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Cameron Johnson isn’t looking back. After a summer trade that sent him from the Brooklyn Nets to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 first-round pick, the 6–8 forward is focused on what’s ahead with a fresh start in the Mile High City and a chance to help them get to the NBA Finals after falling in the Western Conference finals last season.
It was a big Sunday for quarterback Drake Maye, running back Omarion Hampton and linebacker Cedric Gray. But only Maye got a win, and he got a memorable, emotional moment in the process.
Michael Jordan struggled against N.C. State? Former Wolfpack guard Terry Gannon made that allegation Saturday while on the call for NBC’s coverage of the Ryder Cup, while noting that Jordan was at the Bethpage Black course in Farmingdale, N.Y., for the competition.
Recruiting players in Europe presents numerous challenges, even when there is a two-month gap between the time a player commits and the start of the fall semester. Getting 6–1 Russian Liza Astakhova to campus by the first day of classes on Aug. 18 was daunting, even though she committed to North Carolina on June 17.
Perseverance and drive to reach the moment have been motivating forces for Taliyah Henderson for more than a year. When she plays at Carmichael Arena in her Carolina debut on opening day, that will be 468 days after she last cut hard off a screen, showed her speed running up the floor or swished a jumper in a game that counts.
As you might expect, a battle of two of the traditionally strong men’s college basketball programs will be in prime time.
Given Carolina’s issues on offense, particularly at quarterback, it won’t be comforting to Tar Heels fans to see how the quarterbacks whom the program deemed not good enough are doing.
Fans will get a first chance to see the new-look North Carolina men’s basketball team on Oct. 4 in a Blue-White scrimmage following the Clemson football game. The scrimmage is free, and the Smith Center doors will open 15 minutes after the conclusion of the football game, with the scrimmage scheduled to begin an hour after the football game.
In a battle between a veteran quarterback and a rising star, 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers got the best of Drake Maye on Sunday, even though the second-year quarterback had better overall numbers on a day that Omarion Hampton scored his first NFL touchdown and collected 129 total yards.
ORLANDO, Fla. — After the lackluster 34–7 loss at UCF, the message from North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson and linebacker Will Hardy was clear: stick together. As they spoke side-by-side in the postgame press conference, they talked about the need to support one another as the Tar Heels head into a much-needed open date.
After the season-opening debacle against TCU, North Carolina lumbered through its game with Charlotte before flexing a little versus FCS Richmond, so Saturday’s game at Central Florida was a good test to see how much the Tar Heels had improved over the past three weeks. Test failed.
ORLANDO, Fla. — North Carolina badly needed a tipping point to spark an offense that has sputtered and a defense that has struggled to stop decent teams. nstead, the Tar Heels got more of the same, and it was almost all discouraging.
ORLANDO, Fla. — When you hear that Carolina’s game at UCF will be played at the Bounce House, it sounds like a play place for kids. But there’s a story behind the name of the University of Central Florida’s first on-campus stadium, which was built in 2007.
Find out how and watch Carolina’s game at Central Florida, the lines, notes, depth charts and statistics for both teams.
CHAPEL HILL — Seth Trimble couldn’t help but grin as he started to talk about the newcomers who have made this preseason feel so different. There are a lot of them, including a completely reshaped frontcourt with two 7-foot centers and two 6–10 forwards, along with a Montenegrin wing who’s still adjusting to American slang.
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