Jones Angell from the Tar Heel Sports Network and Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com break down the Tar Heels' 37-26 loss to the No. 3 Notre Dame fighting Irish on Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium.

While the Tar Heels made enough plays to hang around against Notre Dame, their upset bid was littered with missteps that did UNC no favors in its pursuit of the program's first top-three victory. "We were certainly competitive," Bill Belichick said afterward. "We missed some opportunities. We just need to do a better job taking advantage of those opportunities."

The Tar Heels had plenty of positives battling the No. 3 football team in the country as heavy underdogs, but they also felt plenty of frustration about what could have been. UNC again couldn’t overcome an opponent’s halftime adjustments as Notre Dame gashed UNC with its running game to win 37–26 on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium.

Notre Dame spent the first month of the season showcasing its new-look offense built around star quarterback CJ Carr. But with rain pelting Kenan Stadium on Saturday, coach Marcus Freeman secured a 37-26 win over UNC with a heavy dose of the ground game. After the Tar Heels erased a Notre Dame lead, the Irish delivered a game-defining drive.

North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick, wide receiver Jordan Shipp, and defensive back Jaiden Patterson speak with the media following the Tar Heels' 37-26 loss to the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill.

Entering the fourth quarter Saturday at Kenan Stadium, UNC trailed No. 3 Notre Dame by just seven points. The Tar Heels had battled back from a 21-7 deficit to get within one early in the second half, but Notre Dame controlled the game down the stretch to leave with a 37-26 win. Carolina gave one of the nation’s top teams everything it could handle.

No. 3 Notre Dame ran for 166 yards in the second half and topped North Carolina, 37-26, on a wet Saturday at Kenan Stadium. Jordan Shipp caught seven passes from Billy Edwards for 109 yards. Tight end Jelani Thurman had five receptions for 50 yards and two TDs. Check out the highlights.

CJ Carr threw for four touchdowns and ran for another and No. 3 Notre Dame regained control after halftime to beat North Carolina 37-26 on Saturday. The Irish led 21-14 after the Tar Heels turned a goal-line stand into a long touchdown drive before halftime, then came out of the break with Jaden Jefferson returning a kickoff 98 yards for another score.

UNC Baseball and the Walters State Senators held a lengthy scrimmage on Friday in front of a nice crowd at a sweltering Boshamer Stadium. Jamie Laskofski, who homered in his first two at bats, was 3-4 with five RBI and three runs scored. Kole Fenton was 3-4 with three RBI and three runs scored. Gavin Gallaher's double contributed to his 3-6 effort.

Ranked as the No. 10 shooting guard in the transfer portal this offseason, Terrence Brown committed to Michael Malone on April 21. And when asked what his new coach expects from him, the senior guard pointed to developing a more complete game. The next step for Brown as he enters his debut season at UNC will be showcasing that skillset.

View the complete box score from the North Carolina Tar Heels' 37-26 loss to the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill.

UNC welcomes No. 3 Notre Dame to Kenan Stadium on Saturday at noon. It will be Notre Dame's 10th trip to Chapel Hill and first since 2022. Saturday's game will air on ESPN with Wes Durham, Dusty Dvoracek, and Taylor McGregor on the call. Sophomore Xavier Lewis leads the nation in sacks per game with 2.0 through Carolina's first three games.

This week in UNC Football unites the program’s past and present as North Carolina prepares to host Notre Dame. One familiar Tar Heel returning to Chapel Hill is Chase Rice, who will perform as part of the Chapel Thrill Game Day concert series. Before becoming a country music singer and songwriter, Rice was a linebacker at Carolina from 2005-08.

North Carolina defensive end Melkart Abou Jaoude will be available for Saturday’s noon game against No. 3 Notre Dame, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, giving the Tar Heels their best pass rusher for the biggest home test of the season. Abou Jaoude missed the previous two games with a hand injury he suffered in the season opener against TCU in Dublin.

Of the 23 football games Notre Dame and UNC have played, nothing matches 1975, when an unknown quarterback named Joe Montana came off the bench to save the Irish from an embarrassing upset in Kenan Stadium. The Tar Heels led 14-6 in the fourth quarter when coach Dan Devine turned to the bench and shouted, "No. 3, get in the game."

Christo Kelly from North Carolina Football joins Jones Angell and Adam Lucas to talk about his path to UNC and look ahead to Saturday's matchup against Notre Dame, with kickoff set for Noon in Kenan Stadium.

It took Bella Devey less than 17 minutes to earn her fourth brace of the season as No. 1 UNC Women's Soccer extended its win streak to eight with a 4-1 victory over No. 12 Notre Dame before 3,871 fans at Dorrance Field on Friday night (Highlights). Devey leads the ACC and is second in the country with 14 goals as North Carolina is looking unbeatable.

