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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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