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Panthers still encouraged by Ls
Typically, in an election year like this one, voters are asked to consider the question, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” That’s going to be a tough bar to clear for […]
Carolina
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KREST: ACC in danger of being left out of latest realignment
In what now seems like a million years ago, the ACC unveiled its new football scheduling model early last week. The league is getting rid of the Atlantic and Coastal divisions and assigning each team […]
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WASIOLEK: Big-time college sports: go pro or go home
Controversy between amateurism and professionalism has surrounded the world of college sports since the very first intercollegiate rowing contest between Harvard and Yale in 1852. Murray Sperber wrote, “Even before the starting gun went off […]
NFL
Redskins hire Ron Rivera as coach
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Redskins hired Ron Rivera as their coach on Wednesday in owner Dan Snyder’s latest step to try to turn around the wayward franchise. Washington announced the move two days after Snyder […]
Opinion
HILL: Why Is The Duke-Carolina Rivalry So Intense?
Like the Hatfield-McCoy feud, hardly anyone knows why the Duke-Carolina rivalry got so hot and contentious in the first place. Over 50% of the people who live in North Carolina were not born here. To […]
Opinion
HILL: Oligarchicide—The Far Left Attack On Wealth
After the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans dismantled the Athenian democracy and replaced it with a group of wealthy oligarchs called the Thirty Tyrants. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her colleagues in the current Socialist Democratic Party […]
Sports
Little earning bigger role with Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL — After 20 games of extreme ups and downs, the North Carolina basketball team may finally have found its identity. It’s a discovery that has come about only because its most talented young […]
Article
Fleury makes case for D spot in Hurricanes’ 4-3 preseason loss
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes lost for the first time this preseason, but for coach Bill Peters these games are still all about evaluating young talent. “There’s things that we learned here tonight,” Peters said […]
Article
Victory Bell showdown comes early: Duke, UNC renew rivalry
CHAPEL HILL/DURHAM — Though not as publicized as the basketball rivalry between the neighboring schools, the football version of the battle between North Carolina and Duke is no less intense or meaningful to the players […]
NFL
Panthers close out preseason with loss on late Steelers TD
Quarterback Joshua Dobbs scrambled for a 1-yard touchdown run with two seconds left as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Carolina Panthers 17-14 in the preseason finale for both teams on Thursday night at Bank of America Stadium […]