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Students cream Duke without the help of the basketball team

By Emily Wakeman | February 18

UNC students threw pies in the faces of people chanting “Go Blue Devils!” in the Pit on the day of the UNC-Duke basketball game.

Excited fans jump over a bonfire on Franklin Street after North Carolina beat Duke in men’s basketball two years ago.

Chapel Hill prepares for rivalry game

By Jane Little | February 16

Chapel Hill police officers, businesses and residents are gearing up for the biggest UNC basketball game of the year and the celebrations that could follow. ...

Junior forward Brice Johnson (11) shoots in the game against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

After overtime loss to Duke, UNC men's basketball looks to strike back at home

By Carlos Collazo | March 6

Duke’s coming to Chapel Hill as scheduled this year.

When UNC takes on Duke, Kennedy Meeks knows much will be required of him

By Aaron Dodson | March 6

One verse, and one verse only. Luke 12:48.

Chris Welch, public policy major, helps the Carolina Athletic association kickstart Beat Duke Week by selling Beat Duke shirts in the pit on Monday.

Beat Duke Week gives students chance to win tickets to UNC-Duke basketball game

By Carly Berkenblit | March 3

Each day of Beat Duke Week, hosted by the Carolina Athletic Association, gives students an opportunity to win tickets for the UNC-Duke game this Saturday. ...

UNC forward Kennedy Meeks (3) scored 18 points against the Blue Devils.

Duke edges out the Tar Heels by two points in overtime

By Grace Raynor | February 19

This was an old-fashioned, impossible-to-script, picture-perfect basketball showdown in its purest form: two teams that despise each other. Hundreds of ...

Chapel Hill mayor Mark Kleinschmidt pours hops into the Triangle Brewing Company's special game day brew for the first annual competition between the Top of the Hill and the Triangle Brewing Company Co-owner Rick Tufts (left) and co-brewmaster Aaron Caracci (right) supervise the process.

Local breweries joined in the UNC-Duke competition

By Elizabeth Harvell | February 19

In the midst of one of the greatest rivalries in sports, top breweries of Chapel Hill and Durham began an attempt to bridge the bitter gap with a smooth ...

Art museums fuel UNC-Duke fire

By Gabriella Cirelli | February 18

Chapel Hill's Ackland Art Museum and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University are Twitter-feuding over tonight's UNC-Duke men's basketball game. ...

Forward Brice Johnson will play in his fifth game against Duke tonight, which he calls "an honor."

Film room a familiar place for this year’s Tar Heels

By Daniel Wilco | February 17

The North Carolina men’s basketball team is all too familiar with the film room. At times this season it has offered a pat on the back. It’s been ...

Column: Behind enemy lines

By Caroline Leland | February 17

Everyone tells me I’m crazy. I kind of agree, but I’m actually pretty proud of it.

Column: Why I still hate Duke

By Ian Williams | February 17

I always hated it when alumni came back and waxed rhapsodic about their undergrad years. "Yes," I would always think to myself, "I know there were kegs ...

ESPN takes on UNC-Duke rivalry

By Mark Lihn | February 17

The hosts of ESPN’s “First Take” are bringing their arguments to UNC ahead of the UNC-Duke men’s basketball game this week.

UNC beating Duke in Student Commute Challenge

By Emily Lowe | February 3

When it comes to commuting, UNC students beat Duke students easily.

For the first time in three years, the Tar Heels defeated the Duke Blue Devils and will bring the Victory Bell back to Chapel Hill — painted a lighter shade of blue.

Tar Heels sealed a 45-20 victory over Blue Devils

By Grace Raynor | November 21

DURHAM — They didn’t come to watch Marquise Williams fumble the ball three times in a row in one quarter’s time — twice in the red zone.

CAA, Fever expect big student turnout for Thursday's game

By Anyssa Reddix | November 20

UNC's rivalry with Duke is debatably one of the most exciting aspects of being a Tar Heel.

Marquise Williams (12) stiff arms a Pittsburgh defender.

UNC football to battle for victory bell in Durham

By Grace Raynor | November 20

It’s simple in form — a brass bell, held up by four rubber wheels, rung by a slew of overly excited college students.

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Economics lecturer Jeremy Petranka leaves for Duke

By Jane Wester | July 7

As of July 1, popular economics lecturer Jeremy Petranka has moved from UNC to Duke, but he won't be spending all his time in Durham.

UNC students celebrate the win after the men’s basketball team defeated Duke University on Thursday Feb. 20.

Chapel Hill police discuss response to Franklin Street storming

By Dree Deacon | February 23

Chapel Hill Police Sgt. Bryan Walker was on Franklin Street Thursday night, but he wasn’t celebrating. He was keeping an eye on you.

Students storm Franklin Street after UNC men's basketball beats Duke

By Jenny Surane and Jordan Nash | February 20

Senior Caitlin Mason went from storming the basketball court to storming Franklin Street Thursday.

Leslie McDonald lights up the Smith Center during UNC-Duke game

By Brooke Pryor | February 19

Leslie McDonald had one more chance to make it count, to make his last time on his home hardwood against his archrival mean something.