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UNC’s defense was best in ACC last season, but Banghart says it can be better, more aggressive
Any team that had to contend with North Carolina’s torrid defense last season should be warned. Coach Courtney Banghart says that her reconstructed roster should be better on defense.
UNC women will play two games at Disney World in November
North Carolina’s women’s basketball team will head to Walt Disney World for a pair of games the week before Thanksgiving.
Two reported investigations, many questions and few answers as UNC opens camp
Nearly five weeks before UNC opens its season against TCU in Dublin, Ireland, the football program Bill Belichick built around his inner circle just lost a piece of that circle, at least temporarily.
UNC adds another transfer pitcher in right-hander Osbolt
North Carolina added another transfer arm to its pitching staff Sunday, as right-hander Major Osbolt announced his commitment to the Tar Heels.
Maye hungry, focused after sting of Pats’ Super Bowl loss
The sting of the Super Bowl loss to the Seattle Seahawks hasn’t gone away for New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, but neither has his hunger and drive to keep getting better. At Patriots training camp on Saturday, Maye talked about last year’s breakout season and what he’s looking for next season, which starts with a national-TV rematch against the Seahawks on Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Ingram signs with Utah after two seasons with Spurs, mostly in G League
Harrison Ingram, the former North Carolina forward who spent most of his first two professional seasons with the Austin Spurs in the G League, signed with the Utah Jazz on Saturday, the team announced.
Malone has offers out to six of top seven players in Class of 2027
Michael Malone has continued to be aggressive on the recruiting trail in the last week, and now has scholarship offers out to six of the top seven players in the Class of 2027.
Belichick, other coaches, call for reforms, but he says fixing tampering ‘above my pay grade’
RALEIGH — Five college football coaches sat side-by-side at the Bill Dooley Pigskin Kickoff on Thursday and covered nearly every corner of a sport in transition: the transfer portal, revenue sharing, the debate over whether Congress should get involved in college athletics and tampering. On the latter, second-year UNC coach Bill Belichick, the highest-paid state employee in North Carolina, said that stopping tampering was above his pay grade.
Malone expected to hire former Gonzaga assistant Sanz to complete coaching staff
Michael Malone reportedly is about to complete his first coaching staff at North Carolina. Jorge Sanz, who spent eight seasons at Gonzaga as an assistant coach and director of basketball operations, is leaving and will join the UNC staff, according to a Thursday Spokesman-Review report.
Wilson earns first-team All-Summer League honor
Caleb Wilson capped off standout play in Las Vegas by earning a spot on the NBA’s All-Summer League First Team, which was announced Tuesday.
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31 Tar Heels headed to NFL camps, with Maye among nine projected to start
There will be 31 Tar Heels at NFL training camps that open in the coming days, including nine projected starters, several players who have changed teams and four rookies. Some will report this week, and all will be in camps by Tuesday, July 28.
Malone’s father was architect of the Jordan Rules as Pistons assistant coach
The father of the man who will try to lead the new era of Carolina men’s basketball into greatness was the architect of a plan to stop the greatest player in program history. Michael Malone’s father, Brendan Malone, spent almost 30 seasons coaching in the NBA. As a Detroit Pistons assistant coach under Chuck Daly from 1988 to 1995, he helped devise one of basketball’s most famous defensive schemes.
Trimble rejects Veesaar in highlight-reel play; RJ Davis again scores in double figures
On a Saturday night in Las Vegas at the NBA Summer League, Tar Heels didn’t put up big numbers, but there was no denying the play of the day. It was a highlight-reel denial at the rim on a night RJ Davis again scored in double figures.
Faith helped Kelly through tough season; he says stability should make offensive line better
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina’s offensive line rarely trotted out the same five linemen from game to game a year ago, causing a lack of continuity that left the unit searching for stability throughout the season. Center Christo Kelly experienced that instability from an unusual vantage point. The Holy Cross transfer arrived in Chapel Hill expecting to be a fixture up front, only to be limited to two games because of an injury that sidelined him.