Clearly, college and pro basketball have switched roles this season. When UNC and UCLA, two of the most famous in the alphabet soup of college basketball, play each other on national TV, and neither is ranked, well, it says something about the state of the game. After the Tar Heels’ 10-point victory over the Bruins, […]

The Tar Heels’ hustle at Gonzaga provided hope for the future. As soon as the Carolina game tipped off in the Zags’ intimidating home gym, we saw a much different team than against Wofford just three days earlier. In their second start without leading scorer Cole Anthony, the Heels played much more team ball. They […]

Mack Brown has the Tar Heels back among the big boys in recruiting. When Brown returned to Chapel Hill for his second stint, he vowed to bring back the kind of recruiting success he had rebuilding the Tar Heels into a top 10 program before he departed for Texas. Despite a late start for the […]

There’s some 32-year-old irony to Cole Anthony’s knee surgery. So the prognosis for the Carolina freshman’s return after arthroscopic knee surgery is anywhere from four weeks to eight weeks to repair a partially torn right meniscus, presumably suffered during practice some time last week. Anthony sat out Sunday’s loss to Wofford at Carmichael Arena, after which his […]

It’s not as much what Charlotte did but what Raleigh didn’t. With the new MLS franchise being awarded to Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, Charlotte took another major step toward dominating the professional sports scene across North Carolina. The Raleigh market has the Hurricanes, yes, and minor league baseball. But Charlotte will now have the […]

We should rejoice that this happens just every so often. Roy Williams loves to say how lucky he is to be a college basketball coach — and you know he’s sincere. From a childhood when he was lucky to have a floor in every room of his house; to be the first in his family […]

Tiger Woods is remaking himself into an American hero. Long after most of us should have been in bed Thursday night, the President’s Cup was creating some real-life drama in Australia, where it was already Friday afternoon. The President’s Cup isn’t as well known as the Ryder Cup, but what is happening down under may […]

Jimmy V actually had the last TWO baskets in Carmichael Auditorium. With Sunday’s home game against Wofford moved into refurbished Carmichael Arena, home of the undefeated women’s team of new coach Courtney Banghart, lots of nostalgia stories are showing up by those who actually saw games in the old Blue Heaven or certainly heard or […]

The race to 20 wins is off and running for Carolina Basketball. By dive-bombing 10 spots in the top 20 – from No. 7 to 17 – after one-sided losses to Ohio State and Virginia, the Tar Heels have become poster children for a hoops season that is already getting trashed by critics and fans […]

Virginia in the Orange Bowl makes the ACC richer, not more popular. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has spent this week much like he has the rest of the season, defending his third-ranked Tigers who are 13-0 and averaged a plus-30-point margin of victory. If Clemson hadn’t beaten Carolina by one point on September 28, the […]