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ASHEVILLE — The scoreboard at McCormick Field can be confusing to the uninitiated. It designates the teams as “Visitors” and “Tourists.” By definition, tourists are almost always visitors. But when it comes to minor league […]
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina football coach Mack Brown referred to last week’s ACC Kickoff media event as a time for hype and hope. It’s an accurate description. While the assembled media provides hype for the […]
The World Golf Hall of Fame is returning home. After spending the past 24 years in St. Augustine, Florida, the U.S. Golf Association plans to relocate the shrine back to its original location in Pinehurst […]
CHARLOTTE — Mack Brown isn’t talking about kicking extra points when he makes references to a PAT this summer and fall. It’s an acronym that has become the Hall of Fame coach’s mantra for his […]
CHARLOTTE — The ACC has decided to scrap its divisional format in football for a more equitable scheduling system that will allow schools to play more frequently and ensure that the best two teams meet […]
HICKORY — Promotions are an effective tool used by every team in minor league baseball to help draw fans into their stadiums and then keep them entertained once they’re there. The Hickory Crawdads are no […]
Members of the Campbell baseball team fancy themselves as “a bunch of nobodies from nowhere” because of their remote location in Buies Creek and the considerable shadow cast by their nationally recognized neighbors at UNC, […]
DURHAM — Crash Davis and Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh are among the two most famous players in Durham Bulls history. And yet neither of them, as presented in the movie, ever appeared in a game […]
CHARLOTTE — Nestled into a tight city block in uptown Charlotte and surrounded by a picturesque urban skyline, Truist Field affords fans of the Charlotte Knights some of the most spectacular sightlines in all of […]
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