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LSU’s Jordan Jefferson tossed for more than 2,000 yards last year.

Quarterback Jefferson leads weak LSU offense

By Louie Horvath | September 1

Louisiana State quarterback Jordan Jefferson must be looking forward to returning to the Georgia Dome. In his freshman year, Jefferson grabbed LSU’s ...

Austin suspended indefinitely

By Jonathan Jones | September 1

North Carolina football coach Butch Davis has suspended senior defensive tackle Marvin Austin indefinitely, according to a press release from TarHeelBlue. ...

UNC rushers prepare for LSU linebackers

By Louie Horvath | August 31

North Carolina’s running game feels the pressure entering its season opener Saturday against Louisiana State. The running backs are hoping to improve ...

Butch Davis keeping quiet on investigation

By Mark Thompson | August 30

Butch Davis hasn’t slipped any information about the NCAA’s investigation of his football program, and that didn’t change Monday. In his press ...

LSU faces stacked schedule

By Louie Horvath | August 30

This year’s edition of the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game has a strange dichotomy. While the game will immediately go into the pantheon of the biggest games ...

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Tutor widens NCAA review

By Jonathan Jones | August 26

Possible academic misconduct has been found between student-athletes on the football team and a former student tutor employed by the University in joint ...

UNC football tied to academic misconduct

By Jonathan Jones | August 26

Possible academic misconduct has been found between student-athletes on the football team and a former student tutor employed by the University in joint ...

NCAA inquiry quiet for 3 weeks

By Jonathan Jones | August 23

The North Carolina athletic department knew as early as June 21 that the NCAA was conducting a review of possible rules violations — three weeks before ...

UNC debuts at No. 18 in AP preseason poll, LSU at 21

By From staff and wire reports | August 23

North Carolina got its highest preseason AP ranking in more than a decade after being tabbed at No.

After a summer full of controversy, North Carolina football finally returns to the field

By Louie Horvath | August 22

Just within range of the cranes and backhoes renovating Kenan Stadium, North Carolina’s football team is in the midst of a rehaul of its own. UNC’s ...

Baddour sheds light on NCAA investigation

By Jonathan Jones | August 12

UNC athletic director Dick Baddour and head football coach Butch Davis addressed the media together on Thursday for the first time since news of the NCAA ...

Davis speaks on NCAA investigation

By Jonathan Jones | July 22

In his first meeting with the press since news of an NCAA investigation into his North Carolina football program broke last Thursday, head coach Butch ...

Four possible scenarios facing UNC football

By Jonathan Jones | July 17

With the NCAA investigation of North Carolina football underway, the University and the program have decisions to make. At least two rising senior football ...

Reports: NCAA investigating improper contact with agents

By Jonathan Jones | July 16

The North Carolina football team is under investigation by the NCAA to determine whether at least two rising seniors had improper involvement with sports ...

Rams Club faces state budget cuts

By Jonathan Jones | June 30

A month after UNC’s Board of Trustees approved the booster club’s $70 million expansion of Kenan Stadium, the recent legislation cut in-state funding ...

Demolition crews tear down the Kenan Fieldhouse on June 8. DTH/Robert Turner Story

Kenan now an ACC contender

By Jonathan Jones | June 17

Legend has it that Frank Kenan said in the early 1930s that Kenan Stadium could never rise above the pine trees surrounding it. The unwritten rule has ...

Defensive end E.J. Wilson was taken in the fourth round of this year’s NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. DTH/BJ Dworak

UNC defensive linemen selected in NFL Draft

By David Reynolds | April 26

North Carolina defensive linemen E.J. Wilson and Cam Thomas have spent their entire football careers playing on the East Coast.But thanks to the decisions ...

Three freshmen shine in spring game

By Louie Horvath | April 11

Mywan Jackson had it all planned out.For his mother Terrie Green’s birthday on Saturday, he was going to give her two interceptions as his present.He ...

Senior defensive end E.J. Wilson runs the 40-yard dash Tuesday morning at Navy Field during UNC’s Pro Day. DTH/Alyssa Champion

UNC seniors' NFL skills tested at Pro Day

By David Reynolds | March 23

Tuesday morning seemed a lot like spring practice for a group of 14 former North Carolina football players.A familiar army of orange cones were scattered ...

Bryn Renner splits time between football, baseball teams

By Jonathan Jones | March 19

As designated hitter Bryn Renner approached the batter’s box in his first collegiate at-bat, the crowd at Boshamer Stadium rose to their feet.Most cheered ...