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A year after Final 4, Keatts fired
Eleven months after Kevin Keatts took NC State to the Final Four, he is out of a job. The Wolfpack parted ways with the coach after eight seasons, following a 12-19 season that saw State […]
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Half-century after Title IX, plenty of work left to be done
Title IX opened the door for countless young women to participate in high school and intercollegiate athletics. It also created coaching and administrative opportunities in sports previously unavailable to females. Fifty years after its passage […]
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50 years of Title IX: Women’s sports ‘exploded’ after landmark legislation
Debbie Yow was one of the lucky ones, although she didn’t realize it at the time. Growing up in the mid-to-late 1960s, she was able to play basketball for her school teams in Gibsonville because […]
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‘Small gym,’ big rivalry between NC State, UNC women’s teams
The firestorm started with a throwaway line. Or was it a backhanded compliment, intentionally designed to throw shade at a rival? Only Courtney Banghart knows for sure. Either way, there’s no question that the North […]
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Despite loss, Wes Moore looks to make Wolfpack elite
One of Wes Moore’s vices, as his players will attest, is his affinity for drinking tea. “Unsweet,” he said last week as he held up a large cup in response to a question on a […]
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Yow lends experience to new coalition focused on promoting minority coaches
Debbie Yow showed faith in Michael Locksley early in his career by keeping him on as an assistant football coach at Maryland despite the dismissal of the man who hired him, Ron Vanderlinden. It was […]
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Will NCAA focus on school or former coaches in NC State violations case?
RALEIGH — NC State’s receipt of a formal NCAA Notice of Allegations last week in connection with its recruitment of basketball star Dennis Smith Jr. was headline–worthy news. But it was anything but a revelation. […]
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Boo Corrigan takes reins as AD at NC State
RALEIGH — Boo Corrigan became NC State’s new athletic director on May 1. It was an occasion that might have gone completely unnoticed had it not been for the heartfelt farewell message his predecessor Debbie […]
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NC colleges moving closer to allowing alcohol sales
Fans at NC State or UNC games may be able to celebrate big plays — or drown their sorrows — with an adult beverage in the near future. The North Carolina House of Representatives passed […]
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NC State picks Boo Corrigan be next AD
RALEIGH — It took seven children, including five straight boys, for Gene Corrigan to finally consent to naming one after himself. Even then, the former ACC commissioner disliked his name so much that he began […]