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May 30, 2025

John Swofford

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ACC officially cancels all sports activities for 2019-20 academic year

March 17, 2020 Brett Friedlander

It’s official. There will be no more athletic events in the ACC for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year. Whatever hope there was that spring sports schedules might eventually be resumed ended Tuesday when […]

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The ACC Tournament has been canceled

March 12, 2020 North State Journal Staff

GREENSBORO — Less than two hours after announcing that his conference’s men’s basketball tournament would continue, albiet without fans in the stands, ACC commissioner John Swofford reversed course Thursday morning and canceled the remainder of […]

Article

ACC Tournament returns to its roots in Greensboro

March 11, 2020 Brett Friedlander

GREENSBORO — North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams once described the ACC Tournament as little more than “a huge cocktail party.” That might have been the case in the old days when the ACC was […]

Article

ACC gets behind proposal that would change transfers

February 19, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Brock Hoffman is a college football player from Statesville who transferred from Coastal Carolina to Virginia Tech last summer, primarily because he wanted to go to school closer to his ailing mother — who had […]

Article

One final Belk Bowl before new sponsor steps in

December 4, 2019 Brett Friedlander

The relationship between Charlotte and Belk dates back to 1909 when William Henry Belk and his brother John moved first their department store from nearby Monroe to the Queen City. But the two entities have […]

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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ACC’s Swofford at odds with legalized gambling on college sports

July 17, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — ACC commissioner John Swofford isn’t a fan of gambling, especially on college events. But he’s also a realist, which is why despite his personal objections, he knows he might eventually have to bend […]

Christine T. Nguyen—The North State Journal
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Will NCAA focus on school or former coaches in NC State violations case?

July 17, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — NC State’s receipt of a formal NCAA Notice of Allegations last week in connection with its recruitment of basketball star Dennis Smith Jr. was headline–worthy news.   But it was anything but a revelation.  […]

Sports

Tourney week back where it belongs

March 13, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — Of the first 27 times the ACC contested its signature event, its postseason men’s basketball tournament, only once was it played at a site outside of North Carolina. It was an arrangement not […]

Sports

Launch of ACC Network set for summer

January 30, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Technically, the long-awaited ACC Network has been up and running for almost three years now. Branded as ACC Network Extra, the digital channel went online in 2016 and has made more than 300 live events […]

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