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Kyle Larson’s long day
After making a wild 529.9-mile trip to show up to work on time, Kyle Larson found out that the final 45 feet were the hardest. Larson had a test run for an even higher-profile daily […]
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Logano dominates in All-Star win
Joey Logano was able to put his struggles of the 2024 season behind him and deliver a dominating win in the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro. Logano set an all-star record by pitching a […]
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Golf House Pinehurst makes debut
A month before it became the center of the golf world’s attention, Pinehurst became golf’s home. With Pinehurst No. 2 getting finishing touches in advance of hosting next month’s U.S. Open, the USGA opened Golf […]
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North Wilkesboro’s All-Star repeat
So, it looks like this is going to be a thing. Last year, the top story of NASCAR’s All-Star Race was the circuit’s return to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the first time since 1996. This […]
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Crunch time for NC baseball teams
We are now less than three weeks away from the NCAA selection show. While college basketball may have a trademark on the term “Madness,” this season has seen things go topsy turvy for locals teams […]
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Panthers go south for Legette
While several first rounders were wearing custom-made suits and shaking hands with the commissioner on draft night, Xavier Legette was at the Mullins, SC town hall with his grandmother. “It was really the only spot […]
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LB instincts help Morgan in Draft
The book on Dan Morgan was that he was competitive and aggressive, able to move well in traffic and hit holes with a burst. That scouting report is nearly two dozen years old and described […]
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Panthers draft: Lots to do
The Carolina Panthers are not on the clock, yet. The NFL Draft starts on Thursday night. After finishing last season with the worst record in the NFL, the Panthers earned the right to choose first […]
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Sampson, Heels honored in Phoenix
While NC State wasn’t able to cut down the nets in Phoenix, it was a successful Final Four weekend for several other North Carolina products. Robeson County’s Kelvin Sampson won the AP National Coach of […]
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Purdue ends NC State’s run
PHOENIX—NC State’s March magic couldn’t last through the first week of April. The Wolfpack’s improbable postseason run of nine straight wins ended, two wins shy of a national championship, when 1-seed Purdue beat State, 63-50, […]