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NCAA hearing to determine football program’s future

By Brandon Moree | October 28

The football program’s next few seasons could be defined by what happens Friday in Indianapolis at the NCAA hearing.

Butch Davis seeks to block phone record subpoena

By Kelly Parsons | October 18

The lawyer of former North Carolina football coach Butch Davis filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss the subpoena of Davis’ personal cellphone records.

Few written records kept related to NCAA investigation, deposition shows

By Andy Thomason | October 18

The UNC athletic department’s compliance office kept few written records related to the NCAA investigation, said Amy Herman, associate athletic director ...

UNC makes good choice in athletic director hire

By Jonathan Jones | October 17

Possibly no other athletics department in the nation can match North Carolina in homegrown talent. The 15-year athletic director hails from Goldsboro, ...

Bubba Cunningham to lead UNC athletics

By Kelly Parsons | October 16

After nearly a seven-week search, North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp introduced UNC’s next athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, at a press conference ...

Holden Thorp pursues ambitions in face of budget cuts, football scandal

By Andy Thomason | October 11

Holden Thorp is trying to walk a straight line in the changing world of higher education. As the University’s 10th chancellor, he, like every other ...

Academic support reformed

By Michael Lananna | October 6

For better or worse, the NCAA investigation has left a lasting imprint on UNC’s Academic Support Program for Student Athletes.

Twitter bans constitutionality debated at UNC football panel

By Amber Zee | September 27

Nearly one year after the UNC football program suspended players’ Twitter accounts, the legality of the decision is being revisited by the campus community. ...

Board of Trustees considers how to support student athletes

By Colleen Volz | September 21

Members of the Board of Trustees’ academic affairs committee questioned what the University is doing to address the support of student athletes at its ...

UNC releases 80 exhibits used in response to NCAA allegations

By Kelly Parsons | September 20

The University released 80 exhibits Tuesday that were used in UNC’s response to the NCAA’s notice of allegations.

Too tight on the future of tutelage

By Will Doran | September 20

Like all schools under the NCAA’s keen gaze, UNC takes special care to emphasize the first term in “student athlete.”

Eight of Nine

September 20

Each of the eight NCAA allegations UNC responded to were correct, both in the accusation and the penalties the University proposed for them. The same ...

No slap on the wrist: Response sent the right message to the NCAA, but questions remain for UNC.

By Editorial Board | September 19

As the University took care to note in a 111-page response to the NCAA’s allegations Monday, the athletic department’s history is almost entirely ...

UNC to form committee to review African and Afro-American studies department

By Amelia Nitz | September 19

The University will form a committee to review academic practices in the African and Afro-American Studies department and the practice of independent ...

UNC NCAA football academic fraud case details released

By Jonathan Jones | September 19

In the University of North Carolina’s 111-page response to the NCAA’s notice of allegations, previously unreleased details regarding former UNC tutor ...

UNC outlines self-imposed football sanctions in response to NCAA

By Kelly Parsons | September 19

After nearly 15 months of an NCAA investigation into the North Carolina football team, the University has responded to nine allegations the NCAA said ...

UNC football to vacate all 2008 and 2009 wins, fine itself $50,000

By Kelly Parsons | September 19

In response to the NCAA’s notice of allegations, North Carolina proposed sanctions which will include vacating all football victories from the 2008 ...

NCAA back in Chapel Hill

By Kelly Parsons | September 14

The NCAA was back in Chapel Hill on Wednesday conducting follow up work related to the investigation into the North Carolina football team, UNC spokesman ...

Doing away with McAdoo

By Editorial Board | September 13

Playing college football is a privilege, not a right. The University and its football team afforded Michael McAdoo that privilege three years ago, only ...

UNC athletic head search continues

By Leah Campbell and Kelly Parsons | September 7

The 13-member committee tapped to select UNC’s next athletic director and the firm hired to lead the search met for the first time Wednesday to discuss ...