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Home-grown Panther joins NFL Hall
Julius Peppers became the first home-grown Carolina Panther to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he was inducted as part of the Class of 2024 over the weekend. While the term […]
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Local talent ready for NBA Draft
The 2024 NBA Draft is set to take place Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27. The top of the draft is looking very French with many projecting fellow countrymen Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr […]
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Hornets hire Charles Lee as coach
CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets’ search for their 12th head coach in team history has concluded — Boston Celtics lead assistant coach Charles Lee has agreed to a four-year contract with the franchise. The team […]
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Charlotte hires Tomekia Reed as women’s basketball coach
CHARLOTTE — With a head-coaching vacancy at the helm of their women’s basketball team, it only took the Charlotte 49ers eight days to announce a new coach following the departure of Cara Consuegra, who decided […]
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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, […]
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NC State women fall in Final 4
The North Carolina State women’s basketball team’s season came to a close Friday night at the hands of the South Carolina Gamecocks, the eventual NCAA champions. It was a tremendous run for the Pack who […]
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Changes coming for Duke, UNC
A few hundred yards from where NC State was busy cutting down the nets, Duke sat in stunned silence. They faced the end of their season, and, for many, the end of their tenure at […]
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State women return to Final Four
For the first time since 1998 and the tenure of legendary coach Kay Yow, the NC State women’s basketball team is headed to the Final Four. “I’m just so proud of these young ladies,” said […]
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N.C. products head to Final Four
With NC State sending both a men’s and women’s team to the Final Four for the first time in school history, there will be plenty of North Carolina basketball fans cheering for some former local […]