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Yow lends experience to new coalition focused on promoting minority coaches

August 12, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Debbie Yow showed faith in Michael Locksley early in his career by keeping him on as an assistant football coach at Maryland despite the dismissal of the man who hired him, Ron Vanderlinden. It was […]

Voices across NC weigh in on 100 in 100 series

August 12, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Two weeks ago, we unveiled the final five people in our 100-county quest to name the best athletes from North Carolina, and last week we looked at some of the tough decisions that had to […]

UNC adds Charlotte as its 2020 football ‘plus one’

August 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North Carolina and Charlotte were scheduled to meet in football for the first time with a home-and-home series in 2024-25. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tar Heels and 49ers won’t have to wait that […]

UNC baseball coach Mike Fox announces retirement

August 7, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Mike Fox has opted out as baseball coach at North Carolina. For good. The winningest active coach in Division I and the first to lead an ACC team to four straight College World Series appearances […]

Phase 2 extension bad news for high school football season in NC

August 5, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement Wednesday that he is extending Phase 2 of North Carolina’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by five weeks all but guarantees the delay of high school football season, as well as […]

As college football camps open, coaches search for normalcy

August 5, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North Carolina, NC State, Duke and Wake Forest know who they’re going to play in 2020, assuming that they play at all, after the ACC announced their conference opponents last Wednesday as part of a […]

Best of the rest: 100 in 100 series’ objective made for some tough choices

August 5, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Determining the “greatest” of anything is a highly subjective pursuit, especially when it comes to sports. Everyone has their own opinions on the subject, usually jaded by their allegiances to a team or school. But […]

100 in 100 series ranges from mountains to coast, tall to short, familiar to obscure

August 5, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Genius, in the words of the great inventor Thomas Edison, might be 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. But when it comes to the North State Journal’s now completed 100 in 100 series, it was more […]

100 in 100: Yancey County’s Susie Hopson Shelton, D2 All-American

August 4, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

100 in 100: Yadkin Valley’s Dickie Hemric, Southern Conference and ACC player of the year

August 3, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

Articles by Brett Friedlander

Yow lends experience to new coalition focused on promoting minority coaches

Voices across NC weigh in on 100 in 100 series

UNC adds Charlotte as its 2020 football ‘plus one’

UNC baseball coach Mike Fox announces retirement

Phase 2 extension bad news for high school football season in NC

As college football camps open, coaches search for normalcy

Best of the rest: 100 in 100 series’ objective made for some tough choices

100 in 100 series ranges from mountains to coast, tall to short, familiar to obscure

100 in 100: Yancey County’s Susie Hopson Shelton, D2 All-American

100 in 100: Yadkin Valley’s Dickie Hemric, Southern Conference and ACC player of the year

Bill announced closing loopholes lawmakers say the district used to allow gender ideology and sexually explicit content in elementary libraries
Oversight lawmakers accuse Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools of skirting Parents’ Bill of Rights law

Bill announced closing loopholes lawmakers say the district used to allow gender ideology and sexually explicit content in elementary libraries