DURHAM — The Durham Bulls have a familiar face on the coaching staff this season. Hitting batting practice grounders with a fungo bat and patrolling the first-base coaching box during games is former Bulls player […]
Two of the biggest surprises in this year’s NFL Draft involved players from North Carolina colleges, one because of how early he was taken and the other because of how far he fell before his […]
The NFL Draft begins on Thursday, and more than two dozen players with North Carolina connections will be waiting by the phone during the three-day event to see if they get chosen. Whether they get […]
A frontrunner appears to have emerged in the crowded battle to replace Ryan Finley as NC State’s starting quarterback next season. But it was a young runner that stole the show at the Wolfpack’s annual […]
If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]
Seventeen players from North Carolina colleges participated in the NFL Combine over the weekend and draft fortunes diverged after their performance on the various events at the annual prospect evaluation in Indianapolis. One of the […]
The early signing period in December once again took much of the drama out of last Wednesday’s National Signing Day. Of the 137 players signed by the seven FBS school in North Carolina, 112 signed […]
It’s generally accepted that at the Senior Bowl, the week of practice before the game is more important to the players involved than the game itself. While that might be true in most cases, there’s […]
The college football bowl season, with the exception of the four-team playoff that ended with Clemson’s national championship victory Monday, was largely defined by who didn’t play rather than who did. It’s a phenomenon that […]
The NSJ sports staff is again taking some wild guesses — some seemingly possible, others highly unlikely — at what might happen in 2019. Sports editor Cory Lavalette and staff writers Brett Friedlander and Shawn […]
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