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Ball’s career-best 38 not enough for Hornets in Boston

February 2, 2022 The Associated Press

BOSTON — Josh Richardson made six 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Jayson Tatum hit two key free throws and finished with 19 points and the Boston Celtics held off the Charlotte Hornets 113-107 on Wednesday […]

Hornets fall to Celtics in OT for 1st loss of the season

October 26, 2021 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Four quarters of Monday night action at the Spectrum Center weren’t enough to decide the winner of a battle between the Charlotte Hornets and Boston Celtics. Finishing out the game on a 14-0 […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 16: Duke dominance on the court

August 8, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Duke basketball certainly left its mark on the Tokyo Olympics. With Chelsea Gray helping the U.S. women’s team to a dominanating 90-75 win against Japan on Sunday, the final day of the Games, representatives of […]

Golden, again: U.S. beats France in men’s basketball

August 7, 2021 The Associated Press

SAITAMA, Japan — Nothing about the summer was easy for the U.S. men’s basketball team, and neither was the gold-medal game. The Americans expected nothing less. And in the end, their Olympic reign lives on. […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 15: A pair of golden Aggies

August 7, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Trevor Stewart took care of business early, winning a bronze medal — the first ever by an NC A&T athlete — in the 4 x 400 mixed relay on the second day of the track […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 13: Pair of Ryans leaves Korea cryin’

August 5, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took not one, but two Ryans to pitch Team USA into the gold medal game of the Olympic baseball competition. And both have ties to North Carolina. Joe Ryan, who was with the Durham […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 11: Cruising into the 400 meter semifinals

August 3, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Quanera Hayes wasn’t thinking about the gold medal when she came onto the track for her first race of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. That will come later in the games. For now, her only […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 10: A silver lining to Keni Harrison’s Olympic story

August 2, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took several minutes for the photo finish to determine second and third place in the women’s Olympic 110 meter hurdles in Tokyo on Monday. But Keni Harrison wasn’t waiting for the outcome to be […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 5: Capobianco, Hixon in ‘sync’ for silver

July 28, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Andrew Capobianco already had the talent to become an elite diver when he arrived at Indiana University in 2017. All he needed was the guidance and motivation. They’re qualities he found with the help of […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 2: Brown is the new bronze

July 25, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The United States had yet to win a medal at the Toyko Olympics when Charlotte native Erika Brown dove into the pool for the leadoff leg of the 4×100 meter relay Saturday night. By the […]