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NC produces over 50 MLB picks
Major League Baseball reached out to its next generation of players with the 20-round MLB Draft, last week in Texas. As we reported last week, Wake Forest took center stage in the first round, with […]
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Wake makes MLB Draft history
The Cowtown Coliseum is normally home to rodeo events as the premiere attraction of the Fort Worth Stockyards, but, as host of the 2024 MLB Draft, it became Winston-Salem West. Wake Forest was the consensus […]
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Local talent tries to impress NBA teams in summer leagues
For North Carolina’s former college and high school basketball favorites seeking the glory and prestige of the NBA, the time is now. NBA Summer League play began this month, giving former local basketball stars an […]
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Local athletes compete for Olympic bids in track and field
North Carolina had its footprints all over the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon last week. From June 21 to Sunday, numerous athletes from the state of North […]
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Local swimmers qualify for Olympics
With the 2024 Summer Olympics just one month away, North Carolina natives and local athletes from the state’s college programs have been giving their all to consider themselves an Olympian. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials […]
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Duke grad competes for PGA Tour exemption
RALEIGH — Now two years into his professional career, Duke graduate and Raleigh-based golfer Quinn Riley is on the hunt to land his fourth PGA Tour start. The 24-year-old competed at the Detroit Golf Club […]
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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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Duke reaches Women’s CWS
OKLAHOMA CITY–There are rebuilding projects, and then there’s what Marissa Young has done as head coach of Duke softball. Calling it a rebuild is more than a little misleading. When Young was hired in 2016, […]
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N.C. sends 2 to super regionals
While most people would probably think of basketball when the state comes up in conversation, North Carolina is no slouch in college baseball either. The Old North State had seven schools qualify for the NCAA […]
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Duke baseball wins ACC Tournament
CHARLOTTE — At the ACC Baseball Tournament hosted in Charlotte this past weekend, it was a North Carolina-based team that came away from Truist Field holding a championship trophy. Out of four local schools in […]