The Carolina-Duke basketball rivalry graduated years ago from a Tobacco Road brawl to an integral part of the national sports scene. The bitter rivalry has spawned a cottage industry of books, videos and gear cashing in on the enmity of the two… read more
The University will begin offering scholarship athletes who have left Carolina with uncompleted degrees the chance to come back at any time and continue their studies under the financial terms of their scholarships. For a full-scholarship… read more
P.J. Hairston, who led the Tar Heels in scoring last season and spent this season sidelined, will not return to Carolina’s basketball team. Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham said Friday in a release: “Unfortunately, P.J. made a number of… read more
Carmichael Auditorium served the men’s basketball team for 20 years. The Dean E. Smith Center is now 27 and has some acknowledged shortcomings, such as a single concourse and no private suites, so naturally renovation-or-replacement talk comes up… read more
Bill Guthridge struggles to put his feelings into words. Every week, he sees his longtime friend and former boss in the office, as he has since he joined the coaching staff of the Carolina basketball team in 1967. He and former head coach… read more
The University has been selected by the National Football League Players Association to participate in a new initiative aimed at providing medical services and support to its former players. The NFL Players Association unveiled its new… read more
UNC women’s basketball head coach Sylvia Hatchell is temporarily stepping away from her on-the-court coaching responsibilities due to a recent diagnosis of leukemia. “I am going to be involved in a treatment plan established by Dr. Pete… read more
Dean Smith will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this year. Smith retired in 1997 after 36 years as head coach of Carolina basketball teams that he built into one of the most storied programs in college sports. The Presidential… read more
Basketball star P.J. Hairston has been suspended from the team indefinitely by coach Roy Williams ’72 after another run-in with the law. Hairston, who saw charges of marijuana possession and unlicensed driving dropped by a Durham County court… read more
Charges of marijuana possession and driving without a license against UNC basketball player P.J. Hairston have been dropped, according to a deputy clerk of Durham County Superior Court. Hairston, who led the Carolina men’s basketball team in… read more