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The All-North Carolina NFL team is heavy on linemen

September 13, 2023 Shawn Krest

The Carolina Panthers’ opening game may have taken place in Georgia, but there were North Carolina connections everywhere one looked. From the two NC State Wolfpack linemen starting for the Panthers — 2022 first-round draft […]

Deacons face the unknown in opener against ODU

September 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Wake Forest is excited about playing its first football game after a long offseason on Friday. The Deacons’ level of anticipation, however, pales compared to that of its opening night opponent, Old Dominion, which is […]

18 players from NC selected in NFL Draft

May 5, 2021 Shawn Krest

North Carolina was well represented in last weekend’s NFL Draft. One out of every 14 players drafted — 18 of 259 — either played high school or college football in the state. Another 13 have […]

Local NFL hopefuls prepare for next week’s draft

April 21, 2021 Shawn Krest

The NFL Draft will take place next week in Cleveland as the league returns to an on-site show following last year’s pandemic-necessitated remote draft. While we may not get to see shots of Kliff Kingsbury’s […]

Spring football, pro days take center stage in ACC

March 31, 2021 Shawn Krest

Football spring practice often has to live in the shadow of March Madness in the state of North Carolina. This year, however, with the hardwood season coming to a premature end for every basketball program […]

Panthers, stars from NC colleges and high schools highlight Senior Bowl

February 3, 2021 Shawn Krest

The Carolina Panthers got a jump start on the 2021 NFL Draft at last week’s Senior Bowl. While the rest of the NFL was limited to sending 10 representatives to evaluate and interview the nearly 140 […]

Deacons ‘run’ away with 23-16 upset of Virginia Tech

October 24, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Wake Forest kicked off the most difficult stretch of its 2020 football schedule with an upset of No. 19 Virginia Tech. And the Deacons did it by beating the Hokies at their own game. Running […]

Deacons trying to keep momentum with tough slate ahead

October 21, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Coaches — football coaches in particular — are notorious for overusing the cliche that their team’s most important game of the season is the one that’s coming up next on the schedule. Last week, though, […]

Lawrence, Clemson get the better of Wake Forest again

September 12, 2020 Brett Friedlander

WINSTON-SALEM — New season, familiar result for Wake Forest against Clemson. Saturday’s opener at Truist Field was nearly a carbon copy of the past two meetings between Deacons and the ACC’s resident national championship contender. […]

Early measuring stick for Wake with visit from No. 1 Clemson

September 9, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The ACC didn’t do Wake Forest any favors when it reshuffled its 2020 football schedule to the current “10-plus-1” format. Instead of easing into the season with nonconference games against Old Dominion, Appalachian State and […]