Tar Heel basketball and football fans are used to getting their radio play-by-play straight up and by the book. It may be as exciting as the game itself, but one never wonders whether there’s going to be an off-color slip of the tongue. It’s… read more
Carolina’s latest basketball milestone made all the papers. But there was one paper Sylvia Hatchell probably didn’t want to hear anything about. On Monday, Feb. 4, Hatchell’s team drove to Durham and took care of the usually tough Blue Devils,… read more
The Carolina Basketball Museum is not just about the more than 450 artifacts in the display cases, such as the shoes, uniforms, rings and balls used by players over the decades. It’s also about the come-from-behind victories, the final moments of… read more
The University has agreed to pay former UNC soccer player Melissa Jennings ’00 $385,000 in a settlement stemming from a sexual harassment lawsuit that has put head coach Anson Dorrance ’74 in the national spotlight for something other than his… read more
Marion Jones ’97, who rose from two-sport stardom at Carolina to international renown as a five-medal winner in the 2000 Olympics, was sentenced to six months in prison Friday by the U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y. read more
Ivory Latta ’07, a three-time ACC women’s basketball tournament MVP; senior Heather O’Reilly, the women’s soccer National Player of the Year and Olympic gold medalist; and Robert Woodard ’07, the Tar Heels’ all-time winningest pitcher, are the… read more
Speculate about why she changed, but don’t question her successes at Carolina. The name Marion Jones ’97 is engraved in glass in the windows of the Track and Field Hall of Honor. One of the “Tar Heel Track & Field Olympians.” 2000 Sydney. read more
In a game that spawned the term “slobber knocker,” is there a limit to the amount of impact a football player’s head can handle before the player suffers a concussion? The answer is yes … and no, say researchers at UNC. High-tech helmets worn… read more
The UNC field hockey team won its fifth national championship in November with a 3-0 victory over Penn State at College Park, Md. The team finished its season undefeated with 24 wins. Karen Shelton, who has coached the Heels since 1981, has… read more
On the eve of the Duke game, which would give Carolina four football victories in Coach Butch Davis’ first season, Davis was given an eighth year on his contract and a $291,000-per-year raise. The athletics department’s action requires approval of… read more