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Matt Rhule and the curse of close
Matt Rhule summed up what’s wrong with the Carolina Panthers after last Sunday’s game. “I know you guys have a lot of questions about the game,” he told reporters after the 19-16 loss to the […]
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Duke moves to 3-0 with blowout win
DURHAM — Duke moved to 3-0 on the season for just the fourth time in the last 35 years as Mike Elko continued his hot start as head coach in the Blue Devils’ 49-20 rout […]
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NC’s best: The top defensive players, special teamers from the state
North Carolina high schools produce some of the top college football players in the nation each year. The state is packed with more than enough up-and-coming talent to support its seven FBS schools, as well […]
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The one where I get detained at a military checkpoint
Note: Shawn Krest is embedded with a humanitarian aid group delivering food in the Ukraine. This is the sixth installment of his report on the experience. You can read the first five at Rushing to […]
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The strength of Hercules
Note: Shawn Krest is embedded with a humanitarian aid group delivering food in the Ukraine. This is the fifth installment of his report on the experience. You can read the first four at Rushing to […]
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NC’s best: The top offensive players from the state
This just in: There is no wall around the state. Whenever a football coach takes a new job at a North Carolina college, he makes the same vow: to build a wall around the state, […]
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A delivery to the front lines
Note: Shawn Krest is embedded with a humanitarian aid group delivering food in the Ukraine. This is the fourth installment of his report on the experience. You can read the first three at Rushing to […]
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Keep off the grass: Entering the war zone
Note: Shawn Krest is embedded with a humanitarian aid group delivering food in the Ukraine. This is the third installment of his report on the experience. You can read the first two at Rushing to […]
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Keep on truckin’: First impression of Ukraine
They sit, one after another, the line stretching off into the horizon. They are the trucks, waiting to leave the Ukraine. Immediately after clearing customs and entering the country, the first impression of the Ukraine […]
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Rushing to danger: Ukrainian aid teams drive hard to have more time in war zone
Shortly after 4:30 A.M., Romanian time, the GPS instructs us to turn left and we find ourselves at the end of a line of cars, waiting at a railroad crossing. The lights are flashing, and […]