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March 20, 2026

Project ALS

Tom Miller—
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Chris Combs, former NC State baseball star who battled ALS, dead at 45

September 3, 2020 North State Journal Staff

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 […]

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