A Saudi investment in UNC? Football GM Michael Lombardi went on a fundraising visit to Saudi Arabia before the season. www.wral.com/sports/north...

Winning cures (almost) everything. Can Belichick and UNC get a victory Friday night at Cal. UNC coaches keep saying the team is making progress, but it's not showing up on the scoreboard. www.wral.com/sports/north...

UNC ranks 102nd in yards allowed per play; 100th in points allowed per game, 97th in yards allowed per game. And that's with Charlotte/Richmond included. Asked UNC DC Steve Belichick if he'd still be calling plays, still be on the field, etc.: "Yes."

UNC ranks No. 131 in total offense. Kitchens on changing who calls plays: "That's never been brought up, never been discussed."

Takeaway from UNC DC Steve Belichick and OC Freddie Kitchens press conferences: No major changes coming as far as play-calling duties, staff assignments, etc., for the 2-3 Tar Heels (who have been outscored 120-33 vs. P4 opponents).

Wild story here about how North Carolina's House speaker ended up inserting Duke's QB into a fight over children's hospital in the state. www.wral.com/news/local/n...

UNC leadership is preaching patience after the football program's slow start under Belichick. But Belichick is 73 and quick turnarounds are definitely a thing in college football. www.wral.com/sports/north...

Lawsuit accuses UNC board of violating state’s open record laws, including during Belichick hire www.wral.com/news/educati...

ACC moving to nine conference games for football and 10 P4 opponents overall (pending final approval, which seems like a formality at this point). Some teams will play 9 in '26, while others will stay at 8. In '27, all but one will play 9 while 1 plays 8. www.wral.com/sports/sport...

Speaking of lawmakers, the NC Senate approved $35M for Lenovo Center development infrastructure. The House could consider the bill today. It's part of a larger funding package that includes $65M for disaster funding related to Chantal. #ncpol www.wral.com/story/nc-law...

Lawmakers are back in Raleigh, debating and passing several budget measures. Will they give UNC and NC State sports betting money, as they've previously said. www.wral.com/sports/unc-n... #ncpol

Talked with local college football coaches about how they try to manage the stress/health issues associated with the job. Good stuff from Belichick, Doeren and Diaz. www.wral.com/sports/colle...

Source tells me: Some ACC teams will play 9 league games next year, while multiple others will play 8 due to already scheduled games. All will play at least 10 P4 games. In 2027, 16 will play 9 league games, 1 will play 8 league games. All will play at least 10 P4 games.

NC Senate is taking up budget bill to fund Chantal relief/other stuff, including $35M for Lenovo Center, today. But bill might be derailed by House-Senate fights. Background on arena infrastructure money: www.wral.com/story/nc-law...

"Go put a good team together, invest, play good competition, play good nonconference games, draw attention." On the league's new revenue math and a projection for what teams earned in the first year of the success initiative from about $8 million to $0. www.wral.com/sports/colle...

How did North Carolina decide how to distribute its $20.5 million revenue-sharing budget among four programs? AD Bubba Cunningham gives a pretty detailed explanation. And how much is the women's basketball payroll this year? www.wral.com/sports/unc-r...

Max Johnson needed five surgeries, weeks of bedrest -- including help changing his clothes -- and months of rehab to recover from a broken femur suffered in last year's opener. At one point, he thought he might lose his leg. Now the UNC QB is fighting for a starting job. www.wral.com/sports/unc-m...

A lot of coaches make vague comments about tampering. Rare that a coach names names, but check this out from NC Central football coach Trei Oliver. www.wral.com/sports/nc-ce...

Everyone, it seems, wants a bigger playoff. Everyone, it seems, has a different idea on how to select teams for the bigger playoff. ACC coaches are no different. www.wral.com/sports/colle...

Pitt's Pat Narduzzi on Belichick/UNC: "“I expect him to be in the championship game against Pitt this year. You got Bill Belichick, you better be, right?" Story: www.wral.com/sports/pitt-... (video credit: @primetimeMitch on X)

UNC hired Bill Belichick to bring more attention to the football program. He's done that in all kinds of ways. But no doubt interest is up: UNC sold out of its tickets for all six home games -- earlier than ever. www.wral.com/sports/unc-f...

NFL-style injury reports are coming to the ACC, a nod to sports gambling and the need for information which can put coaches, players and others in awkward situations. www.wral.com/sports/sport...

The ACC will fine schools for court/field storms. But the ACC's fine schedule ($50K for first, $100K for second and $200K for third) seems low. SEC went to flat $500K penalty. www.wral.com/sports/phill...

The ACC is now in its "eat what you kill" era. Gone are the days of equal revenue distribution. That and other storylines (like Belihick) from this week's #ACCKickoff. www.wral.com/sports/acc-k...

