When the Atlantic Coast Conference places five teams in the men’s basketball Top 25, it’s expected. Heck, in some years, it’s even viewed as a disappointment. The ACC putting five teams in the football Top 25 is much less common, and when two of those teams are ranked in the national top 10, the league […]

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye, who leads the nation in total offense with 380.1 yards per game, made his team-first mentality clear this week when he was asked about his status as a Heisman Trophy candidate. “I don’t know about all that,” Maye said. “(The Heisman) usually comes with winning.” Maye probably hasn’t had time […]

For different reasons and in different ways, college football’s national spotlight will shine on North Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest this week, beginning tomorrow night, when ESPN’s weekly Thursday night matchup will feature Virginia Tech taking on the Wolfpack in Raleigh. The 5-2 Wolfpack, which is ranked #24 nationally in the Associated Press poll, […]

Last week, the Associated Press announced that its panel of college basketball voters ranked North Carolina #1 in the AP’s annual preseason poll. This week, the Tar Heels, with four starters back from last year’s NCAA Tournament runner-up, will begin their 2022-23 schedule with a home exhibition Friday against Johnson C. Smith University. Perhaps that […]

North Carolina, Duke, NC State and Wake Forest, known as the “Big Four” to many North Carolinians, have been fellow members of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the entire 70-year existence of that league. During those seven decades of football, the Tar Heels, Blue Devils, Wolfpack and Demon Deacons have never all posted winning records […]

At least the opponent after an open date isn’t Notre Dame or Virginia Tech. The Tar Heels are 0-6 following their last six scheduled open dates, going back to 2018 in Larry Fedora’s last season. Five of those six losses were to Virginia Tech or Notre Dame. The other was to Pitt, Carolina’s opponent when […]

Tom Brady has offered up another reason to root against him. When the Tampa Bay Bucs allowed the Rams to drive for the winning score last season, and deny Brady yet another Super Bowl appearance, he was mad enough to not want to see his defensive teammates ever again. So he announced his retirement at […]

Where do these Tar Heels stack up against No. 1s of the past? With little surprise, Carolina has been picked to win the national championship for a record 10th time by the Associated Press in its preseason rankings. Of the previous nine, only two UNC teams went on to cut down the NCAA nets on […]

Critics and commentators keep debating over the Duke game. Despite the classic in Durham the other night, here is what they say: The Blue Devils aren’t the football rival that N.C. State has been over the years (statistically incorrect, by the way). We need to play more “name opponents” in our non-conference games for people […]

The MLB playoffs are both fantastic and a bit unfair. Doesn’t it seem wrong for a team to play 162 regular-season games and then have to play its best baseball to survive and advance in these short playoff series? That’s the way it is, but how about the Braves and Dodgers and perhaps the Yankees […]