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UNC and TCU Agree to Home-and-Home Football Series

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 15, 2016 | UNC Sports

Over the past couple seasons the UNC football team has drawn criticism for playing schedules containing two Football Championship Subdivision opponents–teams that are traditionally much less talented. On Thursday, it was...

Crowley, Weiler Selected to Play in East-West Shrine Bowl

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 14, 2016 | UNC Sports

With just one game left in Tar Heel uniforms, some of the UNC football team’s most talented outgoing players are at the doorstep of their professional dreams. A pair of those seniors–center Lucas Crowley and kicker...

U.S. Soccer Selects Tobin Heath as Female Player of the Year

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured, National, Soccer, UNC Sports

Following an incredible year on the pitch, the U.S. Soccer Federation voted Tuesday to name former UNC midfielder–and current national team star–Tobin Heath as its Female Player of the Year. Heath received 40 percent...

Miami Dolphins Sign Former UNC Quarterback TJ Yates

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 13, 2016 | UNC Sports

As the NFL’s regular season approaches its final three weeks, the playoff races in each of the league’s conferences appear to be heading down to the wire. Although they’re tied with the Denver Broncos at 8-5...

Cam Lindley Named Second Team All-American

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 13, 2016 | Soccer, UNC Sports

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America released its college All-American teams on Tuesday, with UNC freshman midfielder Cam Lindley being named to the Second Team. A native of Carmel, Indiana, Lindley started all of...

UNC Signs Three-Year Extension to Play in CBS Sports Classic

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 13, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports

On Saturday when No. 7 UNC takes the court in Las Vegas against No. 6 Kentucky, it will be as part of the third annual CBS Sports Classic. The event–which has pitted the Tar Heels against traditional college basketball...

Tar Heels Hold Steady at No. 7 in AP Men’s Basketball Top 25

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 12, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

For the first time all season, we had a week with no major upsets shaking up the men’s college basketball world. The result is an AP Top 25 released Monday with the top 11 teams–including seventh-ranked...

No. 7 UNC Survives Upset Scare Against Tennessee

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 11, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Following his team’s lackluster 73-71 victory in the Smith Center over the Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday, UNC head men’s basketball coach Roy Williams wasted no time expressing his continued frustrations with how the Tar Heels...

Joe Breschi Named National Lacrosse Coach of the Year

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 11, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

It’s been nearly seven months since the UNC men’s lacrosse team took home the program’s first national championship with a thrilling win on the field over Maryland, but other honors continued to roll in after...

UCLA Sends UNC Volleyball Packing With 3-1 NCAA Tournament Victory

Posted by Avery Trendel | Dec 10, 2016 | UNC Sports

In a thrilling match that saw all four sets decided by three points or less, the No. 10 seed UCLA Bruins outlasted the seventh-seeded Tar Heels 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 28-26) in their NCAA Volleyball Regional Semifinal match...

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