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Panthers may go defense in draft
The NFL Draft starts this Thursday night in Green Bay, and there’s a good chance the Carolina Panthers will break with recent tradition. Not since the team took Jaycee Horn in the first round in […]
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High Point’s first NCAA trip ends with loss to Purdue
The 13-seed High Point University Panthers fell to the fourth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers, 75-63, in the first round of the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament on Thursday but not without a fight. An offensive rebound and put […]
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Triangle teams hope to host following women’s ACC Tournament
College basketball fans in the Triangle, maybe just the NC State and UNC faithful, have learned this season that if the men’s teams can’t get it done, the women’s teams will. Although Duke, the least […]
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Favorites in the NC HSBB tourney
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association boys’ basketball playoffs began this week with Tuesday games that ended after press time. It starts a journey that will end with the regionals and state championships, March […]
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NC teams look strong on diamond
The North Carolina to Omaha shuttle has been busy over the past few years. Since 2021, four teams from NC have gone to the College World Series, including a pair—UNC and NC State—last year. With […]
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NCAA hopes dimming for UNC
The NCAA first expanded the tournament to allow multiple teams from each conference starting in 1975. For the next 27 years, the University of North Carolina was in the field for every single one. As […]
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Home sweet home
On Saturday, Stanford’s Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with just over a second left to lead visiting Stanford to a one-point win at UNC. Later in the day and a short drive on I-40 […]
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Fearless predictions for 2025
As we do each year, the North State Journal’s sports staff came up with fearless predictions for 2025. We’re not gamblers, but you can pretty much bet the farm that all of this is going […]
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Panthers shift attention to D
The Carolina Panthers gave fans reason for hope at the end of a 5-12 season. While Bryce Young began to show signs of development down the stretch, the Panthers won two of their final three […]
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Bryce Young’s roundabout road back
With a win on the final day of the regular season, the Carolina Panthers fell to the No. 8 spot in the 2025 NFL Draft. That means the Panthers will likely be picking after Miami’s […]