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Best of the best: What makes NC’s 10 MiLB teams special

August 3, 2022 Brett Friedlander

Read NSJ’s 2022 MiLB Across NC features: Carolina Mudcats • Down East Wood Ducks • Winston-Salem Dash • Kannapolis Cannon Ballers • Greensboro Grasshoppers • Fayetteville Woodpeckers • Charlotte Knights • Durham Bulls • Hickory […]

Tourists in their own city

July 27, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Different expectations, same goals for NC State, Wake Forest, UNC

July 27, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Pinehurst will again be site of World Golf Hall of Fame

July 27, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Tar Heels look to kick disappointing habits with a dose of ‘PAT’

July 21, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

New ACC football format a hit, with one major miss

July 20, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Crawdads get creative in Hickory

July 20, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Camels crash 1st round of MLB Draft

July 20, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 Bulls pair Hollywood reputation, on-field success

July 13, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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 Knights provide minor league fun in major league city

July 6, 2022 Brett Friedlander

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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Best of the best: What makes NC’s 10 MiLB teams special

Tourists in their own city

Different expectations, same goals for NC State, Wake Forest, UNC

Pinehurst will again be site of World Golf Hall of Fame

Tar Heels look to kick disappointing habits with a dose of ‘PAT’

New ACC football format a hit, with one major miss

Crawdads get creative in Hickory

Camels crash 1st round of MLB Draft

Durham Bulls pair Hollywood reputation, on-field success

Charlotte Knights provide minor league fun in major league city

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