NIL collectives sprung up soon after the NCAA allowed athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness in July 2021. Four years later, are collectives being pushed out by the new College Sports Commission? Will they have to adapt? Or will they sue? www.wral.com/sports/colle...

Earlier in the week wrote about how Wade approached building a non-conference schedule. Cool of him to be so open about the process. ACC schedule (probably) gives Pack 7 Quad 1 games, average NCAA Tournament team has 12 Q1 games, so he had to find five more: www.wral.com/sports/ncsta...

Talked to NC State's Will Wade and members of his coaching staff about building a whole new roster in a few weeks. On the "Wade stat": www.wral.com/sports/ncsta...

Been a few weeks since the House settlement, but this -- which was posted the night it got final approval -- is a look at how it might impact schools in North Carolina and what it all might mean. www.wral.com/sports/house...

UNC hired Bill Belichick to "to bring Carolina football to another level." All the attention, well, the Tar Heels are delighted with it. www.wral.com/sports/unc-c...

About last night's "ass whooping" put on the Canes by Florida. www.wralsportsfan.com/hurricanes-p...

ACC is a clear No. 3 in revenue. But the league knows it needs more. www.wral.com/sports/acc-r...

Check out the differences in what UNC System school athletic departments would get from sports wagering tax revenue in the House's proposed budget and the Senate's passed budget in North Carolina. #ncpol

Asked NC State coach Dave Doeren for a player that fans may not have heard about that is going to have an important impact this season. His answer: TE Cody Hardy, an Elon transfer. "Cody brings another element to that (TE) room that we haven't had," Doeren said.

Will Wade has done much of the "heavy lifting" on NC State's roster rebuild. But he says he needs another piece or two to put the Wolfpack where he wants/expects to be: the NCAA Tournament. www.wral.com/sports/will-...

Interviewed UNC football coach Bill Belichick at ACC spring meetings in Amelia Island on why he's still coaching, if the interest in him has surprised him and what success looks like? (Didn't talk Jordon Hudson) www.wral.com/sports/bill-...

Read through hundreds of emails -- threatening, profane, insulting, disturbing -- sent to UNC's Bubba Cunningham, chair of the NCAA Tournament selection committee, in the days after the field was set with the Tar Heels in and West Virginia out. www.wral.com/sports/unc-d...

From a Feb. 2021 flight to the cold open of Saturday Night Live, here's what we know about Jordon Hudson and Bill Belichick. www.wral.com/sports/unc-f...

UNC has released contracts for some of its football assistant coaches. We already knew the salaries for assistants. The contracts include a second year in each case and raises of differing amounts. www.wralsportsfan.com/defensive-co...

Did North Carolina and Bill Belichick just land their 2025 starting quarterback? Kind of feels like it. www.wralsportsfan.com/south-alabam...

Raleigh City Council approves rezoning plan for area around Lenovo Center, clearing way for Hurricanes to redevelop 80 acres with residential, office, retail and entertainment spaces. www.wral.com/news/local/r...

NC Senate's proposed budget includes lots of sports: required basketball games for NC State and UNC vs. other in-state schools, more betting tax revenue for athletic departments (including UNC, NC State) and a doubling of the sports betting tax rate paid by operators. www.wral.com/nccapitol/21...

NC State is paying a "reschedule fee" to App State for moving its 2025 game to 2028. Details from the new home-and-home contract: www.wralsportsfan.com/here-s-what-...

Bill Belichick had a salary pool of $10M for his assistant coaches, per his term sheet with UNC. He spent just under $7M with defensive coordinator Steve Belichick earning the largest salary among assistants. www.wralsportsfan.com/defensive-co...

Lawmakers file bill to ban prop bets on college sports in North Carolina. www.wral.com/story/lawmak...

Duke's "motherhood" makes a tattoo vow ... "when we win the whole thing."

Duke's succession plan has worked out spectacularly. Scheyer and Coach K deserve credit.

Greensboro has been the long-time home of the ACC women's basketball tournament. But the event is leaving the city ... for the rest of the decade. www.wralsportsfan.com/acc-women-s-...

Will Wade is confident, but without the "arrogance," he says, that cost him the LSU job. Wade promised to restore the 'Pack to the top tier of the ACC (next year) and the NCAA Tournament (next year, too). On Wade's plans: www.wralsportsfan.com/confident-wa...

“if the Big Ten or SEC were to ever invite either State or Carolina, this bill would indicate that they are a package deal." Bill doesn't say that, but would require schools to play annually in several sports. www.wral.com/story/with-r...

West Virginia Gov. implies contract incentives in Bubba Cunningham's contract may have played a role in final pick for NCAA Tournament. What you need to know about the contract and the comments: www.wralsportsfan.com/west-virgini...