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Court ruling accelerates UNC pursuit of another center, focusing on two
One missing piece in the construction of the roster for Coach Michael Malone’s first North Carolina team is a center who is more physical inside. A court ruling will allow players who just finished their fourth seasons to play a fifth season, and the Tar Heels have been in contact with a pair of centers who might fill that need: 7–1, 260-pound Micah Handlogten, who played the last three seasons at Florida, and 7–0, 255-pound Cameron Fens, who played at South Dakota the past two seasons.
Petrino lays out running back blueprint, starting with pass protection
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino detailed his philosophy on running backs, and the message was clear: pass protection comes before everything else. Petrino said that a deep and versatile group gives him a foundation for what he wants to build.
Petrino sees promise but not yet separation in UNC QB competition
CHAPEL HILL — Bobby Petrino has a reputation as an offensive genius, and his first challenge as North Carolina’s offensive coordinator is to determine which of six quarterbacks will make the unit most productive. After Thursday’s first practice in which Texas A&M transfer Miles O’Neill, a redshirt sophomore, got the first reps and freshman Travis Burgess was impressive, Petrino was encouraged with what he saw. But the competition is far from settled.
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UNC’s non-conference women’s schedule includes four SEC teams and one Big 12 team
North Carolina women’s basketball released its non-conference schedule for 2026-27, and it includes nine opponents visiting Carmichael Arena along with a schedule of high-profile road tests to open the season.
Belichick focuses on practice progress, not the Lombardi story
CHAPEL HILL — Amid the backdrop of the HR investigation into General Manager Michael Lombardi, North Carolina began practice on Thursday. Coach Bill Belichick did not address questions about Lombardi, who is on paid administrative leave, or the reported inquiries about the program from the College Sports Commission.
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.