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Former linebacker Payton Wilson inducted into NC State Ring of Honor

November 8, 2024 Ryan Henkel

RALEIGH – The NC State Wolfpack football team inducted a very familiar face as the latest member of its Ring of Honor over the weekend. Former linebacker Payton Wilson, who played for the Wolfpack from […]

Landing spots for local NFL prospects in draft’s later rounds

May 9, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

For most of the NFL prospects coming out of North Carolina’s college programs, the chance to play at the next level just had to wait a day or two. Outside of UNC’s Drake Maye and […]

Panthers draft: Lots to do

April 25, 2024 Shawn Krest

The Carolina Panthers are not on the clock, yet. The NFL Draft starts on Thursday night. After finishing last season with the worst record in the NFL, the Panthers earned the right to choose first […]

Bill Cowher inducted into NC State Ring of Honor

October 4, 2023 Ryan Henkel

RALEIGH — NC State inducted legendary NFL coach Bill Cowher into its Ring of Honor between the first and second quarter of its game last Friday against the Louisville Cardinals. “When Boo [Corrigan] and Dave […]

WSSU’s Donald Evans and the value of spreading yourself thin

June 1, 2023 Shawn Krest

RALEIGH — Young athletes are cautioned from specializing in one sport too soon. The best approach, modern training and medicine now seem agreed upon, is to have kids get exposed to a wide variety of […]

Trubisky returns to NC, beats Panthers

December 19, 2022 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Mitch Trubisky knew his grasp on the Steelers’ starting quarterback job was tenuous at best when he took the field on Sunday. But the No. 2 pick in the 2017 draft turned in […]

Darnold throws 2 TDs, Panthers close presason with 34-9 win over Pittsburgh

August 28, 2021 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Sam Darnold felt the Carolina Panthers needed a night like this before the regular season. Darnold completed 19 of 25 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns, and the Carolina Panthers defeated the […]

NFL Hall of Fame coach, NC State football standout Bill Cowher has memoir out in June

February 5, 2021 Cory Lavalette

NEW YORK — Hall of Fame coach and NFL analyst Bill Cowher has a book coming out in June that his publisher is calling “more than just a football story.” The former NC State alumnus […]

100 in 100: Sampson County’s Willie Parker, ‘Fast Willie’

July 9, 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 […]

NFL player Antonio Brown granted bail by Florida judge

January 24, 2020 The Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — NFL free agent Antonio Brown was granted bail on Friday after turning himself in at a Florida jail on charges that he and his trainer attacked the driver of a moving […]