University of North Carolina seniors Jose Montaño shot a 4-under-par 68 and Ben Griffin notched a 69 to remain among the leaders in the second round of the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship Saturday at the Old North State Club. …read more
Sloane Stephens fought hard to beat Pauline Parmentier 7-6 (3), 7-5 and give defending champion United States a 1-0 lead against France in the Fed Cup semifinals on Saturday. …read more
Miami’s Justise Winslow has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for attempting to damage Philadelphia center Joel Embiid’s facemask during Game 3 of their playoff series. …read more
Rafael Nadal remains on course for a record 31st Masters title after beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-1 in the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals on Saturday. …read more
Two Tar Heel fencers have earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic honors, as announced Friday by the league. Jackie Litynski and Jacob Henkels, both sophomores, earned the recognition, which is based on athletic and academic achievement during the 2017-18 season. …read more
The North Carolina Tar Heels capped off an undefeated spring season with a 1-0 defeat of rival Duke on Saturday, April 21, to be named champions of the inaugural U.S. Soccer Spring College Program. A Jeremy Kelly goal midway through the second half proved to be the difference as the stingy Tar Heel defense pitched its third shutout in five games. Overall, the Tar Heels finished 5-0 on the spring season and outscored its opponents 13-2. …read more
Bill Peters, head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, told the team on Friday that he would resign his position after four years and a record of 137-138-53. …read more
No. 8 North Carolina got out to a big lead with five runs in the second inning and never looked back as the Tar Heels captured a series-opening 9-3 win over Georgia Tech on Friday night at Boshamer Stadium. …read more