University of North Carolina NCAA News

This Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, shows Bubba Cunningham smiling during a news conference after being introduced as the new athletic director at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Things just have not gotten easier for Cunningham.

UNC basketball lives by its recruiting prowess, and that means keeping a close eye on events such as the 2014 Nike Peach Jam.

For the fourth time in six years, Belmont Abbey College's men's basketball team will get a chance to show its talents against ACC competition in a preseason exhibition game.

Ever since North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said there would be an open quarterback competition entering the 2014 season, the battle between junior incumbent Marquise Williams and redshirt freshman Mitch Trubisky has dominated discussions about the Tar Heels.

Brown will appear on "College Football Countdown" and offer pregame, halftime and postgame commentary for the games on ABC, including "Saturday Night Football."

Appalachian State University professor and former N.C. Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti has released a collection of memoirs, 'Half of What I Say is Meaningless.'

Asked about the potential ceiling for his team, North Carolina coach Larry Fedora replied with a question of his own.

Dallas Mavericks basketball player Raymond Felton leaves Manhattan state Supreme Court after sentencing, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

Some of those things involve physical feats and others are more mental. First, the physical.

Among the things Butch Jones didn't inherit from his predecessors at Tennessee: A quarterback.

The West's Cameron Nieters, of Bishop McGuinness High School, right, and the East's Jamie Cherry, of West Craven High School, fight for possession of a loose ball during the East-West girls basketball all-star action at the Greensboro Coliseum on Monday in Greensboro.

Being NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year might be the dream accomplishment for Lions first-round tight end Eric Ebron, but his goals for 2014 are related to the team and its fans more than his statistics.

In the battle for the North Carolina Tar Heels starting quarterback job, Marquise Williams knows he's clearly been pegged as the mobile alternative to Mitch Trubisky 's pocket-passing expertise.

The argument could be made that Boatright and Shabazz Napier shared point guard responsibilities last season for the national champion UConn Huskies.

North Carolina's hunting for elite post players in the 2015 class, and Skal Labissiere is certainly one of them.

Miami was the pick to win the ACC's cluttered Coastal Division despite receiving fewer first-place votes than two other teams.

Orange County district attorney Jim Woodall said Monday that the hearing originally set for Wednesday is on hold until a later date that hasn't yet been set.

Nine years after leading the North Carolina men's basketball team to a national championship, Williams returns to the Tar Heel state as a member of the Charlotte Hornets.

This is Amelia Rayno's third season on the Gophers men's basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.