Former Bull Kirby Yates takes long path to All-Star Game
CLEVELAND — Kirby Yates had a very simple plan for his career in 2017. “I didn’t want to suck,” he said. “I wanted to be better. Plain and simple.” Yates had earned a promotion to […]
CLEVELAND — Kirby Yates had a very simple plan for his career in 2017. “I didn’t want to suck,” he said. “I wanted to be better. Plain and simple.” Yates had earned a promotion to […]
College basketball is practically the state religion in North Carolina, and area fans are used to their favorite team needing to replace most of the previous season’s production. That experience should help everyone cope with […]
NBA free agency opened with a bang last week as teams combined to spend more than $3 billion in the first 24 hours. The spending frenzy helped fatten the wallets of several players with ties […]
With the Charlotte Hornets’ free agent activity likely focused on finding ways to keep key contributors Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb — or replace them — the team’s easiest path to significant improvement was through […]
In 2011, Kyrie Irving was selected first overall in the NBA Draft. He was the first Blue Devil taken in the first round since Gerald Henderson, two years earlier, and he started an incredible run […]
MOREHEAD CITY—Good things come to those who wait, as Top Dog proved with an overtime win at the 61st annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. The Maryland-based boat was one of five competitors with a […]
MOREHEAD CITY — If we’ve learned anything in the first day of competition at Big Rock, it’s that the marlins have been eating well. The 61st annual Big Rock Tournament is in full swing, and […]
DURHAM — More than two months after the season ended, Duke now has a good idea of its roster for the 2019-20 season. As usual, coach Mike Krzyzewski will have a new class of freshmen […]
DURHAM — In 1919, Babe Ruth pitched 133 innings as a starter for the Boston Red Sox. In between his days on the mound, he batted 432 times, becoming the last MLB player to log […]
DURHAM — The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first ACC Baseball Tournament since 2013 and just their second in the last 29 years, going undefeated in four games at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park […]
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