UNC Coach Very Proud of Tar Heels Winning World Cup

This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. Are the USA Women cool, or what? Full disclosure. I really don’t like soccer because, pure and simple, there is not enough scoring for me. We live in a society of immediate gratification, and watching […]

The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team has now set its sights on Germany in the tournament semifinal on Tuesday. The U.S., stocked with six former North Carolina Tar Heels, knocked off China 1-0 on Friday night in the Quarterfinals. Two former UNC soccer stars – Tobin Heath and Meghan Klingenberg – started and played the […]

This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. Can the USA women score enough to beat potent Germany? Despite only a 1-0 win over China, the U.S. women’s World Cup team looked far more aggressive than in its previous matches. But can that […]

U.S. women's soccer held a special friendly on Saturday to both prepare for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics and celebrate its 1999 team.

Written by STEVE DOUGLAS Lionel Messi, wearing a black Qatari robe over his blue-and-white Argentina shirt, kissed the World Cup, shuffled toward his teammates and hoisted the golden trophy high in the air. It was an iconic sight that finally — definitively — places the soccer superstar in the pantheon of the game’s greatest players. Messi’s once-in-a-generation […]

Written by ALAN SUDERMAN The tiny Arab nation of Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on soccer officials as part of a no-expense-spared effort to win and hold on to the 2022 World Cup tournament, an investigation by The Associated Press has found. It’s part of a trend of […]

Megan Rapinoe is the next Colin Kaepernick. Get used to it. The 33-year-old star of the U.S. Women’s World Cup team draws enough attention with her funky hair color and play on the pitch. But she got even more pub this week when the Yanks drubbed Thailand and Rapinoe was asked a million questions. Did […]

If blatant lies and thoughtless blunders are rain, the United States of America is in the midst of a monsoon. From “covfefe” to Kathy Griffin, it looks like we’re not due for clear skies any time soon. Each passing day, some new “alternative fact” surfaces, another presidential Tweet elevates eyebrows and hackles across the nation, […]

Seven former Tar Heels will be making their way to Rio as part of the United States women’s soccer team for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The 18-payer roster was announced on Tuesday with five players who played their college soccer at UNC included. Two former Tar Heels were named as alternates for the team. Defenders […]

Six former UNC Women’s Soccer stars are now World Cup champions after the Team USA victory over Japan on Sunday. UNC coach Anson Dorrance reflected with WCHL’s Blake Hodge on watching the former Tar Heels win it all.