UNC has won 499 games at the Smith Center since it opened on January 18, 1986. Art Chansky digs into the arena's origins.

Dean Smith got a chance to thank his players one last time. The formerNorth Carolinacoach, who died last month at 83, directed his trust in his will to give $200 to every letter winner who played for ...

Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith was born and spent most of his youth in Emporia, Kansas. His childhood home still stands along tree-lined Washington Street, as does the high school he ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories exploring the storied and unique relationship between two of college basketball’s historically elite programs, North Carolina and Kansas. It ...

“We’ve known for a while this day would come, but it still hits hard. Sometimes we are blessed to be around certain people in our lives. For me, one of those people was Dean Smith. For 21 years I had ...

Dean Smith and John Thompson - two of the biggest names in college basketball - were close friends on and off the court, so it was only appropriate that Thompson was the first winner of the Dean Smith ...

Legendary college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale’s return to the airwaves after a two-year hiatus due to multiple cancer diagnoses has been one of the most heartwarming stories in the sport this ...

There were two elephants in the room Monday along with new Charlotte FC head coach Dean Smith, who was introduced as the local Major League Soccer team’s head man. He acknowledged the existence of ...

The move to renovate or replace North Carolina’s Smith Center isn’t a new initiative launched as other new arenas are being built, beautified or enhanced. Those talks began more than a decade ago, ...

Dean Smith led North Carolina to 879 wins, 31 straight top-three finishes in the ACC, and 27 consecutive 20-win seasons in 36 seasons as head coach. On August 3, 1961, North Carolina lost a Hall of ...

Dean Smith was a member of the Emporia High School basketball team in 1947. Photograph from the school yearbook. Robert Willett [email protected] Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith was ...

UNC basketball coach Dean Smith died on Feb. 7, 2015. Here’s a look back at the coach, who retired in October 1997 as the winningest men’s basketball coach in NCAA Division I history at that time. The ...