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The seasons for the three former North Carolina players currently in the major leagues have been a mixed bag, including impressive play from Chicago Cubs first baseman Michael Busch and struggles for Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen. The most impressive of the 26 Tar Heels in the minor leagues have been pitchers Cooper Criswell, Dalton Pence and Austin Love, as well as first basemen Aaron Sabato and Parks Harber.
North Carolina catcher Luke Stevenson, center fielder Kane Kepley and right-handed pitcher Aidan Haugh have been invited to the MLB Draft Combine at Chase Field in Phoenix, a five-day event that starts Tuesday.
While there continue to be reports about Coach Bill Belichick’s personal life and questions about the role of his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, the messaging in describing that media attention from the Carolina football program can be summed up in one word: noise.
Although he’s likely to be drafted in July and could sign with a major-league team, former UNCW right-handed pitcher Trace Baker has committed to North Carolina, giving the Tar Heels their fifth baseball transfer portal commitment.
Jake Knapp’s incredible senior season has earned him the College Baseball Foundation’s National Pitcher of the Year award.
With the honor announced Friday, he becomes the first Carolina pitcher to earn the award since it was first given in 2009 and the first to earn a national pitcher of the year award since Andrew Miller in 2006.
North Dakota State shortstop Jake Schaffner on Thursday became North Carolina’s fourth commitment of the baseball transfer portal season.
College basketball is becoming increasingly similar to pro basketball in many ways, so why not examine transfer portal transactions in the same light? Carolina lost five players to the men’s basketball transfer portal and brought in five. What if you looked at that as a five-for-five trade? How did the Tar Heels fare?
North Carolina’s women will play in Texas for the second consecutive season, taking on the Texas Longhorns for the first time in 45 years.
The NBA draft is less than two weeks away, and most mock drafts are projecting North Carolina’s Drake Powell to be a first-round pick, with predictions going as high as No. 17.
For the first time in 11 years, North Carolina will play at Kentucky in men’s basketball, with next season’s meeting being part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.
North Carolina is No. 7 on a list ranking groups of men’s basketball newcomers, which includes freshmen, transfers and foreign signees.
ACC champion North Carolina has already been active in the baseball transfer portal, with three commitments so far and eight reserve players entering the portal.
CHAPEL HILL — Coach Bill Belichick won’t lack quarterback options during his first season as North Carolina’s coach, but he’ll go into preseason camp with little experience working with any of them on the practice field.
North Carolina’s women’s basketball team will reportedly play two mid-November games in Las Vegas.
CHAPEL HILL — Playing for a coaching legend who projects a gruff personality might seem intimidating, but North Carolina players say that being coached by Bill Belichick hasn’t been like that at all.
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