Go Heels News

After a tense battle with the NCAA, UNC football wide receiver Devontez “Tez” Walker was denied eligibility for the 2023 season, drawing sharp criticism of the athletic association from University officials. The fight for Walker’s… read more

Erin Matson ’22, UNC’s most decorated women’s field hockey player and arguably the greatest women’s player of all time, has been named Carolina’s next head field hockey coach. She follows Karen Shelton, who announced her retirement in… read more

The game ball — and the name of the player — are now in the Carolina Basketball Museum. Ask any Carolina basketball fan who holds the men’s single-game-scoring record and the response may very well be Michael Jordan ’86, Tyler… read more

The UNC athletics department honored former Tar Heel, All-American and NBA basketball player Lennie Rosenbluth ’57 during Carolina’s Nov. 11 home game. Rosenbluth, a native New Yorker who died in June, is one of Carolina’s best ever hoops… read more

Field hockey Coach Karen Shelton says talent, toughness and focus were the ingredients for this year’s undefeated championship team. UNC’s field hockey team capped off a perfect season Nov. 20 after defeating Northwestern… read more

Stuart Scott ’87 and Curry Kirkpatrick ’65 were among four inducted this summer into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame. Scott, who died in 2015, was an ESPN sportscaster known for his catchphrases such as “Boo-Yah” and… read more

Once viewed as an unlikely choice to be women’s lacrosse coach, Jenny Levy led her team to an undefeated season and its third national championship. As the bus rolled out of Baltimore, the boisterous passengers — Carolina’s… read more

As thousands of Carolina and Duke fans marched toward the Superdome on April 2, the soundtrack played by New Orleans street musicians on horns and drumming buckets seemed scored for a human sacrifice. Or at least my frayed nerves made it feel so. read more

UNC’s club Ultimate Frisbee teams soared over their competitors at the USA Ultimate College Championships in December, with the men and women both landing national titles. The Darkside men won their final against Georgia, 15-11. Then less… read more