie Jeff Skinner. Today, Skinner, who was the youngest player to…
13th Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchups announced
The 13th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods on Nov. 29-30 will be highlighted by Duke at Ohio State and Wisconsin at…
Getting home field edge doesn’t always work out – Ask UNC lacrosse
No. 9 ranked North Carolina got the No. 8 seed in the NCAA tournament and thus got to play its first round game at home….
State’s Leslie caught up in our politically correct society
N.C. State’s C.J. Leslie has been forced to apologize for a comment he tweeted where he said he’d rather not have a gay person in…
First three UNC football games to be televised
North Carolina’s first three football games will be televised this season, including a 3:30 p.m. ESPNU matchup against Virginia on Sept. 17 in the third…
