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Tar Heels in the Pros: Former basketball players make their 2018-2019 NBA debuts

By Jared McMasters | October 22

These former Tar Heel football players are lighting their path to success in the NBA season, bringing the effective sportsmanship they learned at UNC ...

UNC women's golf takes seventh place in Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational

By Jillian Fellows | October 15

The players on the UNC women's golf team are a force to be reckoned with. Duke may have beat UNC at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, but the team ...

Florence has passed, but UNC continues relief efforts for Eastern N.C.

By Evelyn Gandy | October 9

North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Florence are still in need of relief. UNC responded by collecting supplies in a second 'Fill the Truck' donation ...

From penny pinching to championships: field hockey overcomes barriers

By Madeline Coleman | September 26

Despite the progress female athletes have made through Title IX, there is still a long way to go.

Help out with hurricane relief through the UNC Athletics Department

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | September 17

As Hurricane Florence subsides and recovery efforts begin in Eastern North Carolina, UNC Athletics is running a donation drive this week to lend a hand ...

A former Olympic figure skater and UNC Ph.D. student is working to fight eating disorders

By Sara Pequeño | September 16

Rachael Flatt, an Olympian figure skater, is now a Ph.D. student at the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. Flatt and Dr. Cynthia Bulik, also ...

UNC golfer Ben Griffin chooses a club for his next shot during the Tar Heel Intercollegiate Final at Finley Golf Course on Sunday.

First-years guide UNC men's golf to second-place finish in Rod Myers Invitational

By Ryan Wilcox | September 10

DURHAM — One might think that opening a collegiate golf career against some of the best teams in the area — on a rival’s course, no less — would ...

COLUMN: Larry Fedora might want to use 'selective memory' to forget 41-19 loss to ECU

By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle | September 9

GREENVILLE, N.C. — You might remember the last time these two teams met, but Larry Fedora prefers to forget.

A parking spot at the Carrboro Police Department.

Hillsborough PD offers a more philanthropic alternative to burning your Nikes

By Jamey Cross | September 5

Following the destructive responses to Nike's controversial ad campaign starring Colin Kaepernick, Hillsborough police have asked members of the community ...

Tar Heels in the Pros: Former UNC players making their mark in professional baseball

By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle | September 5

Although the North Carolina baseball team’s 2018 season ended on June 20, fans still have a reason to watch the sport on the professional level.

Q&A with Berkeley sports editor Josh Yuen

By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle | August 30

Before the Tar Heels take on Cal in the first football game of the season, DTH sports editor Chris Hilburn-Trenkle interviews Cal's own sports editor, ...

UNC graduates black male athletes at 10th lowest rate among major universities in the nation

By Charlie McGee | April 3

UNC has graduated Black male student-athletes at the 10th lowest rate among 65 major universities across the nation in recent years, according to a recent ...

Faculty Athletics Meeting talks special talent and disturbing origin of Kenan family wealth

By Lorcan Farrell | February 20

The Faculty Athletics Committee met Tuesday afternoon to discuss predicted GPAs for special talent students and slavery-dependent Kenan family wealth, ...

Faculty Athletics Committee strives to create a more academic environment for athletes

By Ramishah Maruf | January 24

Staff writer Ramishah Maruf sat in on the Faculty Athletic Committee meeting where they discussed creating a more academic environment for student athletes, ...

UNC Athletic Director will continue to guide UNC post-scandal with renewed contract

By Brooke Bauman | November 26

Over the past six years, Bubba Cunningham has overseen nine national titles and 10 runner-up finishes as athletic director. With a contract renewed by ...

North Carolina women’s golf ties for 11th at Battle at the Beach in Mexico

By Ryan Lipton | November 6

The North Carolina Tar Heels’ women’s golf team finished tied for No. 11(+36) out of 14 teams this past weekend in the Battle at the Beach in San ...

Carolina Jump Ropers spend FWOC in Hong Kong

By Preston Lennon | September 5

The Carolina men's basketball team can confidently say they ran the NCAA, but members of the Carolina Jump Rope Club took their routine to the world stage ...

Q&A with UNC Athletics' Mike Bunting

By Rachel Jones | July 25

Mike Bunting serves as UNC's Assistant Athletic Director for Facility Planning and Management, which means that he's currently very busy. UNC athletic ...

Professor Jay Smith taught a class about athletes' rights, but it was later cancelled.

Emails show Jay Smith and big-time sports course faced resistance from athletics

By Aaron Redus | April 28

After a faculty call for academic freedom brought more attention to the cancellation of history professor Jay Smith’s big-time college sports class, ...

New Hope Elementary school students met with their UNC Athlete pen pals during the UNC vs Liberty baseball game Tuesday night, April 18, 2017.

Student-athletes meet their pen pals from New Hope Elementary

By Doug Dubrowski | April 19

New Hope Elementary students met their UNC student-athlete pen pals for the first time at Tuesday’s baseball game against Liberty University.