East Chapel Hill sophomore Ben Griffin was about 13 years old when he challenged a group of then-current and former University of North Carolina golfers.

Robert Orr, a Raleigh attorney who represented UNC football players Quinton Coples and Devon Ramsay during the school's recent NCAA-related problems, said Friday that the firing of Butch Davis and hiring of Larry Fedora as head football coach would not fundamentally change the chances of similar issues cropping up at the school.

Only minutes after North Carolina's jolting loss to Duke in Wednesday's latest meeting in the mesmerizing rivalry, Tar Heels coach Roy Williams was trying to shake his players out of the emotional bummer that had just blindsided them.

Rameses, North Carolina's 18th ram mascot, died Thursday night of natural causes. He was 8 years old.

Hours after the Smith Center emptied and the cameras left, long after he and his North Carolina teammates went their separate ways, Tar Heels point guard Kendall Marshall lay awake in the early hours of Thursday morning with certain parts of Duke's 85-84 victory against UNC playing on a loop in his mind.

Remember when ACC teams began conference play about a month ago, and how it seemed like the road to the regular-season championship would be limited to a two-team race between North Carolina and Duke?

While there will be bonus time to draw up a game plan for Thursday's trip to Duke, the break also comes at a good time for C.J. Williams.

North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall said that Tar Heels coach Roy Williams has implemented a new rule for his team.

North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall said that Tar Heels coach Roy Williams has implemented a new rule for his team.

For 39 minutes Wednesday night, almost everything broke Tyler Zeller's way. But at game's end, Zeller had the most miserable single minute of his athletic career.

Durham Hillside junior football standouts, running back Khris Francis and defensive back Korrin Wiggins, committed to North Carolina on Wednesday night while making unofficial visits during the Duke-UNC basketball game.

While he watched the final moments between Duke and North Carolina unfold in front of him Wednesday night, North Carolina coach Roy Williams crouched in front of the bench.

As Austin Rivers comes down from his adrenaline rush of Wednesday night, the person who may have the best idea of how Rivers' one shot will affect his Duke legacy is Jeff Capel.