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Abou Jaoude questionable for Clemson game, seven listed as out
North Carolina will be without several players for Saturday’s ACC opener at Clemson, according to the ACC’s first availability report released on Wednesday night. Defensive lineman Melkart Abou Jaoude and linebacker Jordan Avinger are listed as questionable.
UNC will play 5 of 9 ACC football games in 2027 on road, including trip to Stanford
orth Carolina will play nine ACC games in the 2027 football season after playing only eight this season. The ACC released its 2027 football scheduling matrix on Wednesday, and it has UNC hosting Duke, Florida State, Virginia and Virginia Tech, while traveling to Louisville, N.C. State, Stanford, Syracuse and Wake Fo
Starting QBs Lopez, Johnson highlight former UNC players at other schools
Bill Belichick’s major offseason roster reconstruction brought in many newcomers, but it also meant numerous players on the 2025 roster moved on, with two quarterbacks starting at other colleges. Three weeks into the 2026 season, several of those former Tar Heels are making an impact on their new schools. Here’s a rundown of the top performers
Forbes improves UNC’s pitching depth through portal
CHAPEL HILL — You can never have enough pitching, and UNC coach Scott Forbes hit the transfer portal hard in the offseason to make sure he’ll have plenty next season.
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UNC women’s soccer stays at No. 7 ahead of clash with No. 2 Duke; Heels fall in field hockey, volleyball polls
North Carolina stayed at No. 7 in the women’s soccer poll ahead of Thursday’s clash with No. 2 Duke while the Tar Heels fell in the field hockey and volleyball polls. The field hockey team (3–3), No. 2 in the preseason poll, dropped six spots to a season-low No. 11, and the volleyball team (4–2) fell seven spots to No. 15.
Kicker Verhoff, field hockey players Heck, Mendez, Brüning join complaint seeking fifth season of eligibility
Football kicker Rece Verhoff and former field hockey stars Ryleigh Heck, Dani Mendez and Sietske Brüning have all joined an amended complaint filed in Monroe Circuit Court in Indiana seeking a court order that would grant each of them a fifth season of eligibility for this school year.
Two five-stars, dozens of alumni, one big weekend for Malone’s Carolina vision
North Carolina hosted one of its most consequential recruiting weekends in years, with two five-star in-state prospects on campus at the same time that Michael Malone welcomed generations of former Tar Heels back to Chapel Hill for a basketball reunion.
Belichick focuses on challenges from Clemson, his still-developing team
CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina heads into its ACC opener at Clemson with a 2–0 record and a coach who isn’t ready to draw sweeping conclusions from either of the wins that got the Tar Heels here. UNC coach Bill Belichick spent much of his weekly press conference Monday breaking down what has and hasn’t changed since UNC’s season-opening win over TCU in Dublin, and the biggest shift, in his eyes, came in how the team prepared for Saturday’s 35–3 win over East Tennessee State.
Roy Williams gave ‘Scotty Boy’ Forbes words of wisdom after UNC came win away from title
CHAPEL HILL — “Scotty Boy, just keep doing what you’re doing, and it will happen.” Those were the words to North Carolina coach Scott Forbes from legendary coach Roy Williams after UNC made it to the College World Series Finals, only to come up short in the deciding game against Oklahoma.
UNC’s two Big Monday appearances on ESPN will be early-evening starts
North Carolina will be front and center on ESPN’s Big Monday schedule twice this winter, and both times, the Tar Heels will play in the first game of the doubleheaders, with each game at the Smith Center.
Tar Heels in NFL: Maye’s frustration, Williams two TDs mark ups and downs of Week 1
There were ups and downs during Week 1 of the NFL season for former Carolina players, most of whom endured losses, from Drake Maye’s three interceptions on Wednesday to Javonte Williams’ standout performance on Sunday night football.
Barbacci leads UNC field hockey rally to win at Richmond
No. 5 North Carolina fell behind in the first few minutes but responded with sustained pressure and rode a goal and an assist from senior forward Ella Barbacci to a 2–1 road win over Richmond at Crenshaw Field on Sunday. Richmond’s Maia Dechario converted the game’s opening penalty corner in the ninth minute, but UNC’s rally moved the Tar Heels to 9–2 under Coach Erin Matson when the opponent scores the first goal.
No. 7 UNC, No. 3 Duke roll to women’s soccer wins ahead of meeting, Heels’ over NJIT, Devils’ over No. 1 Stanford
No. 7 UNC and No. 3 Duke earned very different 5–0 home women’s soccer victories ahead of their big clash in Chapel Hill on Thursday night. While Carolina got its win over 3–4–1 NJIT, No. 271 in the Massey Ratings, at Dorrance Field on Sunday, the victory for the Blue Devils (7–0–1) a few miles away in Durham was over No. 1 Stanford for their fifth consecutive victory.
Clemson to start true freshman QB against UNC
Clemson’s quarterback situation, already unsettled for most of training camp, took another unexpected turn this weekend, and it will give a true freshman his first career start against North Carolina in the ACC opener for both teams Saturday.