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Peppers Leaps Atop UNC Record Book

By Staff Editor | November 21

DURHAM - Julius Peppers might be North Carolina's best defensive player, but the sophomore end is still learning from his teammates. Take Saturday's ...

Schwoy Returns to Scoring Form

By Staff Editor | November 21

For Laurie Schwoy, the resurgence could not have come at a more opportune time. The North Carolina women's soccer team trailed Virginia late in the second ...

Smart Play Leads Tar Heels to ACC Title

By Staff Editor | November 21

WINSTON SALEM - Good teams play well when they need to. During much of the season, the North Carolina volleyball team played like it was fighting itself. ...

Coach Declines Baddour's Offer To Step Down

By Staff Editor | November 21

On Nov. 22, 1999, UNC Director of Athletics Dick Baddour sat in the Bowles Room at Koury Natatorium and announced his support for Carl Torbush as the ...

Decision Shocks Tar Heel Players

By Staff Editor | November 21

The team meeting on the second floor of the Frank H. Kenan Football Center started at 2:15 p.m. like it does every Monday. Members of the North Carolina ...

Tar Heels Become Eligible for Bowl

By Staff Editor | November 20

Players and coaches had said all along that they could do it. But somehow, some way, it just never got done. Until Saturday. In what might have been its ...

A Dream Deferred: Tar Heels Fall Short of NCAA Title

By Staff Editor | November 20

NORFOLK, Va. -- For Marina DiGiacomo, it was a storybook ending. In the last game on her home field, DiGiacomo scored the first goal on a penalty corner ...

Men's Soccer Uses Heads to Advance in NCAAs

By Staff Editor | November 20

The first-round game of the NCAA tournament that pitted North Carolina against William & Mary turned out to be not much of a real soccer game at all. ...

The North Carolina offense hasn't thrown for a TD in UNC Aims to Get Off Ground at Duke

By Staff Editor | November 17

Game and time: North Carolina at Duke. Kickoff is at noon. Site: Wallace Wade Stadium. TV/radio: The game will be televised regionally on JP Sports. The ...

Tar Heels Race to Lead On 1st Day of Nike Cup

By Staff Editor | November 17

The North Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams took the lead after the first day of the Nike Cup at Koury Natatorium. The No. 9 UNC women ...

UNC's Trip to Appalachian State Marks Many Firsts

By Staff Editor | November 17

Matt Doherty, a relatively young man by coaching standards, is part of a new breed. Doherty has joined the likes of Michigan State's Tom Izzo and Florida's ...

Absence of Robinson Won't Go Unnoticed

By Staff Editor | November 16

For someone who plays right in the middle of the field, Eddie Robinson hardly ever gets noticed. North Carolina's defensive midfielder is there, though. ...

Seniors Aim to Recapture NCAA Title

By Staff Editor | November 16

Kristen McCann laughed at the memory of being one of five freshmen on the North Carolina field hockey team. "We were just a bunch of scrubs," said McCann, ...

UNC Enters Tourney Seeking Revenge

By Staff Editor | November 16

Winston-Salem. The name doesn't merely appear on the North Carolina volleyball team's schedule - it flashes brightly. No, the team isn't comprised of ...

UNC Gives Opposing Coach Rare Chance

By Staff Editor | November 15

Houston Fancher isn't shocked. Not after building up such an immunity to the rumors and speculation. The fact that he - not Buzz Peterson - is the head ...

Scoreboard Watching Not in Torbush's Plans

By Staff Editor | November 15

The North Carolina football team is still alive in the bowl chase. That much, everyone knows. But not all of the Tar Heels want to get caught up in what ...

Tar Heels Still in Hunt for Postseason Game

By Staff Editor | November 14

North Carolina football fans will have to take timeout from their hatred of N.C. State this Saturday. If they want the Tar Heels to go bowling, a Wolfpack ...

Norkus Leads UNC Despite Injury

By Staff Editor | November 14

WINSTON-SALEM - It couldn't have happened at a worse time for Caleb Norkus. Just three days before his North Carolina soccer team would begin play in ...

Point Gaurds Audition for Leading Role in UNC Lineup

By Staff Editor | November 14

It was the one question everyone had about North Carolina men's basketball. It was also the one question UNC coach Matt Doherty would not answer. Who's ...

Kluegel's Assists Key in Tar Heel Victory

By Staff Editor | November 14

The only offensive statistic kept in international soccer is that of goals scored.