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Giglio: K, USA and the Tar Heels

If Jerry Colangelo and the Boston Globe are correct, Duke will have to share Mike Krzyzewski with USA Basketball for another three years.

Updated: Jul. 9, 2009 10:30 AM | Full story

Pacers sign Hansbrough

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The Indiana Pacers have signed Tyler Hansbrough, the former North Carolina star who was the team's top pick in the NBA draft.

Updated: Jul. 9, 2009 6:08 AM | Full story

Another Capel joins the coaching ranks

It seemed like only a matter of time before former North Carolina forward Jason Capel followed his father and brother into coaching.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 10:39 AM | Full story

Women's college basketball gets a boost from NCAA

With its Division I Women's Basketball Grant Program, the NCAA last month awarded $750,000 in grants to North Carolina and other schools to increase awareness for the sport and build their fan bases.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 10:03 AM | Full story

Fedroff enjoys playing pro game

Tim Fedroff has no regrets about leaving the University of North Carolina after his sophomore season last year to begin his professional baseball career.

Updated: Jul. 1, 2009 11:03 PM | Full story

UNC, Wake alumni on U.S. field hockey team

Lauren Crandall thought her field hockey-playing days had ended when she graduated from Wake Forest in 2007.

Updated: Jul. 1, 2009 11:18 PM | Full story

Tar Heels sign lucrative pact with Nike

North Carolina has signed a new 10-year, $37.7 million contract with Nike, with the majority coming in the form of apparel and equipment for the school's 28 sports teams.

Updated: Jul. 1, 2009 11:18 PM | Full story

UNC has extra football scholarships

North Carolina has gone from a shortage of football scholarships to a surplus.

Updated: Jun. 30, 2009 12:18 AM | Full story

UNC women get in-state commit

Gastonia Forestview's Shannon Smith, an all-state basketball point guard last season as a junior, committed to North Carolina.

Updated: Jun. 30, 2009 4:39 PM | Full story

Heels have football scholarship surplus

With the losses and transfers, UNC's football program now has a three-scholarship surplus.

Updated: Jun. 29, 2009 1:44 PM | Full story

Survivor helps young friend with cancer

When Chase Jones was diagnosed with a brain tumor his freshman year at the University of North Carolina, his teammates on the Tar Heels baseball team "completely wrapped their arms around me," he says.

Updated: Jun. 28, 2009 5:01 AM | Full story

Hansbrough has big fan

Tyler Hansbrough's path to the NBA looks familiar to Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird.

Updated: Jun. 27, 2009 5:32 AM | Full story

ACC has 7 first-rounders

Duke wing Gerald Henderson was the first of seven conference players taken in the first round. He was chosen 12th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats. North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough went 13th, the first of four Heels to go in the draft.

Updated: Jun. 26, 2009 5:31 AM | Full story

Yates back to speed

T.J. Yates braced for the inevitable after he injured a thumb playing Ultimate Frisbee.

Updated: Jun. 24, 2009 11:54 PM | Full story

Hansbrough 'underdog' no more

Tyler Hansbrough has been through all this before. The questions about whether his skill set will translate at the next level, the skeptics pondering whether he's already maxed out his potential, none of this is new.

Updated: Jun. 25, 2009 5:50 AM | Full story

Psycho T will have company in NYC

North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough — who could be taken as early as 11th in the NBA draft Thursday night, by the New Jersey Nets — said he debated whether to accept the invitation to sit in the Green Room at Madison Square Garden.

Updated: Jun. 24, 2009 1:17 PM | Full story

Lawson a tough pick

The Philadelphia 76ers reportedly like Ty Lawson. The North Carolina point guard's NBA fan club also includes, apparently, the New Jersey Nets, Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, and Dallas Mavericks.

Updated: Jun. 24, 2009 6:02 AM | Full story

Williams concerned with backcourt

Formerly-suspended North Carolina wing Will Graves is doing well in both summer school and the weight room -- and is expected to be on the court when the team opens practice in October.

Updated: Jun. 24, 2009 6:01 AM | Full story

May to become a free agent

Charlotte Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins says "we're kind of all over the board right now" concerning the 12th pick. But the Bobcats did announce one firm decision Tuesday:

Updated: Jun. 23, 2009 11:23 PM | Full story

Final Four MVPs no lock in NBA

With the NBA Draft a day away, Wayne Ellington's Final Four Most Outstanding Player award is no longer such a big deal.

Updated: Jun. 24, 2009 6:01 AM | Full story

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