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Softball’s Papa earns 1,000th win

By Jonathan LaMantia | March 27

When North Carolina softball coach Donna Papa came to Chapel Hill in 1985, portable toilets served as locker rooms and Papa’s trunk was the team’s ...

Spingola stops FSU in two complete games

By Leah Campbell | March 27

After a home run by Kelli Wheeler in the first Tar Heel at-bat of Sunday’s game — the last of a three-game series which the North Carolina softball ...

UNC prefers warm weather

By David Adler | March 27

North Carolina men’s tennis split its two matches this weekend between the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center’s indoor and outdoor courts. Playing Maryland ...

Men’s tennis wins sixth straight match

By Matthew Cox | March 27

The North Carolina men’s tennis team improved its ACC record to 4-0 for the first time since the 2008 season with wins against Maryland and Boston College ...

Cardinal too much for the Tar Heels

By Kelly Parsons | March 27

At halftime of the North Carolina women’s basketball team’s NCAA regional semifinal game against first-seeded Stanford, UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell ...

Holberton, infield fill in nicely for Michael

By Mark Thompson | March 27

In the third inning of UNC’s extra-innings win against Duke on Sunday, Levi Michael fouled a pitch off his left ankle and hobbled around before stepping ...

Diamond Heels sweep Duke

By Aaron Taube | March 27

During the first two games of its home series against Duke, the No. 12 North Carolina baseball team fell behind early, but managed to respond with big ...

Donohoe dictates the tempo in Tar Heel win

By Justin Mayhew | March 27

When North Carolina women’s lacrosse attacker Corey Donohoe gets the ball in a one-on-one situation near the goal, all bets are off for the other team. ...

Women’s lacrosse tops No. 17 Eagles

By Alexandra Chabolla | March 27

The No. 5 North Carolina women’s lacrosse team thought it had clinched a win when it led 15-7 with three minutes to play against No. 17 Boston College ...

Kentucky tops UNC 76-69, ends Tar Heels' run in NCAA

By From staff reports | March 27

NEWARK, N.J. – The Kentucky Wildcats won the East regional and ended the North Carolina men’s basketball season at the Elite Eight in Newark, ...

Kentucky leads UNC 38-30 at halftime in Elite Eight

By Louie Horvath | March 27

NEWARK, N.J. – North Carolina trails 38-30 at halftime of its Elite Eight matchup against Kentucky in the Prudential Center. The Tar Heels struggled ...

North Carolina comes close, but falls to Stanford in Saturday's women's Sweet 16

By Kelly Parsons | March 27

The Tar Heels outrebounded the Cardinal 50-47 on Saturday in the Spokane Arena.After a hard-fought game that featured 12 tie scores and nine lead changes, ...

Game day: Kentucky's Jones wiser for Henson rematch

By Jonathan Jones | March 26

John Henson is three blocks shy of setting a new North Carolina single-season record with 121 swats. He averages 3.2 a game, and so win or lose against ...

Eagle hunting: Heels dismantle Marquette in Sweet 16

By Louie Horvath | March 25

Just before North Carolina’s 81-63 Sweet 16 win against Marquette, the Tar Heel players had heard enough. Many of the pundits had been saying all ...

Tar Heels play confidence-building game

By Jonathan Jones | March 25

If the Marquette jerseys were already tough enough to look at, then the first half wasn’t much better. North Carolina was a matchup nightmare on paper ...

UNC advances to Elite Eight against Marquette, 81-63

By Jonathan Jones | March 25

North Carolina rolled into the Elite Eight with a big win against No. 11 seeded Marquette 81-63. The Golden Eagles scored only 15 first-half points ...

Tar Heels lead Marquette 40-15 at half

By Louie Horvath | March 25

NEWARK, N.J. – North Carolina is running away from Marquette in its Sweet 16 matchup, 40-15 after the first half of play. After taking a 10-8 ...

Game day: Tar Heels to face hardworking Marquette

By Louie Horvath | March 23

Marquette’s program prides itself on being a testament to the power of perseverance.

UNC baseball boasts strong pitching rotation

By Aaron Taube | March 23

If Chris Munnelly was a little shaky during the first of three scoreless innings Wednesday against High Point, it might have been the scheduling change. ...

Photo: Phil Ford and Dean Smith, in the 1977 title game

DTH original: 1977 title game

By Gene Upchurch | March 23

After announcing his retirement midway through the season, Marquette coach Al McGuire led his team, known then as the Warriors, to the NCAA tournament ...