Welcome to the weekend! It's time for the exam break, so it's a rather quiet weekend in terms of Carolina athletics. Track is at the Duke Twilight meet on Sunday. And that's it. Baseball has the weekend off, Women's Tennis begins NCAA play next Friday. Both women's lacrosse and ACC champion men's lacrosse will learn their NCAA draw Sunday night. The softball selection show is not until Sunday May 12. Women's golf has NCAA regionals beginning next weekend, with men's golf following the week after. THM contributor Lauren Brownlow writes on the fainting goat prank that got Bryn Renner …

Greetings, true believers! It's a huge weekend in Carolina athletics, both in spring sports and for former Tar Heels taking their talents to the next level. Let's get to it. NFL Draft In the first round of the NFL Draft last night, the Arizona Cardinals selected Jonathan Cooper seventh overall, and the Broncos got Sylvester Williams at 28. For fun, I decided to check on the reaction in the Phoenix and Denver papers. Bob Young's column in the Arizona Republic focuses on the first draft for new GM Steve Keim (a former NC State guard) and writes that while "Cooper may not be a sexy pic…

It's a busy weekend in Tar Heel athletics. As you'll see, many Tar Heel teams are ranked among the nation's best and certainly worth your time. #1 Baseball hosts Duke Friday at 3, Saturday at 6 and Sunday at 2. Those games are available on ESPN3 and the baseball affiliates of the Tar Heel Sports Network. Saturday's sold-out game is Military Appreciation Day and features fireworks afterward. Sunday (sold out as well), both teams will participate in the Vs. Cancer fundraiser, shaving their heads to help with children's cancer awareness. Colin Moran has moved from #30 to #12 in Keith La…

It's a busy weekend in Carolina athletics, with the football festivities and several spring teams in action in Chapel Hill. Football concludes the spring practice season with the annual spring scrimmage. Make a full day of it, with the Bell Tower Park opening at 11, an autograph session at 12:45, and the game at 3. The new Tar Heel uniforms will be unveiled and on display outside the Kenan Football Center. During the first quarter of the game, Giovani Bernard will be presented with the College Football Performance Awards' punt returner of the year award, which is awesome. Jeff Sa…

Happy Friday! It's another busy weekend in Tar Heel sports, so let's get to it. Carolina football's scrimmage trip to Greensboro has been canceled due to weather, so the Tar Heels will practice at Kenan Stadium at 5 p.m. Friday. The practice is open to the public. The Carolina men's lacrosse team is hot - did you see R.G. Keenan's thrilling overtime winner last weekend? - and the Tar Heels are back in action Saturday at 3:30 at Virginia. Watch on ESPN3. Track & Field has competitors at both the Pepsi Florida Relays and the Duke Invitational this weekend. No. 1 Carolina women's …

Welcome to the weekend, and a Good Friday to you. Women's Tennis has a pair of home conference matches. They'll play Virginia Tech at 11 a.m. Friday and Virginia at 1 p.m. Saturday. Softball hosts a three-game series with Virginia Tech. Game one is at at 6 Friday, with a double header beginning at 1 Saturday rounding out the series. Track is in Raleigh for the adidas Raleigh Relays Friday and Saturday. Men's Lacrosse is on a roll, having won three straight over great competition. They will host Johns Hopkins Saturday at noon in Kenan Stadium. If you can't be there, watch on ESPN3. …

Good morning! It's a very busy weekend in Tar Heel athletics. We've got NCAA championships, EAGL championships and men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments. Let's get to it. Men's basketball takes on Villanova tonight at 7:20 p.m. EDT in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on TNT. Gaze at the bracket here. Adam took a look at the tournament history between the Tar Heels and Wildcats. GoHeels TV has your send-off and practice video. Lennie Rosenbluth is one of the nicest men you'll ever meet. Yesterday, he and Adam went back to Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium, where he …

It's ACC Tournament time, and the Tar Heels get underway at 9:30 tonight, but there's lots more going on in the Carolina athletic department. Men's Basketball plays Florida State tonight at 9:30 p.m. on Raycom and ESPN2. Get your pregame stat fix here. The winner of that game gets the Duke/Maryland winner in the second game (around 3 p.m.) Saturday. Get the full bracket here. If you can't get to a TV today, watch live here. Men's Golf and Women's Golf are both in Florida: The women are at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in Gainesville, and the men are at the Seminole Intercollegiate …

It's Friday, and we're now 36 hours or so away from the game. There's that, and a lot more to talk about this weekend. Men's Basketball closes out the regular season Saturday at 9 against Duke on ESPN. Yesterday, Adam took a look at some key numbers heading into the game. Make sure you know the ACC Tournament scenarios heading into Saturday. Stephen Schramm has a great profile of Dexter Strickland, who will take the Smith Center court for the last time as a Tar Heel on Saturday. Yesterday, Michelle Mudge and Meghan Lyons hosted a cool Google Hangout with Marcus Ginyard, Harrison Ba…

It's March 1, which can only mean . . . it's March. And you know what that means. Men's basketball has won four in a row after Thursday's win at Clemson. Don't miss Adam's column on the game and the postgame scene at Littlejohn. Carolina hosts Florida State Saturday at 2. That game is on CBS. Earlier this week, Adam compiled postseason projections for the Tar Heels. Women's basketball closes out the regular season with a trip to Duke Sunday at 4. That game is available on ESPN2. Baseball is in Houston for the Astros Foundation College Classic. They'll play Rice Friday at 4:30, Calif…