Some of the 10 football players still being held out of games as part of the NCAA and University investigation of the football program have entered UNC’s honor system, in which they will face a student-run justice procedure that is older than the… read more
To hear John Blanchard tell it, athletes at Carolina have always been able to turn to someone for help with their schoolwork. Blanchard, senior associate director of athletics, has heard tales of a tutor working with Tar Heel football legend Charlie… read more
Former Associate Head Coach John Blake, who resigned Sept. 5, received money from a sports agent who is a longtime friend of his, his lawyers acknowledged. Blake received money from agent Gary Wichard, characterized by his attorneys as loans and… read more
The NCAA ruled Wednesday that two Carolina football players will be suspended from games and must repay benefits they received from a professional sports agent and from contact with a former UNC football player, which was determined to be a… read more
“To everyone who loves this University, I’m sorry for what I have to tell you.” With that Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 opened a news conference called by the athletics department Aug. 26 to reveal that, in the course of the NCAA… read more
NCAA investigators have come to Chapel Hill to talk with athletes — members of the football team and their involvement with sports agents, according to multiple news sources. The UNC athletics department has not identified the nature of the… read more
While fans are busy filling out brackets for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Inside Higher Ed has already predicted the winner of its fourth-annual academic performance tournament. And the 2009 champion is UNC. To choose the… read more
Athletics and higher education will be discussed at an upcoming conference hosted by the College Sport Research Institute, which recently relocated to UNC, and UNC’s department of exercise and sport science. The 2009 Scholarly Conference on… read more
Carolina is the one large campus where academic scholarships outnumber athletic ones. A legislative provision to bring more out-of-state talent into the UNC System will do that, but most of the talent will shine on athletics fields and courts,… read more
Roy Williams said in statement: “I take compliance with NCAA rules very seriously. If ever I do not, or if the University leadership thinks I do not, it is time for me to move on.” read more