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Video: Carolina Insider - 2026 UNC Football Schedule Breakdown

Jones Angell from the Tar Heel Sports Network and Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com discuss the 2026 North Carolina football schedule that was released by the ACC on Monday night. (View Video)

UNC Football’s 2026 Schedule Announced

Heading into year two of the Bill Belichick era in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels will face an exciting slate, as the ACC announced UNC Football's 2026 schedule Monday. Carolina will play six home games at Kenan Stadium, including four ACC matchups and two nonconference games. The Tar Heels have five road games and a neutral-site contest in Ireland. (GoHeels.com)

Chansky’s Notebook: Cherry on Top

Drake Maye is the new king of New England and Tar Heelia. At 6-4 and the "runt" of the Maye family, Drake has taken his 23-year-old story to another level. His dad Mark, also a former Tar Heel quarterback, and athlete mom Aimee, had four boys, and the youngest took every tease and challenge from his bigger bros and always came back to play again. (Chapelboro.com)

THT Newsletter: The Jarin Stevenson Game, Tar Heels headed to Super Bowl

Jarin Stevenson had himself a game in UNC’s upset of Virginia, Drake Maye and three other Tar Heels are heading to the Super Bowl, Carolina Basketball commits Maximo Adams and Kate Harpring are doing big things, Women’s hoops went 2-0 this past week, and the Diamond Heels have a week of spring scrimmages in the books. (Tar Heel Times Newsletter)

How Drake Maye improvised Patriots’ final play to send them to Super Bowl

Leading 10-7 with less than two minutes left in the AFC title game, Josh McDaniels scanned his call sheet for the play that would send the Patriots to the Super Bowl. He landed on an outside zone run. It was a basic play, where Drake Maye would hand the ball off to Rhamondre Stevenson, who would run behind his fullback. But Maye had other ideas. (MSN.com)

Drake Maye’s comment on Caleb Wilson’s Instagram says everything about UNC's culture

Following the North Carolina basketball program's victory over No. 14-ranked Virginia, star freshman Caleb Wilson posted photos on his Instagram account. While the future NBA lottery pick received a ton of comments, especially from his current teammates, Drake Maye was in the comments section hyping up the highly-touted prospect. "That guy." (Keeping It Heel)

New England Patriots activate receiver Mack Hollins from IR for AFC title game

The New England Patriots activated starting wide receiver Mack Hollins from injured reserve Saturday, giving their offense a boost heading into Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos. Hollins had landed on IR on Dec. 27 with an abdomen injury. Up to that point, he had started 13 games and was third on the team in receptions. (ESPN)

Lucas: Maye Merriment

As you would expect if you know anything about celebrity NFL quarterbacks, Drake Maye had big late-night plans for celebrating New England's 28-16 wild card round playoff win over the Los Angeles Chargers. And as you would also expect if you know anything about the Maye family, those late-night plans involved some intense competition with his family. (GoHeels.com)

Patriots' Drake Maye committed to being himself despite playoff struggles: 'I'm gonna take a shot'

The New England Patriots are one win from the Super Bowl. It's a statement that would have been laughable a year ago, but it's where the Patriots find themselves in their first year under coach Mike Vrabel. Perhaps more importantly, it's a place they've reached because of the performance of second-year quarterback and NFL MVP candidate Drake Maye. (NFL.com)

Drake Maye Named PFWA Most Improved Player of the Year

New England quarterback Drake Maye, who helped lead the Patriots to 14 victories and paced the NFL in several passing categories, is the 2025 NFL Most Improved Player of the Year. This season, he led the NFL in completion percentage (72), yards per attempt (8.9), and passer rating (113.5) as New England went 13-4 to tie for the league’s best record. (Pro Football Writers of America)

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