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My Tar Heel Tale: Reese Brantmeier

NCAA Women's Tennis Champion : "Playing here has been the greatest honor of my career. Tennis is traditionally an individual sport, so outside of college tennis, it is rare we experience playing for a team. I was so excited to get the opportunity to play for something bigger than myself. I could not have picked a better place than UNC." (Rams Club)

Young Drake Maye: How a future Super Bowl QB shredded an NC youth football league

They still remember it today. Everyone who saw on a football field on Saturday mornings in Huntersville, N.C., from age 6 to 12, has a story to tell. Tony Horton was an assistant coach on Drake’s youth teams. Horton and Drake’s dad, Mark, were so immersed in coaching that they had Tony’s wife, Tracey, videotape all their games. (Yahoo! Sports)

Chansky’s Notebook: Bluest Bloods

Who will be the one-and-done winners Saturday? UNC and Duke have had players who stepped onto the court for the first time in the blue blood rivalry and led their teams to victory in what has become the most famous regular-season home-and-home series. Both programs have had dozens of NBA draft choices, and the number of players has increased. (Chapelboro.com)

Video: Locked On Tar Heels - Dylan Mingo Watch Is On

UNC Basketball turns the recruiting tide as Watch heats up. Could the Tar Heels land the nation’s top guard? , fresh off his McDonald’s All-American selection, headlines a recruiting class that’s looking stronger by the day. Isaac Schade breaks down the latest recruiting twists. (View Video)

UNC Women’s Lacrosse Picked First In ACC Coaches Poll, Four Named Preseason All-ACC

UNC Women's Lacrosse has claimed the top spot in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll and four Tar Heels were named to the Preseason All-ACC team. Sam Forrest, Chloe Humphrey, Eliza Osburn, and Brooklyn Walker-Welch all claimed spots on the ACC's preseason team. Forrest finished off 2025 widely considered the top defender in the nation. (GoHeels.com)

Seattle Seahawks Activate LB Chazz Surratt From Injured Reserve Ahead Of Super Bowl LX

The Seahawks activated former North Carolina linebacker from injured reserve on Tuesday, adding back to the roster a key special teams player ahead of Super Bowl LX. Surratt, who signed with the Seahawks before the start of the season, appeared in 11 games prior to suffering an ankle injury that landed him on injured reserve. (Seattle Seahawks)

UNC Baseball Media Day Videos And Quotes

UNC opens the 2026 baseball season Feb. 13 as the Diamond Heels host Indiana in a three-game series in Boshamer Stadium. On Tuesday, UNC held its annual media day, with coach Scott Forbes, pitchers and , and second baseman speaking from the podium. Here are noteworthy quotes and videos. (Inside Carolina)

Luka Bogavac Says Uptick In Comfort Is Key To Recent Play

has 40 points over the last three games, netting 14 at Virginia, 16 at Georgia Tech, and 10 vs. Syracuse. He's 14-for-23 from the field in the three games, including 7-for-13 from beyond the arc. Bogavac says he's more comfortable on the floor with his teammates, and they with each other, which has allowed for more open shot attempts. (TarHeel247)

10 UNC Baseball Games Selected For National TV This Season

ESPN and the ACC Network have released their lineup for the 2026 college baseball season, picking up 10 of the Diamond Heels' contests as part of their coverage. It is already the most regular-season TV selections in program history, with the chance for more to be added. UNC sits tied with Clemson for the most 2026 TV appearances in the ACC. (GoHeels.com)

Video: IC Podcast - UNC Basketball's 'Metrics Problem' As Duke Looms

Greg Barnes joins Tommy Ashley from Inside Carolina to discuss the aftermath of UNC Basketball's near collapse against Syracuse on Monday night and how the Tar Heels face a 'metrics problem' heading into the season's first matchup against the Duke Blue Devils. (View Video)

UNC Baseball transfer portal winners again after losing stars, likely national contender

After coming a win away from back-to-back trips to Omaha, UNC Baseball coach has again rebuilt a roster that looks capable of competing on the national stage, even after losing seven starters and the national pitcher of the year. In modern college baseball, that kind of reset is no longer shocking, but Forbes said the process never gets easier. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Inside UNC Basketball's Late-Game Wake Up Call: 'We Got Too Comfortable'

UNC had the Smith Center ready to exhale with just under 10 minutes left, sitting on a massive lead and playing the kind of connected basketball that makes a blowout feel inevitable. Instead, the Tar Heels spent the final stretch hanging on as Syracuse turned missed shots, turnovers, and stops into a late push that shrank the margin to single digits. (TarHeel247)

Reese Brantmeier Earns Second Straight ACC Player Of The Week Honor

has been named ACC Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the second straight week. The senior had another standout weekend, going 2-0 in singles and 1-1 in doubles while helping lead UNC to two top-10 wins. Both of Brantmeier's singles wins clinched the team win for the Tar Heels vs. No. 9 NC State and No. 1 Georgia. (GoHeels.com)

Group behind effort to save UNC’s Smith Center wants new report

The chairman of a group opposed to relocating North Carolina’s basketball arena off campus has a new demand for University leadership. The Committee for a South Campus Arena is chaired by Rusty Carter, a 1971 graduate of the university, who previously served on the Board of Trustees and Board of Visitors and is chairman of Atlantic Packaging. (WRAL.com)

Ryan Lynch Selected To Preseason College Pitcher Of The Year Watch List

UNC sophomore has been named to Baseball America's Preseason College Pitcher of the Year Watch List, the organization announced on Tuesday morning. The big righty is one of just 20 players included in the recognition that considers every pitcher in the nation. Lynch enters his sophomore season after earning Freshman All-America status. (GoHeels.com)
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February 5, 1992
In a game most remembered for blood streaming down the back of Eric Montross’ head, UNC beats defending NCAA champion and No. 1 Duke, 75-73, causing the students to rush the floor for the first time ever at the Smith Center.
February 5, 1998
Antawn Jamison, the 1998 National Player of the Year, scores 35 points as No. 2 Carolina beats No. 1 Duke, 97-73.
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