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MLB unites against ALS
Before there was Cal Ripken Jr., there was Steve Garvey. The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman was a 10-time All-Star and league MVP, with his Hollywood good looks the perfect match for a player in […]
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Wake Forest leads 8 NC teams in NCAA baseball tournament
Wake Forest, which spent the last few weeks of the regular season as the consensus No. 1 team in the nation, received the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Demon Deacons earned its […]
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New owners plan to move Down East Wood Ducks out of Kinston
On April 8, 1949, Grainger High School beat Tarboro High 5-4 in the first baseball game held at Kinston’s Grainger Stadium. Several teams have called the historic building home over the past seven-plus decades, and […]
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WSSU’s Donald Evans and the value of spreading yourself thin
RALEIGH — Young athletes are cautioned from specializing in one sport too soon. The best approach, modern training and medicine now seem agreed upon, is to have kids get exposed to a wide variety of […]
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From thorn in Dean Smith’s side to NC Hall of Famer: Hickory’s Rick Barnes
RALEIGH — One look at the thin, gentle-looking man standing in the front of the room is all it takes to draw an inescapable conclusion. “This can’t be Rick Barnes.” There are no visible horns […]
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NCAA bids, hosting spots on the line as ACC Tournament returns to Durham
The ACC may be moving its conference headquarters to Charlotte and away from its Greensboro roots, but the league’s baseball capital remains in Durham. The ACC Tournament returns to the Bull City for the first […]
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Kyle Larson dominates as racing returns to North Wilkesboro
NORTH WILKESBORO — The historic track may have shown its age, with a patched-up racing surface, but NASCAR returned to its roots on Saturday night. For the first time since 1996, the Cup Series held […]
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Wake Forest moves to No. 1 in country as postseason baseball approaches
Wake Forest baseball continues to break new ground during the Demon Deacons’ historic 2023 season. With the postseason just over a week away, the Demon Deacons are at the top of the national polls. Wake […]
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Charlotte’s Bryan Battle gets quick knockout at UFC Charlotte
CHARLOTTE — It took all of 14 seconds for Bryan Battle to win his fight. In another five hours, he got a win that was just as significant. In his post-event press conference, UFC president […]
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Mac Horvath leads UNC’s NCAA Tournament push
The Tar Heels baseball team has a busy stretch run as they try to make the NCAA Tournament. UNC took a much-needed six-day break for final exams and will now play eight games in 11 […]