Carlos Rodón described himself as “blessed” after pitching a no-hitter for the Chicago White Sox against the Cleveland Indians last Wednesday. It’s not an uncommon reaction. Athletes regularly say such things, especially after performances that […]
The opening weekend of the 2021 season was a successful one for North Carolina’s top college baseball teams. North Carolina, NC State, East Carolina, UNC Wilmington and Charlotte all earned series sweeps while Duke and […]
East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin has reason to be excited when he looks at his team’s roster, fully stocked with returning starters and bolstered by a talented group of incoming recruits. It’s an excitement, […]
Perhaps no coach since Jim Valvano has personified the personality of NC State athletics more than Elliott Avent. Homespun and charismatic, the long-time Wolfpack baseball coach is the school’s all-time leader in wins with 889 […]
Chris Combs, the towering pitcher and slugger for NC State baseball in the 1990s whose public battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease led to more than $4 million in fundraising to combat the disease, died Thursday […]
While most baseball teams are headed South for spring training or a spring break trip to warmer climates, three college teams from North Carolina went the other direction last weekend, traveling to snowy Minnesota to […]
In keeping with the groundhog’s recent prediction of an early spring, baseball season is already upon us. Pitchers and catchers might just be reporting to spring training camps across Florida and Arizona, but here in […]
The road to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., runs directly through North Carolina this year, although it took a slight detour to get back on track for one of the three state teams […]
The last time East Carolina and NC State were supposed to play a baseball game, on April 24, 2018, it got rained out and wasn’t made up. It was a cancellation that became a point […]
DURHAM — If you’re going to have one bad inning in a baseball game, it’s better to make it the first one than the last. North Carolina and Miami proved that Friday afternoon. Playing for […]
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