BASE: Tar Heels easily top Elon, 11-6
A pair of four-run innings propelled the sixth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heel baseball team to an 11-6 victory over the visiting Elon Phoenix on Wednesday night…
Tar Heels aim to stay on defensive vs. Eagles in NCAAs
North Carolina coach Roy Williams spent most of two seasons pushing — even begging — his team to play with more defensive intensity before the Tar…
Medlin: Heels look to feast on home cooking, NCAA-style
NCAA games in North Carolina have been quite kind to UNC over the years …read more Source:: WRAL
Gold: A (not-so-good) case for expanding the NCAA Tournament field
In the search for bracket fairness and uniformity, the best solution might just be to grow the field by four or even eight more teams. …read…
Brownlow: First round of NCAAs features plenty of NC connections
Plenty of local storylines abound even in games that don’t involve local teams. The most local of all the local games that ever local-ed, of course,…
APNewsBreak: Longtime MLB umpire Tim Welke calls it a career
The first time Tim Welke stepped onto a ballfield as a professional umpire, he was a teenager hoping he wouldn’t get yelled at too much. …read…
TIPPING OFF: What to look for on first day of the tourney
A look at the opening day of the NCAA Tournament: …read more Source:: WRAL
Tournament gives stars from smaller programs chance to shine
Every year a star performer from a smaller program capitalizes on the rare chance the NCAA Tournament provides for him to play on college basketball’s biggest…
