In NASCAR, it’s called the Silly Season. In the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, it’s free agency. Thanks to Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, college basketball’s new era of player movement has been given […]
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 […]
The MLB Draft took some unexpected twists and turns in the first round over the weekend, and no one benefited more than the Miami Marlins. With teams reaching and prospects sliding, Wake Forest High School […]
GREENVILLE — Thomas Francisco hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to help East Carolina beat Norfolk State 8-5 on Friday at the double-elimination Greenville Regional. The top-seeded Pirates […]
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 […]
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 […]
DURHAM — NC Central baseball coach Jim Koerner didn’t think twice when he was called into athletic director Ingrid Wicker McCree’s office on Feb. 11, eight days before his team’s season-opening game against Army. “I […]
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 […]
CHAPEL HILL — Shammond Williams, like virtually everyone else when they first saw the news Thursday, thought it was an April Fools’ gag. But when the former North Carolina basketball star realized that coach Roy […]
Spring: That time of year in North Carolina where, if you don’t like the way your favorite team’s roster looks, just wait a minute, and it’ll change. No team has embodied that idea more than […]
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