August 2019 Archives

Mack is back … and so are the Tar Heels

August 31, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — Tar Heels coach Mack Brown knew that eventually he had to take the handcuffs off freshman quarterback Sam Howell. With South Carolina stacking the box and daring the Tar Heels to throw, Brown […]

New season, same result for State, ECU

August 31, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — The names, the faces and many of the coaches on both sides have changed, but the result was a familiar one for the football rematch between NC State and East Carolina on Saturday. […]

Wake survives Utah State with TD in final minutes

August 31, 2019 The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest tried and failed three times to hammer its way into the end zone for that one final yard it needed. So with one last chance, the Demon Deacons’ quarterback […]

Cracked iPhone screen? You’ll have more places to fix it

August 30, 2019 Michael Liedtke | The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is loosening its grip on how its products are repaired to give customers more options for fixing cracked screens and other defects on their older iPhones. Under the new policy announced […]

UNC battling history, as well as Gamecocks, in season opener

August 30, 2019 Brett Friedlander

When North Carolina and South Carolina play one another in Charlotte on Saturday, it will mark the sixth time in the last 12 years that the Gamecocks have opened a college football season by playing […]

Charlotte opens Healy era with 49-28 win over Gardner-Webb

August 30, 2019 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Chris Reynolds threw a touchdown pass and ran for two scores and Benny LeMay added two touchdown runs, giving new coach Will Healy his first win, 49-28 over Gardner-Webb in Thursday night’s season […]

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Old coach breathes new life into UNC

August 28, 2019 Shawn Krest

CHAPEL HILL — At the start of his first game-week press conference, UNC coach Mack Brown announced that only 500 tickets remained for Carolina’s home opener against Miami. What a difference nine months makes. The […]

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Doeren, Wolfpack don’t see 2019 as a rebuilding year

August 28, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — The problem with having one of the most experienced teams in college football one year is that you’re destined to end up with one of the nation’s least experienced teams the next. That’s […]

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Defense expected to lead young Devils team

August 28, 2019 Shawn Krest

DURHAM — David Cutcliffe has long had the title of quarterback whisperer. This past spring, with one of his protégés — Daniel Jones — getting drafted by the Giants to replace, perhaps sooner than anyone […]

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Deacons defense key to Wake climbing ACC ladder

August 28, 2019 Brett Friedlander

WINSTON-SALEM — The Wake Forest football program has made numerous advancements in the five seasons Dave Clawson has been its coach. Its facilities have undergone a major facelift, highlighted by a state-of-the-art indoor practice field. […]

Month: August 2019

Mack is back … and so are the Tar Heels

New season, same result for State, ECU

Wake survives Utah State with TD in final minutes

Cracked iPhone screen? You’ll have more places to fix it

UNC battling history, as well as Gamecocks, in season opener

Charlotte opens Healy era with 49-28 win over Gardner-Webb

Old coach breathes new life into UNC

Doeren, Wolfpack don’t see 2019 as a rebuilding year

Defense expected to lead young Devils team

Deacons defense key to Wake climbing ACC ladder

House Bill 921 would make significant changes to state law
Bill nixes Sunday alcohol sales, makes other ABC changes

House Bill 921 would make significant changes to state law