Category: The skinny
Fan guide to UNC’s home opener vs. Liberty
North Carolina opens its 124th college football season on Saturday, Aug. 30, when the Tar Heels host Liberty of the Big South Conference at 6 p.m….
Notre Dame favored to win ACC men’s soccer title; Heels third
Defending national champion Notre Dame is the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s soccer preseason favorite, according to a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches. The Irish…
UNC women’s soccer team picked to finish third in ACC
North Carolina’s women’s soccer team finds themselves in an unfamiliar situation. The Tar Heels, who open the season at home Friday night against Stanford, received just…
McCraw, Rhodes lead West Raleigh to Ripken Series title
Team Southeast from West Raleigh, representing the USA, defeated Mexico 5-2 Saturday in the World Championship game of the 2014 Cal Ripken World Series. West Raleigh…
College football playoff to be exciting… and expensive
So it’s not exactly like having 64 (or 65) teams vying for a national championship in a tournament like basketball but those who have been clamoring…
State football not winning yet but making strides
Ok, NC State didn’t win a football game in ACC play a year ago but there appears to be excitement around the program heading into the…
FSU picked to win ACC title; Duke chosen 2nd in Coastal
Defending national champion Florida State is the consensus choice to repeat as Atlantic Division champion and defeat Miami in the 10th annual Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast…
ACC official says replay, rule changes working well
Speaking at the ACC Football Kickoff media event in Greensboro, ACC Coordinator of Officials Doug Rhoads gave statistical backup that goes against conventional wisdom of the…






