ACC Baseball Roundup: Walkoff Weekend
It was Walkoff Weekend. Virginia’s come-from-behind thriller Friday was just Exhibit A. It simply got the Walkoff Train rolling. Later that evening, Georgia Tech did the same to No. 2 North Carolina, dealing the Tar Heels just their fourth ACC loss of the season. Entering the bottom of the ninth tied 4-4, shortstop Mott Hyde drilled a one-out walkoff homer off UNC starter Kent Emanuel. (ACC Sports Journal)
ACC-Big Ten Challenge Preview, Day 2
North Carolina at Michigan State: Two blue-blood programs. Two Hall of Fame coaches. Both teams return almost all of their talent from last year. North Carolina hasn't played in East Lansing since November 29, 2000. The Tar Heels have won seven in a row against the Spartans since, including three in the NCAA Tournament. Roy Williams is 6-0 against Izzo since returning to North Carolina. (Fox Sports South)
Waived by Falcons, Casey Barth waits for another offer
Casey Barth chose a free agent offer from the Atlanta Falcons over those of two other teams last month because he felt it gave him the best chance to compete for an NFL job. It didn’t turn out that way. The former North Carolina kicker was waived last Friday after a week at the Falcons’ rookie mini-camp. “I’m not sure,” Barth said when asked what went wrong. “I thought I did pretty well.” (Wilmington Star News)
Monday Baseball Report
In some respects, water is finding its level a bit with the Tar Heel baseball season. UNC had been absurd through most of the season and even now only has six losses in 51 games. As a result of the series loss, UNC dropped from 1st to 3rd in the Baseball America Top 25 falling behind Vanderbilt and LSU. (Tar Heel Blog)
Carolina Returns To Boshamer Tuesday
No. 2 North Carolina returns home for a regular season ending five-game home stand beginning Tuesday when the Tar Heels host Appalachian State at 6 p.m. The Tar Heels will be looking to avoid their first losing streak of the year on Tuesday after dropping their first weekend series of the year. Carolina enters with a 45-6 overall mark on the year. (GoHeels.com)
Gio Bernard impressive at Bengals rookie camp
Former North Carolina running back Giovani Bernard impressed coaches at Bengals rookie camp this weekend. Head Coach Marvin Lewis is comparing him to established running backs like Ray Rice and Maurice Jones Drew, which is high praise for a player after his first weekend of work as a pro. Bernard says he's enjoying the NFL so far, and it's no surprise when he says it's a step up from the college game. (WRAL Sports Fan)
Tar Heels found Rick Fox by accident
North Carolina coach Dean Smith discovered Rick Fox at a summer camp in 1986. Fox, had just completed his junior year at Warsaw High School, was 6-7 and talented, but still raw and relatively unknown. Smith was there to watch J.R. Reid, a highly-touted recruit who was considering North Carolina and Georgetown. (Indianapolis Star)
Despite NC State's buzz last season, Duke and UNC still rule North Carolina
Once again, Duke and North Carolina will be the cornerstones of the expanding powerhouse conference. NC State's immediate future is less certain, but the Wolfpack's recruiting class is intriguing. So it's a good time to be a fan of college basketball in the Triangle. "It's really exciting," said Steve Wiseman, who covers Duke for the Durham Herald-Sun. (ESPN.com)
UNC Class Of 2013 Turns Its Tassels
35,000 people gathered in Chapel Hill Sunday in Kenan Stadium to celebrate the UNC Class of 2013. “Welcome all of you to the ranks of the alumni from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!” Chancellor Holden Thorp proclaimed to the stadium. (Chapelboro.com)
Golden State Warriors find hero in Harrison Barnes
It was pretty clear Sunday that the Warriors needed their top draft pick to turn up the heat on offense in Game 4. Harrison Barnes did just that. The rookie pressed the attack from the outset and took a career-high 26 shots, and while making just nine of them, still scored a career-high and team-leading 26 points to go along with 10 rebounds in the Warriors' 97-87 overtime victory over San Antonio. (San Jose Mercury News)
Storify: On graduation, lots of mixed feelings
When commencement speaker and AOL co-founder Steve Case addressed the 35,000 people in attendance at Sunday’s graduation ceremony, he said he thought the Class of 2013 graduates might be feeling one thing — bittersweet. (Daily Tar Heel)
Tar Heels Fall In Extra Innings At Georgia Tech
No. 1 North Carolina (45-6, 20-5 ACC) dropped its first series of the year on Sunday as the Tar Heels suffered a 9-8 loss in 11 innings against Georgia Tech (32-20, 14-13 ACC) in Atlanta. Carolina jumped out to a 7-1 lead after five and a half innings but the Yellow Jackets would not go quietly as they pushed across a pair of runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh to climb within three at 8-5. (GoHeels.com)
Tar Heel Women's Lacrosse Blows Past Loyola, 19-9
Third-seeded North Carolina got five goals and two assists from Kara Cannizzaro and four goals and two assists from Abbey Friend, defeating 11th-ranked and unseeded Loyola, 19-9, on Sunday at Fetzer Field in the NCAA Tournament second round. With the victory, Carolina (15-3) advances to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals for the ninth consecutive season. (GoHeels.com)
