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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NC State turned to a candidate with a familiar surname when it hired Debbie Yow as its athletic director back in 2010. It turned out to be such a good move, with the sister of […]
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