CHICAGO — Carlos Rodón jumped around near the mound, surrounded by exuberant teammates. All the injuries, all the uncertainty, it seemed like a lifetime ago. From no roster spot to no-hitter — Rodón had arrived […]
Roy Williams has been known to admonish North Carolina basketball fans when they don’t show up for games in numbers to his liking. Saturday, though, the Hall of Fame coach was overjoyed by the sight […]
East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin has reason to be excited when he looks at his team’s roster, fully stocked with returning starters and bolstered by a talented group of incoming recruits. It’s an excitement, […]
Chris Combs, the towering pitcher and slugger for NC State baseball in the 1990s whose public battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease led to more than $4 million in fundraising to combat the disease, died Thursday […]
WILSON — The first thing you notice is the smell. Gone are the aromas usually associated with a night at the ballpark: the freshly popped popcorn, burgers on a grill, grass that has just been […]
The cancellation of this year’s minor league baseball season was a disappointing blow to many young prospects whose advance up the ranks toward a possible major league career has been put on hold for an […]
The day most college baseball players dream about is almost here. It just doesn’t look or, in many cases, feel the way they dreamed it would. Instead of the usual 40 rounds with a large […]
While most baseball teams are headed South for spring training or a spring break trip to warmer climates, three college teams from North Carolina went the other direction last weekend, traveling to snowy Minnesota to […]
In keeping with the groundhog’s recent prediction of an early spring, baseball season is already upon us. Pitchers and catchers might just be reporting to spring training camps across Florida and Arizona, but here in […]
On June 26, 2009, the Durham Bulls were playing a weekend series in Toledo, but more than 5,600 people packed their home stadium to watch college kids play an exhibition. Team USA — an all-star […]
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