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Can NC State once again defy the odds?
In one month’s time, local teams will be hitting the hardwood as the college basketball season gets underway, and it’s a safe bet that a lot of NC State fans will be happy to leave […]
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N.C.’s football futures betting trends
As NFL and college football teams get ready to line up for the upcoming season, North Carolina sports fans are lining their money up behind them. North Carolina will have legal online sports betting during […]
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2 NC women’s teams remain in NCAAs
After the opening weekend in the highly anticipated women’s NCAA Tournament, two North Carolina teams are still dancing. NC State and Duke both secured a spot in the Sweet 16 after winning their respective round […]
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UNC women bounced by late Ohio State game-winner
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jacy Sheldon made a tiebreaking jumper in the lane with 1.8 seconds left to lift No. 3 Ohio State to a 71-69 win over No. 6 seed UNC on Monday and help […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Nance’s buzzer-beater forces OT, Heels beat No. 23 Ohio State
NEW YORK — Down two with under 2 second left, UNC assistant Jeff Lebo drew up a play the Tar Heels hadn’t even run in practice — and it worked perfectly. Pete Nance made a […]
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Duke responds to adversity with physical win
DURHAM — Duke bounced back from a blowout loss at the hands of one Big Ten team with a hard-fought win over another team from that conference. The Blue Devils lost to Purdue in the […]
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NC’s best: The top offensive players from the state
This just in: There is no wall around the state. Whenever a football coach takes a new job at a North Carolina college, he makes the same vow: to build a wall around the state, […]
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Critical games dot the 2022 college football schedule
The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running fast this year. Two Sept. 3 showdowns could shuffle the preseason AP Top 25 […]
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COVID spike, cancellations have college hoop coaches concerned
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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College basketball roundup: Duke blows 15-point lead, loses at Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Zed Key scored a career-high 20 points and Ohio State held top-ranked Duke scoreless for the final 4 1/2 minutes, completing a rally from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the Blue […]