NC Central football

NSJ unveils All-North State football team

January 18, 2023 Shawn Krest

The college football season came to an end earlier this month, and North Carolina was well-represented in the postseason. A total of six schools from the state participated in bowl games, with Wake Forest, ECU […]

NC Central spoils Deion’s Jackson State finale, wins Celebration Bowl in OT

December 18, 2022 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Deion Sanders was sentimental before his final game at Jackson State, and those emotions grew after coming up short in the Celebration Bowl for the second straight year. Quarterback Davius Richard ran for […]

NC is for bowling: State prepares for historic postseason

November 16, 2022 Shawn Krest

This past season’s NCAA tournament was historic, as, for the first time in the 83-year history of the event, Duke and North Carolina met in the Final Four. Now, the college football season promises to […]

NC A&T rolls past NC Central to win Aggie-Eagle Classic

September 25, 2021 Cory Lavalette

GREENSBORO — Kashon Baker ran for 139 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries and Jazir Staton recovered a blocked punt for a score as North Carolina A&T rolled to a 37-14 victory over North […]

NC Central, A&T renew rivalry as nonconference foes

September 22, 2021 Brett Friedlander

A rivalry is still a rivalry no matter when the game is played. So even though the showdown between NC A&T and NC Central has been moved from its traditional spot at the end of […]

NC Central to kick off season on College GameDay

July 21, 2021 Brett Friedlander

After going more than 600 days without playing a game, the NC Central football team was already hyped about playing its season opener against Alcorn State on Aug. 28. Now the Eagles have even more […]

18 players from NC selected in NFL Draft

May 5, 2021 Shawn Krest

North Carolina was well represented in last weekend’s NFL Draft. One out of every 14 players drafted — 18 of 259 — either played high school or college football in the state. Another 13 have […]

Local NFL hopefuls prepare for next week’s draft

April 21, 2021 Shawn Krest

The NFL Draft will take place next week in Cleveland as the league returns to an on-site show following last year’s pandemic-necessitated remote draft. While we may not get to see shots of Kliff Kingsbury’s […]

Disjointed spring practices still offer chance for growth

April 7, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The East Carolina football team was back on the field Tuesday. This time, coach Mike Houston is hoping it’s to stay. Between the cancellation of last year’s spring practice, the loss of three games to […]

Losing ‘guarantee games’ could further hinder smaller schools

June 10, 2020 Brett Friedlander

On Sept. 1, 2007, Appalachian State pulled off what is generally considered the biggest upset in college football history when it went to Michigan and beat the fifth-ranked Wolverines 34-32 in front of 109,208 stunned […]