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Fall World Series showcases Tar Heels' solid bullpen

By Andrew Tie | October 14

A pitching duel in the fifth game of the Fall World Series on Saturday between North Carolina juniors Kent Emanuel and Hobbs Johnson showed off one of ...

Tar Heels make their pitch

By Michael Lananna | October 11

North Carolina freshman Taylore Cherry toed the rubber with a kind of nervous eagerness. So did senior Chris Munnelly.

Bolt impresses in Fall World Series

By Brandon Chase | October 10

Skye Bolt had a tough decision to make last summer coming out of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta — go pro or go to college.

Ex-Tar Heel Greenberg gets second shot

By Robbie Harms | October 4

It was, and most likely will remain, one of the most glorious strikeouts in MLB history. Former North Carolina standout Adam Greenberg — seven years ...

Former UNC pitcher Bryant Gaines to ?ll assistant coach role

By Brandon Moree | September 4

When North Carolina pitcher Bryant Gaines injured his right elbow in his sophomore year, he only saw it as something that would keep him off the field. ...

UNC baseball players sharpen skills in summer

By Michael Lananna | August 21

North Carolina pitcher Trevor Kelley had never thrown sidearm before. He had never even considered it.

June 28 Sports Briefs

June 27

Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly honored by ESPNW In recognition of the 40 year anniversary of Title IX, ESPNW compiled a list of the top 40 athletes of ...

MLB draft lays claim to future and present Tar Heels

By Brandon Moree | June 11

The North Carolina baseball team’s top recruit, a 6-foot-7-inch, left-handed pitcher from Ohio, won’t be a Tar Heel next year. Matt Smoral, from Solon ...

Five Tar Heels taken in MLB Draft

By Brandon Moree | June 6

The Major League Baseball Draft wrapped up Wednesday June 6 and in the three day event five members of the North Carolina baseball team were selected. Senior ...

The Red Storm bats were too hot for UNC pitchers

By Brandon Moree | June 4

The North Carolina baseball team was hosting a regional for the sixth time in seven years, but 2012 marks the first time in that stretch that a hosting ...

St. John’s claims Chapel Hill Regional by beating the Tar Heels twice

By Brooke Pryor | June 4

When North Carolina’s baseball team took the field for its opening game of the NCAA regionals, it was business as usual. The No. 1 seed in the Chapel ...

St. John's claims Chapel Hill Regional

By Brooke Pryor | June 4

In the ninth inning, North Carolina closer Michael Morin positioned himself under St. John’s Kyle Richardson’s infield pop fly. It was supposed ...

Tar Heels miss crucial chances in seventh inning

By Brandon Moree | June 4

At the hands of the St. John’s Red Storm baseball team, North Carolina’s season ended at Boshamer Stadium Sunday night 9-5. But the Tar Heels had ...

Tar Heels stave off elimination by besting ECU 5-3

By Brandon Moree | June 3

Survive and advance. Tournament baseball, especially in the loser’s bracket, put the weight of the entire season on one game.

St. John's stuns UNC with walk-off homerun

By Brooke Pryor | June 2

For the losing team, a walk-off home run can be described in two words — quick and painful. And for the North Carolina baseball team, those feelings ...

Cornell eliminated by East Carolina

By Brandon Moree | June 2

With their backs against the wall, the East Carolina Pirates came out firing to eliminate Cornell from the NCAA Tournament 10-6. “They knew, we talked ...

UNC outlasts Cornell's excitement in regional opener

By Brooke Pryor | June 1

According to UNC coach Mike Fox, The North Carolina baseball team was fortunate. The Tar Heels may have beaten Cornell 7-4 in their opening game of ...

Red Storm wrecks the Pirates

By Brandon Moree | June 1

With a strong start from Kyle Hansen and some consistent bats, St. John’s knocked off East Carolina in the opening game of the Chapel Hill Regional ...

Hobbs Johnson earns regional start with a year long effort

By Brandon Moree | May 31

One year ago, a freshman Hobbs Johnson was watching the North Carolina baseball team play in the College World Series from the couch in his Chapel Hill ...

St. John's familiar with ECU, Boshamer

By Brandon Moree | May 31

The first game of the Chapel Hill regional on Friday will feature two teams that both played in Boshamer Stadium earlier in 2012. But neither team is ...