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The Refs Might Have Mishandled The Game Clock, But Mack Brown And UNC Mishandled The GameAfter struggling to get anything going offensively for a majority of the game, UNC scored 18 unanswered points in the second half to cut a 21-point Wake Forest lead down to three on Friday. The Tar Heels then forced the Demon Deacons to settle for a field goal, which capped off a drive that left jus...

UNC Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell, Who Sounds Like A Real Nightmare, Resigns After InvestigationLongtime University of North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has resigned after more than three decades with the program, following the conclusion of an investigation that found she made “racially insensitive” remarks, pressured players to play injured, and generally failed to conn...

Zion Williamson's Knee Is 'Stable,' But He Should Pack It In AnywayZion Williamson busting through his shoe and twisting his knee in the first minute of a storied rivalry game on national TV made for a neat encapsulation of everything that’s broken with big-time college sports. Here was an unpaid player that everyone with one functioning eye can agree belongs in th...

Larry Fedora: The Future Of America Depends On Football Making Our Troops Strong

ACC Media Days are underway in Charlotte, N.C., and UNC head coach Larry Fedora is already firing off football and military takes from the hip....

Of Course, N.C. State-UNC Is A Rivalry. It's Just A Bad One.

Three days ago, before Duke poo-poo’d all over itself during a ghastly second half and gave the folks in Chapel Hill something to be happy about, Joel Berry II did what every single Tar Heel fan does before each of the annual clashes between N.C. State and UNC. Yes, he denied that the Wolfpack and T...

UNC In Trouble With Its Accreditor After NCAA Report On Academic Scandal [Updated]

After the NCAA’s final report on UNC’s academic scandal revealed discrepancies with what the university previously told its accreditor about the situation, the accreditor will again begin investigating. ...

NCAA's Three-Year Investigation Into Fake Classes At UNC Ends With A Whimper

After three-and-a-half years of investigating fake classes in North Carolina’s African and Afro-American Studies department that dated back over 18 years, the NCAA announced on Friday that it does not have the jurisdiction to charge the university with violations of either academic fraud or providin...

Maryland President: "I Would Think" UNC Will Get The "Death Penalty"

While the NCAA and UNC have spent the past three years shifting the blame for the university’s fake-class scandal between academics and athletics, public speculation from academia and college athletics officials has been scarce. Monday night, Maryland president Wallace Loh became the most prominent...