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TAR (32A: The ___ Heel State (North Carolina)) The TAR Heel State is a nickname for North Carolina, as well as the nickname of the University of North Carolina athletic teams, students ...

The kickin’ hot sauce is stocked inside just about every NC refrigerator but is oddly unknown outside the Southeast.

No foodstuff inspires greater loyalty inside Tar Heel borders than Texas Pete ... a jingle and a fleshed-out identity for its cowboy mascot. Still faceless, still wearing a hat shaped like ...

R.J. Davis and Drake Powell each scored 12 points to lead North Carolina. The Tar Heels have lost four of their last five games. Duke’s Coper Flagg (2) reacts after a three-point basket to give ...

The North Carolina Tar Heels have a tough road ahead in their quest for an NCAA Tournament bid. They’ll make the 14-mile trip to Durham on February 1 for a matchup with archrival Duke.

Eleven miles and two realities separate the Blue Devils and Tar Heels this season: Duke has an argument as the best team in the game, while North Carolina is continuing its every-other-year trend ...

After initially signaling a touchdown, game officials took the points off the scoreboard, leaving the Tar Heels with a ... be one of the wildest weeks in North Carolina history.

In consultation with new head coach Bill Belichick, Chapel Hill's Kenan Stadium will return to a natural grass field in 2025, the UNC athletic department announced in a press release on Monday. They ...