Four of UNC's five starting offensive linemen have played 169 of 170 snaps this season. The other starter has played 123 snaps. What stands out is that UNC has played only six offensive linemen in the meat of competitive games. Aside from the 35-3 win over East Tennessee State, when the starters left the game after UNC went ahead by five touchdowns.

No. 25 UNC Volleyball (8-3, 3-0 ACC) swept Clemson, 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-14), Friday night at Carmichael Arena to bring its winning streak to four games (Highlights). The Tar Heels celebrated "Dig Pink" night by sporting pink arm sleeves and hair ties, raising awareness for breast cancer and celebrating those affected. Hailey Pearce took over the match.

UNC returns to Kenan Stadium on Saturday facing its biggest challenge of the season. The Tar Heels had two weeks to prepare for No. 3 Notre Dame, a team that enters the matchup 4-0 and has yet to play a game decided by fewer than 17 points. The Irish are scoring 42.3 points per game while allowing just 8.3. Here is the formula for a Tar Heel victory.

For all the uncertainty surrounding the UNC Football staff, the paperwork governing their departures is already in order. A review of the contracts for UNC football staffers shows nearly all contain a termination-release exhibit signed the same day as the employment agreement. UNC says this is not standard practice and attributed it to a mistake by the football staff.

North Carolina point guard Terrence Brown has experienced plenty of firsts during his first five months at UNC. He's acclimating to coach Michael Malone, new teammates, and a new city. But the biggest adjustment, Brown said, has been something he didn't experience as much at Utah, his previous school. It’s being recognized everywhere he goes.

The three fifth-year stars continued to make a huge impact on North Carolina’s field hockey team. Ryleigh Heck and Sietske Brüning each outshot Louisville by themselves, and Heck notched a goal as the No. 12 Tar Heels gave the No. 16 Cardinals their first ACC loss of the season (Highlights), winning at Trager Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday, 3-0.

North Carolina guards Terrence Brown and Matt Able speak with the media on Friday ahead of the Tar Heels 2026-27 basketball season as the team prepares to tip off against USC in an exhibition game on Friday, Oct. 9. in Greensboro.

Today’s UNC fans couldn’t imagine the humble roots of women’s basketball on campus for a program that has won a national title and could contend for another this season. The head coach drove the team to games, four players packed into each motel room, road meals came from fast-food restaurants, the home gym was dangerously small, and more.

Can Michael Malone land top-tier college basketball recruits, or will another blue-chip talent slip away, as Jordan Page appears to have done? On the gridiron, UNC Football hosts the powerhouse Notre Dame Fighting Irish as 3-touchdown underdogs.

Only one player on the North Carolina basketball roster has started more college basketball games than Angelo Brizzi. Despite not playing in the 2021-22 season at Villanova and appearing in nine games in his redshirt freshman season — with no starts — Brizzi is the most traveled and tenured collegiate player on Michael Malone’s inaugural roster.

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye said the condition of his right shoulder hasn't affected his throwing ability, instead highlighting the need to make better decisions. "I don't feel like we're struggling to move the ball. We're turning the football over, doing things preventing us from scoring touchdowns, and I think that's one of the biggest things for me."

UNC Men's Soccer standout Joschi Schelb has been named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List. Schelb earned his place on the watch list after scoring seven goals in nine games for the Tar Heels. Schelb, a transfer from Rutgers and a native of Freiburg, Germany, has produced a goal in each of North Carolina's last four matches.

UNC's frontcourt looks a lot different entering Michael Malone’s first season in Chapel Hill. Four players stand 6-10 or taller, giving Malone a range of frontcourt pieces with different experiences and potential roles. The question isn’t how tall the Tar Heels can be. It’s what Malone can make that size do. Jarin Stevenson is the piece with the most familiarity.

Voice of the Tar Heels Jones Angell previews Saturday’s UNC football game against no. 3 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are favored by three touchdowns, but Jones points out that Carolina very nearly came away with an upset the last time they played a team this good. And Chapel Hill’s expecting rain Saturday, which could have an impact on game play.

North Carolina junior pitcher Walker McDuffie joins Inside Carolina's Tommy Ashley and Spencer Haskell for a lengthy interview that covers all the bases for the right-hander, from what he hopes to improve upon entering his third season at UNC, to the competition among this year's pitching staff, and more.

Prediction: Notre Dame 36, North Carolina 12: Rainy weather could make things more interesting at Kenan Stadium, but the Fighting Irish have a talent edge and identity advantage with a group capable of competing for a national championship. UNC has improved, but chasing bowl eligibility isn’t the same as chasing a College Football Playoff berth.

The New York Knicks have signed former UNC center Tony Bradley to an Exhibit 9 contract. Bradley split time with the Pacers and Hawks last season after signing with Atlanta in April. Over eight NBA seasons with Utah, Philadelphia, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Indiana, and Atlanta, Bradley averages 4.3 points on 62-percent shooting and 3.8 rebounds.

