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Joel James Signs to Play Professionally in Japan

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 18, 2016 | UNC Sports

It appears now that the eastern hemisphere will now get a piece of one of Chapel Hill’s favorite local treasures. Joel James, the lovable former UNC men’s basketball big man, announced Thursday via Twitter that he...

Elijah Hood: The Most Interesting Man in Chapel Hill

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 18, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

For thousands of years scientists have held that each day consists of 24 hours. This discovery has gone unchallenged for much of human history. That is, until UNC’s star tailback Elijah Hood made it his life mission to stretch...

ACC Men’s Soccer Coaches Select UNC as Preseason Favorite

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 17, 2016 | UNC Sports

With the college men’s soccer season set to begin late next week, the ACC released its annual preseason coaches poll on Wednesday–with UNC chosen to win the league this year. The Tar Heels earned first place votes...

The “Rude Boyz” Lead a Much-Improved UNC Defense Into 2016

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 17, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos—two of the last three Super Bowl Champions—won titles largely because of their fearsome pass defenses, known as the Legion of Boom and the No Fly Zone. Meanwhile in Chapel Hill, UNC...

Former UNC Runner Shalane Flanagan Places Sixth in Olympic Marathon

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

The women’s Olympic marathon in Rio de Janeiro came to a conclusion early Monday afternoon with Shalane Flanagan–a former Tar Heel–finishing in sixth place with a time of 2:25:06. She was the highest-finishing...

UNC Football Hosts Chapel Hill Police for the Day

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 15, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Practicing inside Kenan Stadium on Monday for the first time during this year’s training camp, the UNC football team welcomed a group of close to 70 Chapel Hill police officers and their families to watch the proceedings....

Mitch Trubisky and Ryan Switzer: UNC Football’s Odd Couple

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 12, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Just over a week into UNC football’s preseason training camp for 2016, new starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky and star wide receiver Ryan Switzer have been training hard to perfect their craft for the 2016 season. The same...

WWE Signs Former UNC Football Player Brennan Williams

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 12, 2016 | UNC Sports

During his time as an offensive tackle at UNC under head coach Butch Davis, Brennan Williams was given the opportunity to lay the smackdown on a defender each time the ball was snapped. His sheer size and dominance led to him...

UNC Men’s Soccer Exhibition Moved to Cary

Posted by Avery Trendel | Aug 11, 2016 | UNC Sports

The fall season is all set to begin for many of the different UNC sports teams. For the No. 8 Tar Heel men’s soccer squad, the hype train was originally supposed to get started with a top 25 preseason showcase in Chapel...

UNC Agrees to Home-and-Home Football Series With UCF

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

It was announced Wednesday that UNC and the University of Central Florida (UCF) have come to an agreement on a home-and-home football series with the games scheduled for 2018 and 2020. The teams have never previously met before...

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