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Spring football underway
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 […]
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Which in-state players helped, hurt themselves at the NFL Combine
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 […]
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Players from eight state schools invited to NFL Combine
Players from eight North Carolina schools, including six from NC State, have been invited to participate in the NFL’s predraft Scouting Combine in Indianapolis later this month. Heading the list of local talent scheduled to […]
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Wake Forest star Dortch leaving early for NFL draft
The Wake Forest football team got a glimpse of what life without Greg Dortch is like on Saturday when the All-American wide receiver/return specialist missed the Deacons’ Birmingham Bowl win against Memphis because of a […]
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Wake Forest’s Dortch wins ACC’s Brian Piccolo Award
The most productive game of Greg Dortch’s football career was almost the last game of his football career. The Wake Forest wide receiver caught 10 passes for 167 yards and four touchdowns in a win […]
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Six Wolfpack players earn first-team All-ACC football honors
NC State might have finished behind Clemson in the Atlantic Division football standings, but the Wolfpack came out ahead of the undefeated Tigers when it comes to the All-ACC first team. Coach Dave Doeren’s team […]
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Deacons crush Duke to earn bowl eligibility
DURHAM (AP) — Cade Carney rushed for a career-high 223 yards and Wake Forest closed out its regular season with a 59-7 win over Duke on Saturday. Wake Forest (6-6, 3-5 ACC) secured bowl eligibility […]
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Wolfpack’s lofty goals sacked by hauntingly familiar loss
RALEIGH — It would be easy to dismiss NC State’s 27-23 loss to Wake Forest on Thursday as the manifestation of a popular social media hashtag created to describe the misfortune that often follows the […]
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Wake Forest blows out Louisville 56-35 for first ACC victory
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Wake Forest running back Matt Colburn II couldn’t believe the space he had on many of his carries against Louisville. While that says a lot about the Demon Deacons’ run blocking, the […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
North Carolina and Duke have the week off and Appalachian State doesn’t have a game Saturday. That doesn’t mean it’s a slow college football weekend here in the Old North State. There’s plenty at stake […]