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Pirates face big holes, tough schedule
East Carolina is looking to take another step as a program despite some big losses up front. The Pirates are coming off an 8-5 season in which they went 4-4 in conference play, although it […]
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Wake Forest, Duke advance to baseball super regionals
The only thing that could slow down Wake Forest on the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament was the weather. In between rain showers, the Demon Deacons stormed to their third super regional in school […]
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Wake Forest leads 8 NC teams in NCAA baseball tournament
Wake Forest, which spent the last few weeks of the regular season as the consensus No. 1 team in the nation, received the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Demon Deacons earned its […]
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NC products may crash 1st round of NFL Draft
This year’s NFL Draft is top-heavy with quarterbacks, with four passers likely to be taken early in the first round. The fifth quarterback on the board, however, is also a possible impact player for a […]
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Trea Turner leads impressive group of NC products on major league rosters
One of the biggest stories of the World Baseball Classic was new Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner. Among the biggest free agency signings in the offseason, Turner showed what all the offseason fuss was about […]
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Texas too much for ECU women in opening-round loss
AUSTIN, Texas — Shaylee Gonzales scored 20 points and No. 4 Texas rolled to a 79-40 win over No. 13 East Carolina on Saturday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on the […]
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5 NC teams to compete in women’s NCAA Tournament
North Carolina will be well-represented in the NCAA women’s tournament field of 64 with five schools — Duke, UNC, NC State, ECU and Gardner-Webb — all having a shot to continue their postseasons in the […]
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College Basketball Roundup: UNC Asheville beats Campbell, wins Big South title
CHARLOTTE — Drew Pember had 29 points, Tajion Jones scored 16 in the final 7:35 and No. 1 seed UNC Asheville stormed back to beat seventh-seeded Campbell 77-73 on Sunday, winning the Big South Conference […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Campbell advances in Big South Tournament
CHARLOTTE — Jay Pal had 19 points in Campbell’s 68-63 victory against Presbyterian on Wednesday night in an opening-round game of the Big South Conference Tournament. Pal also had three steals for the Fighting Camels […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Appleby leads Wake over Irish
WINSTON-SALEM — Tyree Appleby scored 21 points with six assists and four steals and Wake Forest pulled away from cold-shooting Notre Dame in the second half to earn a 63-56 win on Saturday night. The […]