UNC Football returns to Kenan Stadium this Saturday to face No. 3 Notre Dame. Kickoff between the Tar Heels and the Fighting Irish is at noon on ESPN. Carolina football will celebrate its decorated history by unveiling new displays inside Kenan Stadium honoring the program's College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame members.

Greg Barnes, Jason Staples, and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss UNC Football's noon Saturday matchup with Notre Dame. Staples and Barnes highlight the Tar Heels defense and offense against the Fighting Irish, with the tall tasks both sides of the ball will face in Kenan Stadium.

Whether in a river during the pandemic, practice at Koury Natatorium, or competing for a gold medal for his home of Puerto Rico, nothing changes for Xavier Ruiz as he enters the water: he knows what he is capable of and how he will achieve it. Since arriving at UNC two years ago, Xavier Ruiz has shown no signs of striving for anything but greatness.

UNC Football faces a big challenge as No. 3 Notre Dame comes to Kenan Stadium (9:09). Tar Heel basketball continues to practice with its first exhibition a week away (41:41). Plus, Christo Kelly from Carolina Football (51:13) and Kevin Thomas from Carolina Basketball (1:22:07) join Jones Angell and Adam Lucas.

When UNC Football welcomes No. 3 Notre Dame to Kenan Stadium on Saturday, I will be thinking about the day in 1975 when I stood behind Paul Hornung and Lindsey Nelson at the top of the old press box as a kid without a ticket or a credential. That was 51 years ago, and the press box was never part of the plan. The plan was only to get into the stadium.

No. 1 UNC Women's Soccer hosts No. 12 Notre Dame on Friday. The Tar Heels and Fighting Irish are set for a 6 p.m. kickoff at Dorrance Field with streaming available on ACC Network. Friday's match marks the third top-15 matchup at Dorrance Field this season. Carolina enters the matchup on a seven-game win streak, sitting atop of the NCAA rankings.

UNC Basketball's dynamic duo of Neoklis Avdalas and Terrence Brown embrace a selfless, team-first mentality as the point guard debate heats up. Can their complementary playmaking fuel the Heels’ ACC run? Isaac Schade and Bill Robinson break down the duo and more.

UNC Basketball coach Michael Malone left the NBA with 11+ seasons of film that provide us a decent blueprint for what we might see from him as an offensive architect and defensive schemer. In the first film breakdown of a multi-part series on Malone’s coaching philosophy, let’s dive into everything there is to know about Malone’s offensive system.

This unique behind-the-scenes documentary captures the UNC Field Hockey team's journey through the early portion of their 2026 season as the Tar Heels work to overcome a difficult start by focusing on internal growth, mental fortitude, and team chemistry.

North Carolina has a game-changer at tight end in Jelani Thurman. The 6-foot-6, 245-pounder leads the Tar Heels with 183 receiving yards and 16.6 yards per catch, ranks second with 11 receptions, and is tied for the team lead in targets. For comparison, North Carolina’s tight ends combined for just 226 receiving yards across 12 games last season.

Everybody loves a good pregame ceremony, and Kenan Stadium has hosted plenty through the years. That includes occasional appearances by parachutists delivering the game ball to midfield. UNC marching band director Jeff Fuchs remembers one game where that ceremony went wrong — and the hilarious explanation of why it did.

UNC Football welcomes Notre Dame to Chapel Hill hoping to shock the world, but can North Carolina’s defensive line disrupt the Irish’s winning streak? CJ Carr’s growth at quarterback and a relentless Irish defense meet a Tar Heel squad eager to pull an upset, despite Billy Edwards' recent struggles under center.

I asked Caleb Wilson at Chicago Bulls media day how his time at North Carolina prepared him for the NBA. "It did a lot for me. More mental than physical. Playing for a team that always has so many eyes on them, really one of the faces of college basketball, it made me approach basketball and the media differently because I was prepared for it."

Neoklis Avdalas brings a unique skillset to North Carolina in Michael Malone's first season in Chapel Hill. Greg Barnes of Inside Carolina discusses the impact the Virginia Tech transfer should have on the basketball court and how the talent around the 6-9 guard should benefit the Tar Heels.

The greatest rivalry in sports will get a national network TV audience the day before the biggest game in sports. When North Carolina visits Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 13, to face Duke at 5:30 p.m. in Coach Michael Malone’s first taste of the rivalry, ABC will air it. The UNC-Duke matchup is one of four men’s games on ABC next season.

College basketball analyst Rob Harrington and Tommy Ashley from Inside Carolina discuss UNC's place in the ACC entering the 2026-27 season, the state of the league across college basketball, the unknown talents and new coaches in the conference, and more.