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NC Central, A&T renew rivalry as nonconference foes
A rivalry is still a rivalry no matter when the game is played. So even though the showdown between NC A&T and NC Central has been moved from its traditional spot at the end of […]
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Duke, NC A&T both looking for elusive win after 0-1 starts
Head coach Sam Washington had a long list of what went wrong in NC A&T’s season-opening loss to Furman. Many of them boiled down to one factor. “We were rusty,” he said. That’s understandable. While […]
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Disjointed spring practices still offer chance for growth
The East Carolina football team was back on the field Tuesday. This time, coach Mike Houston is hoping it’s to stay. Between the cancellation of last year’s spring practice, the loss of three games to […]
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NC A&T out after MEAC decides not to play spring football season
NC A&T’s association with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in football has come to an end with a whimper not a bang Thursday when the league announced that it has canceled plans to stage a 2021 […]
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Colleges prepare for new kind of spring football — actual games
Sam Washington played in the NFL and has spent more than three decades in college coaching, so the concept of spring football is hardly new to him. This spring, however, is unlike any other he’s […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The college football season got off to a winning start in the Old North State last week with six of the seven FBS teams picking up opening week victories. And the only team that didn’t […]
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NC A&T still rolling, NC Central trying to find its way
There’s a difference between a successful college football team and a successful program. It’s the ability to sustain a winning tradition even as key players come and go. Or as in the case of NC […]
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Duke prepares for home opener against NC A&T
DURHAM — Duke has played N.C. Central the last four years and six of the last seven. Central left Duke’s schedule this year, but the Blue Devils are staying in the MEAC and the Aggie-Eagle […]
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NC Central hires alumnus Oliver as new football coach
NC Central has hired former Eagles defensive back and punter Trei Oliver as its new football coach. In doing so, it extended the branches of Rod Broadway’s coaching tree to both sides of the Aggie-Eagle […]
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A&T’s Washington named MEAC Coach of the Year
Sam Washington had a tough act to follow when he succeeded his mentor Rod Broadway as NC A&T’s football coach after a 2017 season in which the Aggies went undefeated and won a HBCU national […]