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North Carolina baseball team extends its season with 8-1 win over Michigan

By John Bauman | June 3

The North Carolina baseball team took the field Saturday for the 61st time this season. The warm summer sun and home crowd at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill provided a relaxed setting for a college baseball game. But this game wasn’t like the first 60, and whatever comfort the setting provided for the team was overshadowed by the stakes. With one loss already in the double elimination bracket of the NCAA Regional, one more loss would force UNC to witness the end of its season.

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UNC women's lacrosse team advances to quarterfinals of NCAA Tournament

By John Bauman | May 14

With 17:46 left in the first half of Sunday's second-round NCAA Tournament game, Virginia turned the ball over. Lauren Martin, a first-year defender, stepped out of bounds while cradling the it. North Carolina’s Sammy Jo Tracy took it on the change of position. She then had a choice: try to send a difficult pass to Carly Reed, streaking down the middle of the field with no one ahead of her, or just pull back and play it safe.

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With ACC Championship victory, North Carolina men's lacrosse refuses to say its goodbyes

By John Bauman | April 30

The North Carolina men’s lacrosse family wasn’t ready to say goodbye just yet. After winning the national championship in 2016, UNC had no plans of ruling out a repeat. More importantly, its players simply didn’t want to say goodbye to one another.

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North Carolina men's lacrosse wins ACC Championship with 14-10 victory over Notre Dame

By John Bauman | April 30

DURHAM — The North Carolina men's lacrosse team won 14-10 over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Sunday afternoon in Koskinen Stadium. North Carolina has won the ACC Tournament in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 2013. It can now add another year, 2017, to that list.

UNC quarterback Mitch Trubisky (10) throws a pass on the run against Georgia Tech on Saturday.

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Column: I wouldn't draft Mitch Trubisky

By John Bauman | April 27

The stage was set. North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky dropped back and had all day to throw.

North Carolina wing Theo Pinson (1), forward Kennedy Meeks (3) and guard Joel Berry defend Gonzaga guard Nigel Williams-Goss (5) in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Monday night in Phoenix.

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ANALYSIS: Joel Berry will have free rein after return to UNC men's basketball

By John Bauman | April 26

On Tuesday evening, Joel Berry announced he would return to the North Carolina men’s basketball team for his senior season.

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UNC women's lacrosse dominates against Duke, prepares for ACC Tournament

By John Bauman | April 23

DURHAM — It was a barrage of shots that did it. No, a symphony of passes and cuts. Maybe it doesn’t matter how — it was just a bucketload of goals that buried Duke.

Kevin Knox, a five-star forward from Tampa, Fla., is considering UNC men's basketball as one of his college options for 2017.

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ANALYSIS: Kevin Knox would give UNC men's basketball the first win of 2017

By John Bauman | April 21

The North Carolina men’s basketball team just won a national championship, but the Sisyphean task that is college basketball in 2017 rolls on. And one of the first major battles of next season has already begun.

Junior Brian Miller (5) bolts towards home base in UNC baseball's 20-5 win over South Carolina.

Taryn Revoir

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Explosive innings propel UNC baseball past South Carolina

By John Bauman | April 12

CHARLOTTE — Head coach Mike Fox looked down at the box score and took in the numbers: 14 hits, 10 walks, four doubles, two triples and, most importantly, 20 runs — the most for a North Carolina baseball team since 2013. Then, he glanced at the South Carolina side: 10 pitchers to get through eight innings.

North Carolina safety J.K. Britt (29) hits wide receiver J.T. Cauthen (8) during the spring game on Saturday.

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3 takeaways from UNC football's spring game

By John Bauman | April 9

The North Carolina football team held its annual spring game on Saturday at Fetzer Field.