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Kyle Dugger leads way at NFL Draft; NC’s Big Four players wait until Day 3

April 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The calendar might say that it’s April. But for Kyle Dugger, Saturday sure felt a lot like late December. “I’d say probably the closest thing would definitely be Christmas, my first Christmas,” the safety from […]

NC players stand out, boost draft stock at NFL Combine

March 4, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The NFL Scouting Combine, sometimes referred to as the “Underwear Olympics,” is an event top prospects often avoid to protect their high draft status. Ohio State defensive end Chase Young, the potential No. 1 overall […]

Spring practice gives college teams early look at 2020 fall rosters

February 26, 2020 Cory Lavalette

College basketball is rapidly heading toward Selection Sunday and baseball season is just now getting into the swing of things. But for football coaches and fans across the state, the next month is the most […]

Impressions made at Senior, Hula bowls

January 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The Senior Bowl is the most prestigious of the postseason college football all-star showcase games. But as important as the game itself can be for the draft hopes of players that may have been overlooked […]

LeMay kicks off all-star games with MVP

January 22, 2020 Brett Friedlander

It’s easy to be overlooked when you’re a college football running back playing for an upstart program, surrounded in close proximity by higher-profile ballcarriers such as Clemson’s Travis Etienne, Appalachian State’s Darrynton Evans and North […]

NC players top football all-conference teams

December 11, 2019 Shawn Krest

Fifteen players from North Carolina made all-conference teams for their college this season. In the ACC, a total of six players made the first team. Sage Surratt was the only local ACC player chosen on […]

FSU win another step in Wake Forest’s attempt to climb ACC ranks

October 23, 2019 Cory Lavalette

WINSTON-SALEM — The Florida State football program is only a shadow of its past glory these days. But that didn’t matter to Dave Clawson and his Wake Forest football team Saturday night. To them, the […]

Deacons finally get their kicks against Florida State

October 20, 2019 Brett Friedlander

WINSTON-SALEM — It took a couple buckets of wet footballs, a backup quarterback with starting experience and little luck for Wake Forest to break its seven-game losing streak against ACC Atlantic rival Florida State on […]

Five questions to ponder before kickoff

September 8, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Larry Fedora said in a broadcast interview this week that he doesn’t remember what happened the last time he took his North Carolina football team to Greenville to play East Carolina. He’s kidding, of course. […]