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Triangle area wrestlers seek to qualify for NCAA championship
Pitt, which was unbeaten this year in Atlantic Coast Conference dual meets to capture the regular season ACC title, heads into this Saturday’s ACC Wrestling…
Carolina grinds out 11th straight win
North Carolina scrapped out a 60-56 win against a deliberate Virginia Tech team to give the Tar Heels their 11th straight victory. The Tar Heels…
Paige outduels Warren as Heels top Pack 85-84 in OT
North Carolina had it, lost it and thanks to Marcus Paige got it back again as the Tar Heels defeated NC State 85-84 in overtime….
ECU football coach to speak at Raleigh Sports Club
ECU head Football coach Ruffin McNeill will speak at the Wednesday, Feb. 26 meeting of the Raleigh Sports Club. McNeill will discuss the Pirate’s football…
Six Heels score in double figures in rout
North Carolina, coming off a big win over Duke fewer than two days earlier, responded with a high-scoring rout over Wake Forest, 105-72. Six Tar…
Tar Heels keep composure to upset Duke
North Carolina had committed unforced turnovers and missed free throws badly but in the last five minutes the Tar Heels played almost flawlessly, outscoring Duke…
Next two Duke games feature enhanced ESPN coverage
ESPN’s enhanced coverage of No. 5 Duke at North Carolina on Thursday, Feb. 20, and undefeated No. 1 Syracuse at No. 5 Duke on Saturday,…
State loses to Clemson after going cold for seven minutes
Clemson went on a 12-0 run that spanned seven minutes of clock in the second half to defeat NC State 73-56. That coming after the…
Heels rally without McAdoo to beat FSU
In what North Carolina coach Roy Williams called a “bizarre game,” the Tar Heels overcame a 15-point first-half deficit without foul-plagued James Michael McAdoo to…
McAdoo named player of the week; Parker named rookie of the week
North Carolina junior James Michael McAdoo has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Player of the Week, while Duke’s Jabari Parker earned ACC Rookie…
