60 Forward wants to be closer to home. www.newsobserver.com/1075794 The battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 college baseball teams in the nation is all even. www.newsobserver.com/1075792 Reserve linebacker Wesley Flagg has been dismissed from North Carolina's football team. www.newsobserver.com/1075789 UNC linebacker Wesley Flagg has been dismissed from the team for violating team policies. www.newsobserver.com/1075319 North Carolina coach Roy Williams is used to playing the waiting game with recruits -- and now he's doing it with Tar Heels testing the NBA Draft waters. www.newsobserver.com/1074522 Miami's slugger Yonder Alonso throttled a full-count pitch by North Carolina ace Alex White in the third inning and planted it far beyond the left-field wall for a grand slam against the nation's No. 2 team in a 12-2 victory. www.newsobserver.com/1074518 The Heels and Wolfpack are in Florida for their final ACC regular-season series. While Carolina has all but assured itself of hosting an NCAA Tournament regional, the Pack is out to solidify its bid to bring an NCAA regional to Doak Field. www.newsobserver.com/1073160 The second-ranked North Carolina baseball team received a tying home run from Kyle Shelton in the sixth inning and scored three runs in the seventh for a 4-1 win over Winthrop on Tuesday in UNC's regular-season home finale at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. www.newsobserver.com/1071744 Songs played as hitters step to the plate vary from heavy metal to country -- as long as hits follow. www.newsobserver.com/1070524 Kristine Bechtholdt hit a solo home run, and Lindsay Campana held one of the nation's top offenses to three quiet hits as N.C. State stunned No. 13 North Carolina 1-0 in the semifinals of the ACC Softball Tournament in College Park, Md., on Saturday. www.newsobserver.com/1068354 Right-hander Alex White struck out eight over six strong innings, and first baseman Dustin Ackley posted his second straight three-RBI game to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 9-3 baseball win over No. 24 Virginia on Friday night in Charlottesville, Va. www.newsobserver.com/1067586 Scott Forbes had never been a pitching coach when he told North Carolina's Mike Fox, "I can do this." Three years later, UNC's pitchers are tops in the country in ERA (2.27) and strikeouts (483) because Forbes has convinced them that they can do it, too. www.newsobserver.com/1066492 Duke and North Carolina are bitter rivals except, apparently, when it comes to reaching out to Vietnamese middle school students to show them the finer points of playing sports. www.newsobserver.com/1066481 Danielle Spaulding lived up to her billing as the ACC Player of the Year on Thursday when she tossed the first perfect game in ACC Softball Tournament history en route to leading North Carolina to a 6-0 win over Virginia in the opening round of the t www.newsobserver.com/1066347 If you thought the ACC was bad last year, or the year before, or the year before ... brace yourself for 2008. The league could be even worse, if that's possible. www.newsobserver.com/1065795 When the ACC spring meetings begin Sunday at Amelia Island, Fla., discussions of expanded conference scheduling will not be limited to men's basketball. www.newsobserver.com/1065645 Baseball team needs just 48 games to reach milestone. www.newsobserver.com/1065006 Flanagan outruns Smith at Stanford. www.newsobserver.com/1062381 Marlins need young hurler to become more consistent. www.newsobserver.com/1062372 Sylvia Hatchell decided on Thursday to remain the head coach of the North Carolina women's basketball team, withdrawing her name from consideration for the vacant South Carolina job. www.newsobserver.com/1057944 Forward wants to be closer to home. www.newsobserver.com/1075794 The battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 college baseball teams in the nation is all even. www.newsobserver.com/1075792 Reserve linebacker Wesley Flagg has been dismissed from North Carolina's football team. www.newsobserver.com/1075789 UNC linebacker Wesley Flagg has been dismissed from the team for violating team policies. www.newsobserver.com/1075319 North Carolina coach Roy Williams is used to playing the waiting game with recruits -- and now he's doing it with Tar Heels testing the NBA Draft waters. www.newsobserver.com/1074522 Miami's slugger Yonder Alonso throttled a full-count pitch by North Carolina ace Alex White in the third inning and planted it far beyond the left-field wall for a grand slam against the nation's No. 2 team in a 12-2 victory. www.newsobserver.com/1074518 The Heels and Wolfpack are in Florida for their final ACC regular-season series. While Carolina has all but assured itself of hosting an NCAA Tournament regional, the Pack is out to solidify its bid to bring an NCAA regional to Doak Field. www.newsobserver.com/1073160 The second-ranked North Carolina baseball team received a tying home run from Kyle Shelton in the sixth inning and scored three runs in the seventh for a 4-1 win over Winthrop on Tuesday in UNC's regular-season home finale at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. www.newsobserver.com/1071744 Songs played as hitters step to the plate vary from heavy metal to country -- as long as hits follow. www.newsobserver.com/1070524 Kristine Bechtholdt hit a solo home run, and Lindsay Campana held one of the nation's top offenses to three quiet hits as N.C. State stunned No. 13 North Carolina 1-0 in the semifinals of the ACC Softball Tournament in College Park, Md., on Saturday. www.newsobserver.com/1068354 Right-hander Alex White struck out eight over six strong innings, and first baseman Dustin Ackley posted his second straight three-RBI game to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 9-3 baseball win over No. 24 Virginia on Friday night in Charlottesville, Va. www.newsobserver.com/1067586 Scott Forbes had never been a pitching coach when he told North Carolina's Mike Fox, "I can do this." Three years later, UNC's pitchers are tops in the country in ERA (2.27) and strikeouts (483) because Forbes has convinced them that they can do it, too. www.newsobserver.com/1066492 Duke and North Carolina are bitter rivals except, apparently, when it comes to reaching out to Vietnamese middle school students to show them the finer points of playing sports. www.newsobserver.com/1066481 Danielle Spaulding lived up to her billing as the ACC Player of the Year on Thursday when she tossed the first perfect game in ACC Softball Tournament history en route to leading North Carolina to a 6-0 win over Virginia in the opening round of the t www.newsobserver.com/1066347 If you thought the ACC was bad last year, or the year before, or the year before ... brace yourself for 2008. The league could be even worse, if that's possible. www.newsobserver.com/1065795 When the ACC spring meetings begin Sunday at Amelia Island, Fla., discussions of expanded conference scheduling will not be limited to men's basketball. www.newsobserver.com/1065645 Baseball team needs just 48 games to reach milestone. www.newsobserver.com/1065006 Flanagan outruns Smith at Stanford. www.newsobserver.com/1062381 Marlins need young hurler to become more consistent. www.newsobserver.com/1062372 Sylvia Hatchell decided on Thursday to remain the head coach of the North Carolina women's basketball team, withdrawing her name from consideration for the vacant South Carolina job. www.newsobserver.com/1057944