Sports

No playoffs, no farewells: High school athletes quietly end their careers

April 3, 2020

Due to the spring sports season being postponed, many high school seniors likely have played their last game before graduation.

UNC is one of the first universities to switch to recyclable cups at sports events

March 7, 2020

UNC athletics is going green at the concession stand with recycled aluminum cups that help cut down on waste production at games.

Charles Scott is disappointed that the UNC basketball museum omits much of his story

February 29, 2020

UNC officials say it was an oversight that the campus museum doesn’t have an exhibit for Scott, the university’s first African American scholarship athlete.

Student starts petition to add Charles Scott to UNC basketball museum

February 21, 2020

The North Carolina Basketball Museum located on campus, has little information about Charles Scott, the first black scholarship athlete at Chapel Hill.

UNC’s football facilities honored as among the nation’s best

February 15, 2020

24/7 Sports has ranked Kenan Stadium as one of the best college football facilities in the country.

With one of the NCAA’s largest analytics staffs, UNC’s baseball team is embracing advanced metrics

February 8, 2020

The UNC baseball team is innovating their game with the use of data and analytics to improve on-the-field production.

UNC professor: ‘Kobe Bryant was going to get bigger’

February 1, 2020

UNC sports historian Matthew Andrews talks about the life of retired basketball star Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a Los Angeles helicopter crash last weekend.

Two-sport athlete Julia Dorsey excels in lacrosse, soccer

February 1, 2020

Julia Dorsey came to UNC on a lacrosse scholarship, but decided she wanted to challenge herself and walk-on the soccer team as well.

Beginning of the Banghart-era for UNC women’s basketball

November 23, 2019

Courtney Banghart has taken over as head coach after Sylvia Hatchell resigned following more than 30 years in the position.

A new NCAA plan may allow college athletes to profit; How will it affect UNC?

November 2, 2019

Coach Mack Brown is concerned about how the new NCAA rule will affect the collegiate model of sports, but some UNC student think that the rule is long overdue.