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Relocated Rodón an All-Star again
Carlos Rodón’s son, Bo, is on a tee-ball team this year. It’s safe to say, the little leaguer’s pre-game ritual is different from the one his father had at his age. “I played at Tamiami […]
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Cal Raleigh-in the family business
Every once in awhile, Stephanie Raleigh has just had her fill of the baseball talk. “Not too much,” said husband Todd of life in the family’s Cullowhee home. “We try to kind of leave it […]
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MLB teams look to N.C. in Draft
Wake Forest may have grabbed the spotlight early in last week’s MLB Draft, but the rest of the state’s baseball talent was eventually uncovered. At press time last week, three rounds had been completed. A […]
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Wake has multiple 1st rounders
Wake Forest continued to dominate the first round of the MLB Draft. Demon Deacons were taken with back-to-back picks in the 2025 draft, marking the third straight year that multiple Wake players have been selected […]
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Futures Game includes NC prospects
Before turning the stadium over to the best players in baseball, MLB allowed the stars of tomorrow to take the field with the All-Star Futures Game. More than 30 players who made this year’s All-Star […]
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Canes’ D, Andersen shut down Caps
For 20 minutes, the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals exchanged haymakers on offense in a game three that looked like it would be decided by which goalie blinked first. Instead, the Canes turned up the […]
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Panthers may go defense in draft
The NFL Draft starts this Thursday night in Green Bay, and there’s a good chance the Carolina Panthers will break with recent tradition. Not since the team took Jaycee Horn in the first round in […]
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Duke collapses in Final Four
SAN ANTONIO — The Duke Blue Devils suffered a stunning collapse in the national semifinal, losing to Houston, 70-67. “We were all in on bringing banner number six back to Cameron,” said Sion James. “It […]
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Flagg impresses new Hall of Famers
SAN ANTONIO — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame unveiled its class of 2025 at the Final Four in San Antonio. With the national semifinal games tipping off later in the day, the topic of […]
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Meet the Blue Devils
Cooper Flagg: Duke’s freshman star adds to his legend Kon Knueppel: He can shoot … but don’t call him a shooter Tyrese Proctor: No longer a freshman, no longer a […]