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Letter from Coach K to Michael Jordan Goes Viral Ahead of Duke-UNC

The NBA legend chose UNC over Duke, beginning his college career in 1981 during Coach K’s second season.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 5, 2022

Dean Smith got the best of Coach K, then he got the best from him

DURHAM, N.C. — There are moments, still, when Mike Krzyzewski walks into his top-floor office that overlooks part of Duke's campus and wonders, as he put it one day last summer, "How the hell did this happen?"

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022

Luke DeCock: Duke often plays games where it has everything to gain. Against UNC, it just can’t lose.

DURHAM, N.C. — Perhaps not since 1992, when Duke went to Minneapolis with a chance to be the first repeat champion since UCLA, have the Blue Devils played a game like Saturday where the consequences of losing so vastly outweighed the rewards of winning.

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022

Falcons add UNC special teams assistant to coaching staff

The Atlanta Falcons are hiring UNC's Steven King as an assistant special teams coach.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 26, 2022

Want to attend Duke basketball home game vs UNC? Super Bowl tickets were cheaper.

The final game is all that remains on Duke’s home basketball schedule and in Mike Krzyzewski’s tenure coaching the Blue Devils.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

UNC basketball holds on to beat Louisville. Brady Manek leads the way for Tar Heels.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It didn’t take overtime this time, but North Carolina still had to grind out a win against Louisville on Monday night, 70-63, in a game that had seemingly everyone at the Dean E. Smith Center standing in the final minutes.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

No. 24 UNC Women’s Basketball Upsets No. 3 Louisville in Wild Ending

No. 24 UNC snapped Louisville’s seven-game win streak

Sports Illustrated · Feb 18, 2022

Happy with recent production, Hubert Davis seeks quality over quantity from UNC bench

North Carolina coach Hubert Davis can no longer look to his bench and know he's putting in a proven scorer now that Dawson Garcia announced he would not return this season for the Tar Heels.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2022

UNC holds on to beat Clemson, 79-77

CLEMSON, S.C. — North Carolina’s much-maligned guard Caleb Love shook off his struggles when it mattered most. Love made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds left. Then had a drive and assist to Brady Manek for the game-winning layup with 3.1 seconds as the Tar Heels escaped Clemson with a…

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022

My Boston Globe op ed on What the Supreme Court Should do in the Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

I argue the justices should crack down on the dubious "diversity" rationale for racial preferences, and curb discrimination against Asian-American applicants.

Reason · Feb 7, 2022