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Family First
Joe Breschi has rebuilt his home life from tragedy and the North Carolina lacrosse program from irrelevance. And he’s done both with the same mentality: Family comes first.
Interactive: UNC Football ’08
In 2008, North Carolina football had its most successful regular season in more than 10 years. Relive it all with this “Season in Review,” featuring the sights and sounds from every game on the schedule.
Delaware Opens Football Practice
The University of Delaware had high hopes for its 2010 football season. It all started with an early morning on the first day of training camp.
Slideshow: Sports Photography
A collection of my best sports photography, featuring UNC women’s basketball, baseball, lacrosse and track and field.
ESPN.com: Heat business is booming
With a new team, as with any budding relationship, the early days are new and exciting. But during the dog days of an 82-game season, even ardent fans can tire of the day-in, day-out grind. Except when it comes to this season’s Miami Heat. Even as the schedule has stretched on into March, the Heat [...]
Daily Tar Heel: Senior catcher acts as spiritual leader
Two flat-screen TVs hang black and silent in the North Carolina baseball players’ lounge. An abandoned game of pool sits forgotten in the corner. Twenty Tar Heels bow their heads in unison, as a Southern accent comes from the front of the room. “I want to go ahead and open up with a prayer before [...]
Daily Tar Heel: DeWitt’s long journey back to UNC
Too many stories that begin like this one end in failure. Hotshot kid goes to college to play for big-time athletics program. But that kid doesn’t play by the rules. Everything always came too easy. There’s friction with the coaches, trouble with teammates, violations of team policy. These stories end in suspensions. Or transfers. Academic [...]
Daily Tar Heel: Duke blows out UNC in season finale
In Duke vs. North Carolina, there is seldom a sure thing. But Saturday’s regular season finale was never in doubt. Duke built a 20-point lead in just 11 minutes and a 30-point lead in 26. After four straight losses to UNC in their own building, the No. 4 Blue Devils took back Cameron Indoor Stadium. [...]
Baseball America: Pro-style setup makes Northwoods unique
Brian Hernandez repeats himself for a third time, struggling to make himself heard above the roar of the team bus and the steady buzz of low-reception cell phone static. It quickly becomes clear that an interview will be impossible to conduct in such conditions. Such is the life of a professional baseball player — long [...]