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July 3, 2025

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100 in 100: Buncombe County’s Charlie ‘Choo Choo’ Justice, UNC’s runaway train

April 1, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

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100 in 100: Bertie County’s Jethro Pugh, part of the Doomsday Defense

March 27, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

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Globetrotters star, Greensboro native Curly Neal dies at 77

March 26, 2020 John Marshall | The Associated Press

Fred “Curly” Neal, the dribbling wizard who entertained millions with the Harlem Globetrotters for parts of three decades, has died. He was 77. The Globetrotters said Neal died in his home outside of Houston on […]

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Peppers, Bogues, Brown headline NC Sports Hall of Fame class

January 23, 2020 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Retired NFL star Julius Peppers, retired NBA player Muggsy Bogues and current North Carolina football coach Mack Brown headline this spring’s class of inductees to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. The […]

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Conservationist Eddie Bridges joins NC Sports Hall of Fame

July 3, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — As Eddie Bridges recalls, there were really only two things for young men like himself growing up in Burke County to do back in the days following the end of World War II. […]

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Groundbreaking ref Dee Kantner joins NC Sports Hall of Fame

June 5, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — The goal of every official working games at this week’s NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors — and every official in every sport, for that matter — is to […]

Sports

Boo Corrigan takes reins as AD at NC State

May 15, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — Boo Corrigan became NC State’s new athletic director on May 1. It was an occasion that might have gone completely unnoticed had it not been for the heartfelt farewell message his predecessor Debbie […]

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Dale Jr. leads 2019 NC Sports Hall class

January 23, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Recently retired NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Jr., champion golfer Davis Love III and former NC A&T and NC Central football coach Rod Broadway lead a class of 12 new members named to the North Carolina […]

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Thick skin, sense of humor help colorful ump West become a Hall of Famer

July 3, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  RALEIGH — Joe West didn’t set out to be a Major League Baseball umpire.   He was actually a football player at Elon working some local high school games for a little extra cash during the […]

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Hayes dedicated his coaching career to leading HBCUs

May 23, 2018 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — For some, coaching is a profession. For Bill Hayes, it was a calling. That’s why he decided to jump off the ladder of mainstream opportunity just as he began climbing it in 1976 […]

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