Sam Perkins, James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Dean Smith at the 25-year celebration of the 1982 team in 2007. (Photo: Jim Hawkins/Inside Carolina) CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- One of the greatest teams in North ...

The 1981-82 North Carolina basketball team won Dean Smith his first ring and brought Chapel Hill its first National Championship trophy in 25 years. The talented roster featured the likes of Michael ...

We all know the dirty secret. “I’ll be looking around out there to see if there will be somebody there that’ll yell at me for old time’s sake,” Roy Williams said in a December 2020 press conference ...

Though there are several great stories worthy of consideration before March 29, 1982, many point to that evening in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans as the beginning of the Michael Jordan legend ...

In 1982, as the Tar Heels prepared to play for the national championship of men's college basketball in New Orleans, songwriter Don Riis of Tennessee penned an ode to his favorite team. "We’re going ...

Just when you thought we hit a lull in March Madness, UNC provided a story that is sure to make your day. No, not Roy Williams's Tar Heel squad that's headed to the Sweet 16 after an 81-59 thrashing ...

Hey UNC fans, need a distraction after that First-Round exit? Here's an auction to take your mind off Thursday's loss -- a basketball from the Tar Heels' 1982 championship team is heading to auction .

A jersey Michael Jordan wore at North Carolina during the 1982-83 college basketball season received a winning bid of $1.38 million at auction Friday night. Jordan, who'd already helped lead UNC to a ...