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UNC gets another date with Duke
UNC entered the week knowing it needed another shot at Duke in order to get a spot in the NCAA field. Nothing else would get the Tar Heels off the bubble. Mission accomplished. UNC won […]
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Charlotte FC looks to build on foundation in Year 4
CHARLOTTE — This weekend, Charlotte FC will embark on its fourth season as a Major League Soccer club as it heads out west to face Seattle Sounders FC for a 10:30 p.m. Saturday night kickoff. […]
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NCAA hopes dimming for UNC
The NCAA first expanded the tournament to allow multiple teams from each conference starting in 1975. For the next 27 years, the University of North Carolina was in the field for every single one. As […]
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UNC-Duke: Less talk, more rock
When it comes to drama, the Duke-Carolina rivalry is kind of a dud. Not on the court, of course, Once the ball is tossed up and the games begin, there’s nothing in sports that tops […]
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Fearless predictions for 2025
As we do each year, the North State Journal’s sports staff came up with fearless predictions for 2025. We’re not gamblers, but you can pretty much bet the farm that all of this is going […]
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2024 North State Journal pro team of the year
While this past year marked another series of disappointments for some North Carolina professional sports teams, the state’s newest pro squad managed to reel off its most successful season to date. Charlotte FC took a […]
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HILL: The Coach Bill Belichick hire at Carolina
For a 48-hour period last week, UNC Chapel Hill was the center of the college football world ― not basketball. Bill Belichick was hired to coach the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar […]
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Charlotte FC set to take on Orlando City SC in first round of MLS playoffs
CHARLOTTE — Now at the end of its third season as a franchise, Charlotte FC is heading to the Audi Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs for the second time. Over the weekend, MLS revealed the […]
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Legendary UNC women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance retires
Arguably the greatest coach in the history of college athletics has said goodbye to nearly half a decade of dominance. Anson Dorrance, the long-time UNC women’s soccer head coach and 21-time NCAA national champion, announced […]
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Kahlina sets Charlotte FC shutout record
CHARLOTTE — Now leading the MLS with seven clean sheets this season, Charlotte FC’s Kristijan Kahlina hopes he can continue the defensive prowess he showed last month with June underway. The 31-year-old Croatian goalkeeper had […]