DURHAM — Duke dominated inside on its way to a 88-73 win over visiting NC State on Saturday. The Wolfpack were without starting center Manny Bates, who suffered a season-ending injury in November, and didn’t […]
WINSTON-SALEM — For 19½ minutes on Wednesday, Wake Forest looked every bit the part of an up-and-coming basketball team ready to challenge the ACC’s best. Then in the blink of an eye, the Deacons suddenly […]
WINSTON-SALEM — With its head coach out sick, Duke got well, beating Wake Forest 76-64 for the Blue Devils’ first road win of the season. The Blue Devils came to Winston-Salem facing some adversity. Duke […]
Mike Krzyzewski won’t make his final coaching appearance at Wake Forest’s Joel Coliseum tonight after all. Duke’s Hall of Fame coach, who is in his farewell season, will sit out his team’s game against the […]
Two ACC teams from North Carolina will meet in a pivotal conference game, but it’s not those two teams. While the Duke-UNC rivalry garners most of the national attention focused on the area each college […]
DURHAM — Duke fell from the ranks of ACC unbeatens, losing its first conference game to Miami 76-74 at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday. The Blue Devils struggled to contain Miami’s trio of veteran guards. […]
The ACC has heralded itself as the gold standard of college basketball since its inception in 1953. And it remains that way today. Only not in the traditional sense. While the conference has slipped in […]
Every year, the sports staff of North State Journal (sports editor Cory Lavalette and reporters Brett Friedlander and Shawn Krest) look into our crystal balls and try and predict what some of the bigger news […]
Most years, the NSJ’s choice as the top newcomer is a freshman phenom at a college in the state or a rookie that arrived with an impact on a pro team. But 2021 hasn’t been […]
Steve Forbes is usually the life of the party, a fact he reinforced recently by showing up to a postgame media session wearing a string of blinking Christmas lights around his neck. But Friday, shortly […]
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