Drake Maye Selected to 2026 NFL Pro Bowl

The New England Patriots will be represented by quarterback Drake Maye at the 2026 Pro Bowl, the NFL announced Tuesday. With his selection, Maye becomes just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to begin his career with multiple consecutive Pro Bowl invitations, joining Andrew Luck (three straight), Russell Wilson (four) and Dan Marino (five). (New England Patriots)

Audio: Hometown Hero - Freddie Kiger

Freddie Kiger, this week’s Hometown Hero, is a history teacher and statistician who was just honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. He’s has won 3 Emmy awards for ESPN’s SportsCentury series. He works as a statistician at the Smith Center in a sweater vest he first wore so his mom could see him on TV, a sweater vest he still wears in her honor. (Chapelboro.com)

Video: IC Podcast - So Far and Beyond; UNC Basketball 2025-26

At 12-1 entering ACC play, UNC Basketball has met or exceeded expectations. Inside Carolina’s roundtable crew discusses the Tar Heels' season to date, player surprises, areas of concern, the ACC race, and the challenges a ramp-up in competition can present. (View Video)

Henri Veesaar's Long Game Has Become Legit

The third question posed to UNC freshman forward Caleb Wilson following the Tar Heels' win over East Carolina on Monday would have been quite the surprise a couple of months ago. But not now. "Can we call Henri Veesaar a 3-point marksman now," a reporter asked. Wilson smiled and responded. "I'm telling you, man, he's knocking them down." (TarHeel247)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - UNC's Caleb Wilson / Henri Veesaar Frontcourt Better Than Imagined

During the preseason, we predicted that UNC's Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar would combine to be the best frontcourt in the ACC. It turns out that take wasn't strong enough. The duo is actually a top 5 frontcourt nationally. And the scary thing is they're just getting started. (View Video)

Tar Heels in pros: Coby White, Harrison Barnes shine; Davis, Ingram, Ryan have big G League games

Calf strains delayed the start of Coby White’s season, but he continues to produce big games, including Tuesday in Atlanta in the Bulls’ fourth straight win. Harrison Barnes had a big game as San Antonio knocked off Oklahoma City ahead of their Christmas Day rematch. In the G League, RJ Davis, Harrison Ingram, and Cormac Ryan had impressive games. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Hubert Davis gives emotional response to his son scoring first points at UNC

In most cases, a three-pointer near the end of a blowout victory might not mean much. On Monday night, the one that Elijah Davis connected on had monumental value to it for Hubert Davis. Walter Davis put together an illustrious career at North Carolina, and Hubert Davis followed with a pretty impressive career in Chapel Hill of his own. (Keeping It Heel)

Memorable Carolina moments, stories and achievements from 2025

At the Carolina Center for Public Service’s award presentation in April, UNC honored two dearly missed Tar Heels. The new Montross Award, in honor of former Tar Heel basketball great Eric Montross who died of cancer in 2023, recognizes a student-athlete who exemplified outstanding engagement and service to the state through a specific effort. (UNC.edu)

Drake Maye made a leap in Baltimore and took the Patriots with him

It had to be this way. Down 11. Teammates strewn across the field, almost a dozen lost to injury. A bad pick and lost fumble behind him. But everything he wanted still ahead. Drake Maye had never faced such stakes, such pressure, when he took the field with 12:44 left in Baltimore. Not even the 11-point deficit, the Pats’ largest of the season, felt familiar. (MSN.com)

Zac Gallen: A Frontline Starter Hidden in Plain Sight

For the past several years, Zac Gallen has been a model of pitching efficiency — a right-hander who wins not with overpowering fastballs but with clean shapes, elite pitch consistency, and one of the better north-south separation profiles among frontline starters. His 2025 season, however, was uneven. And yet, the underlying identity never changed. (Just Baseball)

Caleb Wilson accomplished something that only one other UNC freshman - Phil Ford - has done

Caleb Wilson is very good at basketball. His dominance through his first 13 college games is simply remarkable, as his latest feat puts him in some very rare and elite UNC company. Whenever you're mentioned in the same category as Phil Ford, you know you've done something well. On Monday night, Wilson scored 20+ points for the fifth consecutive game. (Keeping It Heel)

Luka Bogavac's Blueprint: Aggressive Play, Short Memory

The lid came off the bucket for Luka Bogavac on Monday, breaking a two-game slump and setting the blueprint for how the first-year Tar Heel can be a consistent contributor the rest of the season. Bogavac scored double-figures in nine of his first 10 games as a Tar Heel, but for two games, the former Adriatic Basketball Association standout hit a wall. (Inside Carolina)

UNC's Kysen Terukina Named ACC Wrestler Of The Week

North Carolina wrestling 125-pounder Kysen Terukina has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. Terukina, in his first season with the Tar Heels, earned conference honors for the first time in his career, following last weekend's 2-0 stretch against Nebraska and Northern Iowa. (GoHeels.com)

Video: IC Podcast - Bobby Petrino, Talent, and UNC's Quarterbacks

Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss what's next for UNC Football after Monday's announcement that longtime college coach Bobby Petrino will be hired as Carolina's offensive coordinator, the Tar Heels' need for a stronger QB group, and how expectations are now viewed entering 2026. (View Video)

Chansky’s Notebook: Performative

East Carolina, literally and figuratively, is not in the Tar Heels’ league. The Pirates walked the plank of UNC's most performative victory that gave the joyful crowd a prelude to Christmas with the 99-51 win. The only shortfall was not scoring 100 points that comes with Bojangles biscuits. That, and the Crumbl Cookies promotion, kept the fans extra engaged. (Chapelboro.com)

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