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NFL rosters have 114 NC players
With the NFL season kicking off this week, football fans across the state can agree on one thing. We hate Cleveland. The Browns are the only NFL team without a North Carolina product on their […]
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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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College Basketball Roundup: Ryan’s 18 help snap No. 10 UNC’s drought at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — With its two star players doing little in a challenging first half, No. 10 UNC needed someone to emerge as an alternative against Virginia. Enter Cormac Ryan. He scored 18 points — […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Sallis’ 21 points leads Wake past Virginia
WINSTON-SALEM — Hunter Sallis scored a season-high 21 points, Andrew Carr recorded a double-double and Wake Forest used the second half to distance itself from Virginia in a 66-47 win on Saturday. Sallis, in his […]
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College Basketball Roundup: No. 20 Baylor tops Gardner-Webb
WACO, Texas — Baylor coach Scott Drew said he didn’t hear the home fans screaming for his team to shoot a 3-pointer as his team dribbled out the win. But the fans had reason for […]
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Panthers lose to Bears, who own Carolina’s top pick in next year’s draft
CHICAGO — D’Onta Foreman ran for a touchdown and the Chicago Bears boosted their shot at the top pick in the draft, beating the Carolina Panthers 16-13 on Thursday night. The prime-time matchup between teams […]
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Go west: ACC adding Stanford, Cal, SMU
The Atlantic Coast Conference has cleared the way for Stanford, California and SMU to join the league next year, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday, providing a […]
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Top pick gives Panthers plenty of options
The Carolina Panthers are on the clock. For the first time since the team drafted Cam Newton in 2011, the Panthers have the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. Back when they drafted Newton, […]
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Fayetteville State’s Joshua Williams highlights area draftees
Joshua Williams had already made history when he became the first Fayetteville State player invited to participate in the Senior Bowl. The Broncos cornerback then continued to make school history when he was selected by […]
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From preps to college to pros, new NC Sports HOF inductee Julius Peppers shone brightly in NC
It’s hard to imagine now after a Lombardi Award, nine Pro Bowl selections, several retired jersey numbers and the fourth-most sacks in NFL history, but Julius Peppers didn’t consider himself a football player when he […]