Sports: Colleges

Dec. 11, 2012 @ 11:32 PM

UNC’s Cooper reaches ‘consensus’ All-America status

North Carolina guard Jonathan Cooper was one of two ACC players chosen as a first-team selection on The Associated Press All-America team that was announced Tuesday.


Dec. 10, 2012 @ 12:04 AM

Duke tops St. Johns with defense

Unlike the rest of her Duke teammates, Haley Peters wasn’t playing her first basketball game at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.


Dec. 09, 2012 @ 11:50 PM

Fifth starter still a mystery for Tar Heels

The suspense for No. 20 North Carolina On Saturday didn’t come from anything that happened on the Smith Center floor against East Tennessee State – the Buccaneers scored just 12 first-half points in UNC’s 78-55 win.


Dec. 08, 2012 @ 01:00 AM

A Plumlee assignment: Lead the Blue Devils

The words weren’t spoken when Mason Plumlee made his decision. They didn’t have to be.


Dec. 08, 2012 @ 01:00 AM

Tar Heels get back to action

Study breaks come in many different forms. For the players at No. 20 North Carolina, who are in the midst of first semester final exams, it means a basketball game today at the Smith Center against East Tennessee State (7:30 p.m., ESPN3).


Dec. 07, 2012 @ 09:46 PM

ODU puts away Lady Eagles

N.C. Central senior Chasidy Williams earned her first double-double of the season, but the Lady Eagles were no match for Old Dominion in a 59-33 loss Friday night at the Ted Constant Center.



Dec. 06, 2012 @ 01:00 AM

Duke’s White signs contract extension through 2019

An athletics career that has taken him from coast-to-coast, with jobs from Maine and Tulane to Arizona State and Notre Dame, finally has landed Kevin White in a place to call home.


Dec. 06, 2012 @ 01:00 AM

Cunningham won’t ‘address rumors’ about jobs

North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham acknowledges that coaching speculation “can be detrimental to an athletic program.” Still, he won’t be taking any steps to end the speculation involving UNC football coach Larry Fedora.


Dec. 05, 2012 @ 10:40 PM

Tar Heels rebound vs. Radford

North Carolina has struggled with turnovers this season — and that was with senior point guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt in the lineup.


Dec. 06, 2012 @ 04:29 PM

King battles cancer for playing time with Eagles

The game already was in the bag for N.C. Central when freshman guard Rashawn King finally stepped on the court against Utah Valley with just 54.7 seconds remaining in the game on Nov. 27.


Dec. 04, 2012 @ 11:02 PM

Colonels put away Eagles

N.C. Central had a chance, trailing by six with 1:54 left against Eastern Kentucky, but more balls bounced the Colonels way as they pulled out a 63-57 win Tuesday night at NCCU’s McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium.


Dec. 04, 2012 @ 10:04 PM

Fedora, UNC remain quiet about rumors

The National Football Foundation awards diner and banquet is an annual black-tie event that draws the nation’s college football coaches and athletic directors to New York City.


Dec. 02, 2012 @ 07:50 PM

N.C. State introduces new football coach, Dave Doeren

Doeren leaves Northern Illinois after leading team to remarkable BCS Orange Bowl berth and 2012 MAC championship.


Dec. 01, 2012 @ 11:16 PM

Tar Heels light it up against UAB

North Carolina’s offense proved explosive as its game with Alabama-Birmingham progressed Saturday night. The Tar Heels’ defense? Well, it caused a different kind of explosion.