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Ross Bowers threw four touchdown passes in his first collegiate start as California defeated North Carolina 35-30, winning in the coaching debut of Justin Wilcox on Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. Bowers, a redshirt sophomore who had never thrown a collegiate pass until this season opener, completed 24 of 38 passes for…
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Jordan brand goes hand-in-hand with North Carolina, and the Tarheels seem to embrace this without any issue, no matter the sport. North Carolina’s new practice helmets will sport the Jordan logo: New practice helmets for @TarHeelFootball will have the @Jumpman23 logo on them.#GoHeels x #uniswag pic.twitter.com/0Otb4uqvhU — UNISWAG (@Uniformswag) August 5, 2017 You can see the…
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North Carolina forward Luke Maye, one of the heroes of the Tar Heels' 2017 NCAA tournament men's basketball championship, was uninjured after his car flipped several times and came to rest upside down on a North Carolina Interstate. Maye's parents told the Charlotte Observer that their son walked away with no more than a few bumps…
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North Carolina officially added former LSU quarterback Brandon Harris on Friday when the graduate transfer signed a scholarship agreement with the school. Harris recently completed his graduation requirements at LSU and is eligible for the 2017 season. Harris originally announced he was transferring to North Carolina on March 28. "Obviously, it has been an important time…
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Most basketball coaches have incentives built into their contracts for making the NCAA Tournament as well as getting their team up to a specific academic standard. Well, North Carolina’s Roy Williams hit all the benchmarks by winning a national title and getting his team to a strong Academic Progress Rate of 985. Roy Williams picks up…
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North Carolina is potentially losing a lot of firepower this offseason with Justin Jackson going pro and three major contributors graduating in Nate Britt, Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks. That means Roy Williams has some space freed up on scholarships to go after a few more recruits than usual in 2017’s class and it looks like…
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Newly released records show three attorneys billed UNC-Chapel Hill for representing football players the State Bureau of Investigation had sought to interview as part of a criminal investigation into what turned out to be hundreds of bogus classes and independent studies. The bills were small — a combined $2,500. That's because the attorneys told the SBI…
Continuing the positive momentum he created at the Scouting Combine a couple weeks ago, North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky completed approximately 63 of 70 passes during a scripted throwing session on Tuesday attended by an estimated 75 scouts representing virtually every NFL team. Among the big names in attendance were San Francisco 49ers' general manager John…
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- North Carolina scored the final 12 points to beat Arkansas 72-65 and avoid an upset Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament's second round at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Isaiah Hicks scored six of the points in the winning spurt, sending North Carolina to the Sweet 16 for the 22nd time since 1985. The…
It’s not often that one injury or player can decide the fate of an entire tournament or even a game, but that is likely the case for UNC’s Joel Berry. The star point guard did not take part in practice on Saturday because of a pretty serious sounding injury. Roy is hopeful but reiterates that he's…
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Arkansas wants to wear out opponents. That's a goal of North Carolina as well. So the teams meet Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament's second round at Bon Secours Arena with similar objectives. "That's what we do," Arkansas guard Dusty Hannahs said in attempting to keep a brisk pace and aiming to come…
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Joel Berry scored 28 points and No. 5 North Carolina pulled away in the final minutes to defeat No. 17 Duke 90-83 in another riveting clash between the ACC rivals Saturday night at the Smith Center. The Tar Heels put the exclamation point on a regular-season championship by avenging last month's defeat.…
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Elijah Hood served as “the” running back for the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2016. The talented ball-carrier still lived largely in the shadow of future 1st-round pick Mitch Trubisky in the backfield but, for the most part, Hood received a great deal of attention for his high-end ability at the position. However, Hood was not…
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The Cleveland Browns are in desperate need of a franchise quarterback, and a new report suggests they might take former North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky with the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft. Related: One college prospect is calling his shot, and he’s got a surprising hopeful landing spot #Browns strongly considering QB Mitch…
