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Unleash the Beast: UNC’s Elijah Hood Leaving His Mark

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 22, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Sitting at 5-1 overall and 2-0 in ACC play, the UNC football team is off to its best start ever under head coach Larry Fedora. The key? Sophomore tailback Elijah Hood, who has proven during the first half of the season that he...

UNC Overcomes Sloppy Start to Smash Wake Forest 50-14

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 18, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Over the past seventeen seasons, each since 1997, one thing has remained the same in the UNC football program. The team has been unable to win its first two conference games during any of those years. On Saturday night the 18th...

Style Clash: High-Powered UNC Offense Meets Stingy Wake Forest Defense

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 16, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

When UNC and Wake Forest meet on the gridiron this Saturday night at Kenan Stadium an old, tired cliché will ring true. An unstoppable force—the Tar Heel offense—will collide with an immovable object—the Demon Deacon defense....

2 UNC Defensive Backs Arrested on Assault Charges

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 15, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

Two members of the North Carolina football team have been suspended indefinitely and will not play against Wake Forest on Saturday night after warrants for their arrests were served on Thursday. The university announced Thursday...

UNC Shares Top Spot in Preseason Poll with Kentucky

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 15, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

There’s a tie at the top to start the 2015-2016 men’s college basketball season. The USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll, released on Thursday, has North Carolina and Kentucky tied at number one. The Tar Heels received 12 of the 32...

UNC Football Seeking Best ACC Start Since 1997

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 15, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

When the UNC football team rallied from 21 points down for the largest comeback win in school history two weeks ago against Georgia Tech, it was also the first time the Tar Heels had won in Atlanta since 1997. This week at home...

3 UNC Men’s Basketball Players Named to Preseason Watch List

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 13, 2015 | UNC Sports

Three members of the UNC men’s basketball team have been named to preseason watch lists by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The preseason lists came out on Tuesday, with Marcus Paige, Brice Johnson and Justin Jackson placed...

Seniors Have Loaded UNC Basketball Team Thinking Big

Posted by Avery Trendel | Oct 12, 2015 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

With his team returning nine of its top ten contributors from last year’s run to the Sweet 16, UNC Head Men’s Basketball Coach Roy Williams said at the team’s media day on Monday that he has the deepest squad he’s had during his...

UNC Tight End Samuel’s Football Career Over Due to Heart Condition

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 12, 2015 | Featured, UNC Sports

UNC has announced two injuries to members of the football team. A release from the university says freshman defensive tackle Aaron Crawford will have season-ending surgery to repair a left foot fracture, on Thursday. He suffered...

UNC Football Rallies to Support the ‘Save the Fox’ Campaign

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 8, 2015 | Featured, News Around Town, UNC Sports

The UNC football team is joining in on the “Save the Fox” campaign aimed at helping Superior Court Judge Carl Fox. Fox is a UNC alumnus who was diagnosed in April with cancer where the bone marrow fails to make enough healthy...

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