North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Football News

The ACC announced starting times and television network assignments for the first three weeks of the 2013 football season on Thursday and from the looks of the schedule, fans of North Carolina and N.C. State will have to be early risers this fall.

The North Carolina Baptist Men are sending three teams with heavy equipment to Moore, Okla., to help with the cleanup from the tornado that damaged tens of thousands of structures there Monday and claimed 24 lives.

ACC college football fans got a little more catnip on Thursday, thanks to the league releasing an early season television schedule.

The playoffs are all about performing under pressure, and in Ashland High baseball coach John Wallace the Grizzlies have somebody who knows exactly what that takes and what it looks like.

Oct 6, 2012; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels running back Giovani Bernard runs as Virginia Tech Hokies linebacker Alonzo Tweedy defends.

But this much is true: Without the extraordinary vision of people like Bill Ellis and Danny Rice, there'd be nothing but a closed factory sitting on the land where tens of thousands of visitors will glide down waterslides and float on a lazy river over the next few months and years.

The eighth-seeded Miami Hurricanes begin play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at 3 p.m. Thursday against No.

N.C. State baseball coach Elliott Avent gave the impression that beating rival North Carolina might be higher on his list of priorities than winning the ACC tournament when he decided to hold his ace Carlos Rodon back for Saturday's matchup with the Tar Heels.

DU junior goalie Jamie Faus is scheduled to play the second half Saturday against Syracuse in an NCAA semifinal game at Philadelphia.

Greensboro native Theo Pinson , the No. 13 player in the ESPN 60, has chosen to stay in-state, as he committed to North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon.

The objective for North Carolina and North Carolina State will be reaching Saturday night's matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with something to play for.

Shameik Blackshear changed his mind and decided to make an early decision. This elite 2015 rush end committed to South Carolina on Tuesday.

It was a frustrating day for the Virginia women's lacrosse team Saturday in Chapel Hill, where the 'Hoos season ended in the NCAA Tournament round of eight with a loss to North Carolina.

On Monday evening, Easley High School running back C.J. Fuller decided to call an end to his to recruitment by committing to Clemson.

Duke has offered this 2015 signal caller out of North Carolina and other schools are showing interest.

Buzz Peterson has confirmed that UNCW will visit Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels during the 2013-14 season.

Stafford-Odom spent two seasons with the Tar Heels and helped sign what's regarded by many as the nation's top recruiting class.

The fifth-seeded Tar Heels , who had won their past 10 games, squandered a six-goal lead and fell short of their first trip to the final four since 1993.

Several of the West's best prospects will be in the Bay Area on Sunday for the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp at Laney College.

Losers of 14 of its past 23 and its past three weekend series, Georgia Tech summoned its best to take North Carolina two of three from the Tar Heels, both wins in walk-off fashion.