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July 5, 2025

ESPN

Article

Riddick happy at ESPN, yet still has goal of running a team

January 7, 2022 Joe Reedy, Associated Press

Louis Riddick realizes he is in a favorable position. He is an analyst on the NFL’s most iconic television package — ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” — and still has hopes of running a franchise as […]

Article

ESPN’s Steele on hiatus following controversial comments

October 7, 2021 The Associated Press

BRISTOL, Conn. — Sage Steele will not appear on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” the remainder of this week and has been pulled from moderating an upcoming network event following comments she made on a recent podcast. Steele […]

Article

ESPN’s eye in the sky at the CWS: Life as a drone pilot

June 24, 2021 Shawn Krest

OMAHA, Neb. — It’s a half-hour before ESPN’s broadcast of the Virginia-Mississippi State College World Series game goes live. That means it’s time to take Cinderella out of the trunk. Mike Shea carefully lifts Cinderella […]

Article

College basketball world reacts to Coach K retirement announcement

June 3, 2021 Brett Friedlander

DURHAM — Mike Krzyzewski plans to coach one more season before turning over control of the Duke basketball program to former Blue Devils point guard and current assistant Jon Scheyer. Still, Wednesday’s announcement that the […]

Article

Even as a No. 1 seed, State women still fighting for respect

March 19, 2021 Brett Friedlander

NC State got some well-deserved respect from the women’s college basketball establishment — albeit begrudgingly — when it was chosen as a No. 1 seed to the NCAA tournament last week. That doesn’t mean the […]

Article

Wake Forest gets the College GameDay treatment — even without fans

September 16, 2020 Brett Friedlander

WINSTON-SALEM — As they say in Hollywood, the show must go on. And it did just that Saturday. Even without the energy of its trademark crowd filled with students and fans dressed in team colors, […]

Article

Early measuring stick for Wake with visit from No. 1 Clemson

September 9, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The ACC didn’t do Wake Forest any favors when it reshuffled its 2020 football schedule to the current “10-plus-1” format. Instead of easing into the season with nonconference games against Old Dominion, Appalachian State and […]

Features

Michael Jordan’s daughter learns more about her dad

May 17, 2020 Gary Gerard Hamilton, Associated Press

Jasmine Jordan is getting an intimate look into the psyche of her heralded father, Michael, just like the rest of the world. The 27-year-old wasn’t born when her dad won the first two of his […]

Article

Local basketball teams prepare for expanded ACC schedule

September 18, 2019 Shawn Krest

The ACC released the first 20-game conference basketball schedule in league history last week. The conference slate for each team was increased by two games, against the protests of many league coaches, to help provide […]

Sports

ACC Network launch nears, TV deals still in the works

July 24, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — The long-awaited and much-anticipated debut of the ACC Network is only a month away. It’s an occasion of such consequence that John Swofford yielded a large segment of his Commissioner’s Forum during ACC […]

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