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N.C.’s football futures betting trends

September 6, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

As NFL and college football teams get ready to line up for the upcoming season, North Carolina sports fans are lining their money up behind them. North Carolina will have legal online sports betting during […]

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 […]

Mahomes rallies Chiefs to consecutive Super Bowl titles with OT win over 49ers

February 12, 2024 The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid have made the Kansas City Chiefs a dynasty. They’re already thinking three-peat. First, they had to become the first back-to-back Super Bowl champions in 19 […]

Familiar faces, new arrivals make up NFL conference title games

January 24, 2024 The Associated Press

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the AFC championship game for a sixth straight season and probably taking Taylor Swift with them along with Travis Kelce’s older, shirtless brother. Dan Campbell […]

Panthers trade Christian McCaffrey to 49ers

October 20, 2022 The Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers have acquired star running back Christian McCaffrey from the Carolina Panthers, according to several reports. ESPN first reported the trade that brings McCaffrey back to the Bay […]

On to Super Bowl: Bengals versus Rams

January 30, 2022 The Associated Press

Two years ago, the Cincinnati Bengals were the NFL’s worst team. Now they’re headed to the Super Bowl to play the Los Angeles Rams — in the Rams’ home stadium. Matching the biggest comeback in […]

100 in 100: Halifax County’s Tom Topping, Duke Hall of Famer

May 14, 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 […]

Uncanceled: The 1987 football strike

April 22, 2020 Shawn Krest

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the cancellation of games in all major sports that are in season and threatening to cancel games for the foreseeable future. While we can’t do anything to stop COVID-19 or […]

Mahomes, Chiefs win Super Bowl with late surge

February 2, 2020 The Associated Press

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Uncomfortable and under duress for much of the game, Patrick Mahomes suddenly recaptured his mojo and lifted Andy Reid and the Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory, the team’s first […]

Rooting interest? 5 Niners, no Chiefs with ties to NC

January 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

If you’re not a fan of either the San Francisco 49ers or the Kansas City Chiefs and are looking for a rooting interest to help enhance your enjoyment of Sunday’s Super Bowl in Miami, here’s […]