With North Carolina’s season opener against Florida A&M just nine days away, the Tar Heels’ ongoing quarterback competition offers a stark contrast to almost every other team in the Atlantic Coast Conference in at least one potentially important way. All but two ACC teams, UNC and lowly Duke, expect to have either their 2021 starter […]

While the concept of preseason polls may seem silly — how can anyone rank teams that haven’t played any games yet? — the Associated Press preseason college football poll has developed an impressive reputation over the last two decades in at least one way. In 16 of the last 18 seasons, college football’s eventual national champion […]

While the University of North Carolina has produced more than 230 National Football League players overall, led by the likes of Lawrence Taylor and Julius Peppers, the Tar Heels have had shockingly little success at sending quarterbacks to the NFL. In fact, only two UNC players have even become starting quarterbacks at the next level, […]

The first full week of National Football League preseason games, which concluded Sunday night, offered a reminder of the professional league’s heavy Atlantic Coast Conference flavor, especially at the most important position on the field. While the NFL’s regular season won’t begin until Sept. 8, current projections have eight former ACC quarterbacks as the likely […]

What a surprise, the LIV golf tour has turned political. You know this is a waste of time, worrying about the fight for money in golf. The guys who have defected from the PGA are doing so for the dough, but they should at least own up to it. Brooks Koepka, the four-time major championship […]

I’m both sorry and happy to say goodbye. One of the greatest athletes of all time – men or women – is retiring at 40. Serena Williams will make her last appearance at the U.S. Open, which starts in late August. Serena and her sister Venus set stuffy tennis on its collective ear when the […]

Will the Big Ten’s TV glut help the ACC with ESPN? It has only been speculated, but it looks like the Big Ten may be knocking the Mothership – as ESPN is known in the sports television trade – out of the box. Fox remains the Big Ten’s primary TV partner and financial backer in […]

How lucky are we to have coaches like Mack Brown? For 11 straight years, WCHL has had a sweepstakes sending lucky UNC fans to a special destination where the football or basketball teams are playing games in the upcoming season. It began in 2011, with a Take Us To Vegas contest to watch Roy Williams’ […]

Ben Griffin, the million-to-one shot, won almost a half-mill at the Wyndham. The Chapel Hill golfer, who has gone from selling mortgages to making birdies on the pro tour, had the most thrilling weekend of his young career in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield in Greensboro. The former East Chapel Hill and UNC star just […]

We know about Roy Williams, but do we really remember Larry Miller? Two very deserving Tar Heels will be entering the College Basketball Hall of Fame in November, a coach already in the Naismith Hall, and a player who was one of the best to ever suit up here. I’ve got to give it to […]