Q & A with Matt Harvey
Q: What’s it like being Matt Harvey these days? A: It’s kinda cool getting recognized places. At the same time, I know with all this stuff coming in and opportunities arising, all that won’t happen if I don’t perform baseball-wise. I like to have my personal life, but for right now and for the most part, the season’s on my mind, the All-Star game’s on my mind, and winning’s on my mind. (New York Post)
Colorado manager Walt Weiss living the mile-high life with Rockies
Walt Weiss, manager of the Colorado Rockies, lives atop a plateau overlooking Castlewood Canyon, 40 miles south of his Coors Field office. A twisting dirt road, lined with red-topped signs warning trespassers and hunters to turn around, leads to the white automated fence at the foot of his street. His estate, spread across 73 acres, looks out on rim rock, dam ruins and the sun-beaten Creek Bottom Trail. (New York Daily News)
UNC OC Blake Anderson ranked 12th in study of fastest college football play-callers
During the 2013 college football season, expect to see a slew of college programs add an up-tempo element to their offense. Coaches that have utilized fast-tempo at times last season will rely upon it even more this season. (CoachingSearch.com)
Moss Takes The Sting Out Of Georgia Tech
Sophomore right-hander Benton Moss turned in his best outing of the season Saturday night as he tossed eight scoreless innings in No. 1 UNC's 3-1 win at No. 30 Georgia Tech. Moss surrendered just two hits in his eight innings of work, while striking out five Yellow Jackets. The Tar Heels (45-5, 20-4 ACC) gave Moss an early lead to work with as they loaded the bases with nobody out in the first. (GoHeels.com)
Spurs slow Stephen Curry with Danny Green
When Danny Green has been crouched and ready with those long arms, quick feet, and textbook defensive stance, Steph Curry has hit just one of 15 shots against him in Games 2 and 3 while not faring much better against the likes of Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard. Slowing the scorer who was the runaway people's choice for playoff MVP just a few days ago isn't easy, but they're doing it. (USA Today)
Rex Ryan criticizes Quinton Coples' work in the weight room
In the midst of praising some of his first year players after the opening day of rookie minicamp, Rex Ryan took a quick aside to criticize one of his sophomores, Quinton Coples. “He’s got to compete like anybody else for a job,” said Ryan. “So I’m a little disappointed in Q in the weight room in the last day.” One knock on Coples coming out of college was a questionable work ethic. (New York Daily News)
UNC Lacrosse Flies By Mountain Hawks In 1st Round
Top-ranked North Carolina overcame a slow start to race past 10th-ranked Lehigh 16-7 in the first round of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament Saturday afternoon at Fetzer Field. Eleven different Tar Heels scored in the game as UNC rung up its largest margin of victory in an NCAA game since 1990 when current head coach Joe Breschi served as the senior captain for the Carolina team. (GoHeels.com)
Promise, Scandal, And Resolution: The Thorp Era At UNC
It’s commencement weekend across North Carolina. Thousands of college students will get their degrees and begin their professional lives. This year, they’re not the only ones who will get a fresh start. After five years as the chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill, Holden Thorp is leaving to become the provost at Washington University in Saint Louis. (WUNC.org)
Reggie Bullock among ACC players invited to NBA draft combine
The NBA Draft Combine will be held next week in Chicago and Reggie Bullock has received an invitation to attend. Bullock, who is a teetering between the first and second rounds, this is a opportunity to impress the right team. And if he really performs well, it is possible he could climb a few spots. (Tar Heel Blog)
Weekend Watch: May 10-12
Baseball is at Georgia Tech this weekend for games Friday at 7, Saturday at 6 and Sunday at 1. All games are available on ESPN3, the Tar Heel Sports Network and SiriusXM College Sports, channel 91. Men's Lacrosse begins NCAA play with a game against Lehigh Saturday at noon at Fetzer Field. Watch on ESPN2 or ESPN3. Women's Lacrosse awaits the winner of Loyola and High Point. They'll start their NCAA Tournament Sunday at 1. (Tar Heel Monthly)
Beat Duke? Check. Win ACC? Check. UNC men’s lacrosse focuses on NCAA tourney
North Carolina’s men’s lacrosse players had high expectations to begin with. Before the season, they identified three goals: beat Duke, capture the ACC championship, and then win the national title. They reached two goals in one weekend, and Saturday will begin their quest for the third. The success might surprise some, but not them. (Charlotte Observer)
UNC Drops Series Opener At Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech's (31-19, 13-12 ACC) Mott Hyde hit a walk off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night to down No. 1 North Carolina (44-5, 19-4 ACC), 5-4, in Atlanta. The Tar Heels let an early 3-0 lead slip away Friday as the Yellow Jackets used a four-run third inning to take the lead. (GoHeels.com)
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