Sports

Mack is back! But some students can’t get tickets to the game

September 14, 2019

A new process to distribute football tickets at Kenan Stadium has made it more difficult for students to get tickets.

Coach Mack Brown begins a new Tar Heel victory tradition

September 7, 2019

The UNC football team is starting their 2019 season with a new tradition of lighting the bell tower Carolina blue after each victory.

N.C. legislators are considering legalizing alcohol sales at college sports venues

April 13, 2019

A bill moving through the state legislature could allow alcohol sales at college athletic events as soon as this fall, but fans have mixed feelings about the possibility.

DENIED: Inside the student ticket lottery for UNC basketball tickets

March 2, 2019

Students say it’s getting harder to receive tickets through the UNC basketball ticket lottery system.

UNC’s fight club: boxing provides great exercise and competition for students

December 1, 2018

UNC Boxing Club carries on the tradition of the sport, by creating a community where students learn to box for exercise or compete.

No players, no games – two local high schools cancel football season

October 6, 2018

Two Orange County High Schools canceled their 2018 season due to a lack of players.

UNC and UNCW basketball share one roof after Hurricane Florence

September 29, 2018

Some UNC-Wilmington sports teams have relocated to Chapel Hill after their campus was damaged by Hurricane Florence.

Fantasy football brings friends and foes together

September 29, 2018

For some students, fantasy football is more interesting than the real thing.

Young wrestlers fight in Greensboro, some dream of careers in the WWF

September 29, 2018

At a small ring in Greensboro, a young coach helps budding wrestlers learn the ropes.

New film by UNC grad looks at basketball’s growth in Africa

September 22, 2018

Taylor Sharp’s “Hoops Africa” will premiere at Chapel Hill’s Varsity Theater.