Chapel Hill, NC – Statements from Michael Malone and Steve Newmark on Seth Trimble’s fifth-year transfer announcement: Head Coach Michael Malone “Seth gave Carolina four years of tremendous effort, toughness and leadership and he has earned the respect and affection…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – What began as a conversation between two fathers searching for another activity to enjoy with their children grew into a summer youth league, a new teaching format and, on Saturday, August 1, a community…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – Five months after the University of North Carolina narrowed the future of its basketball home to three strikingly different possibilities, the most important development may be the decision UNC has not…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Steve Newmark returned to familiar territory last Tuesday morning with an unfamiliar challenge before him: explaining how the University of North Carolina can preserve the traditions of college athletics while competing in a rapidly…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Chapel Hill, NC – Bill Belichick opened North Carolina’s 2026 preseason training camp with none of the sweeping promises, championship predictions or manufactured enthusiasm that often accompany the start of a college football season. His…
Charlotte, NC – Miami has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference football championship, according to the media’s predicted order of finish following a vote of more than 185 media members credentialed for this…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Raleigh, NC – Justin Gainey has spent his first summer as NC State’s head men’s basketball coach asking players to accept an apparent contradiction: He wants them pushed relentlessly, held accountable publicly and privately, challenged…
By Gene Galin Charlotte, NC — North Carolina’s four Atlantic Coast Conference football programs will enter the 2026 season separated by geography, institutional identity and recent results, but connected by one defining challenge: surviving a sport in which quarterbacks, star…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Las Vegas, Nev. — Caleb Wilson waited five months to play a meaningful basketball game again. When the opportunity finally arrived Friday night, the former North Carolina star made up for lost time with one…
Charlotte, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference college football season begins in Charlotte as the ACC welcomes all 17 head coaches and more than 50 of the league’s top student-athletes to the 2026 ACC Kickoff, set for July 15-17 at…