They have played 233 games in the Duke-Carolina series, but they have never played another like this.
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Out in the land, out in the Triads, Triangles and Tri-Cities of America, the Super Bowl invites everyone to snuggle up with the NFL's brutal version of football.
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The ACC has a giant corporate footprint, extending from Boston to Miami with the Heels somewhere in between.
Sometimes, Mike Krzyzewski gets mad.
The 80-foot shot, off glass, happens maybe once in a competitive lifetime.
The streak ended. The season after begins beside the main stage, with the spotlights and expectations aimed elsewhere.
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Michael Snaer, Florida State's comeback kid, had trouble coming back down to Earth.
Some people blame coaching and recruiting. Some people blame the falling dominoes of conference expansion.
It's early in the second semester, but Roy Williams needs to memorize his cliches again.
Wake Forest hasn't resumed classes yet, but coach Jeff Bzdelik kept the Deacons after school anyway Saturday.
The obstacles between North Carolina and the national championship now arrive at the rate of roughly two per week.
As Wake Forest's basketball boat floated aimlessly among the breakers last season, fans assumed that the Deacons had no port and little prayer.
The Bowl Championship Series has an approval rating slightly higher than Congress, bronchitis or Kim Jong Il.
Shopping seems so simple at the Belk Bowl.
The future of ACC basketball flashed across the court Saturday night in the original hometown of ACC basketball.
Question: What do you call it when colleges play a game of musical chairs inside a large revolving door just outside Madison Square Garden?
Winston-Salem State came up empty shortly before a full moon rose over Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday.
Larry Fedora met his football public in a bar Friday afternoon.
Any minute now, Larry Fedora could take a sip from the Old Well and tell his new fans that no water tastes like North Carolina water.
The residue of a midweek snow flurry clung to the shady bank at Appalachian State's football stadium Saturday afternoon while sunshine cast a natural spotlight on the campus beyond.
In the first hours of December, college basketball results seem comparable to presidential vote totals at 7:02 p.m. on election day.
Finally, after 91 seasons, a North Carolina alumnus will start an NFL game at quarterback.
By the kickoff Saturday, the race cars and the oak leaves were long gone, leaving Bowman Gray Stadium awash in red.
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