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NFL rosters have 114 NC players
With the NFL season kicking off this week, football fans across the state can agree on one thing. We hate Cleveland. The Browns are the only NFL team without a North Carolina product on their […]
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Landing spots for local NFL prospects in draft’s later rounds
For most of the NFL prospects coming out of North Carolina’s college programs, the chance to play at the next level just had to wait a day or two. Outside of UNC’s Drake Maye and […]
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How NC hopefuls did at NFL Combine
The 2024 NFL Combine welcomed 16 athletes from North Carolina’s colleges and high schools. The biggest name–Drake Maye–didn’t participate in drills. However, plenty of the state’s prospects hit the field to be evaluated on their […]
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Struggling offenses look for spark as Wake Forest visits Duke
Wake Forest visits Duke on Thursday night for an ACC football showdown with both teams in desperate need of a spark. Wake was blown out by Florida State last week, 41-16, marking the third time […]
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Duke prepares for ‘The Last Dance’ in Elko’s year two
DURHAM — In their first games as Blue Devils, Jalon Calhoun and Jacob Monk were in the starting lineup. It was August 31, 2019, in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The opponent was Alabama — a chance […]
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NC’s best: The top offensive players from the state
This just in: There is no wall around the state. Whenever a football coach takes a new job at a North Carolina college, he makes the same vow: to build a wall around the state, […]
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New Duke coach Mike Elko focusing on foundation
The ACC Kickoff in Charlotte is the traditional opening of the new college football season each year. For Duke’s Mike Elko, it’s also now a workday. “It’s different for sure,” he said while making the […]
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Tar Heels look to kick disappointing habits with a dose of ‘PAT’
CHARLOTTE — Mack Brown isn’t talking about kicking extra points when he makes references to a PAT this summer and fall. It’s an acronym that has become the Hall of Fame coach’s mantra for his […]
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Defense expected to lead young Devils team
DURHAM — David Cutcliffe has long had the title of quarterback whisperer. This past spring, with one of his protégés — Daniel Jones — getting drafted by the Giants to replace, perhaps sooner than anyone […]