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Tobacco Road’s wild week alters expectations
So, what have we learned? Last week was a pivotal week for the three Triangle teams. North Carolina was reeling, barely clinging to a spot in the Top 25 and facing a brutal portion of […]
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‘Complete effort’ gives Hurricanes second straight win
RALEIGH — After entering the weekend on a three-game losing streak, the Carolina Hurricanes like where they are now. “Everyone’s in a good state of mind,” said head coach Bill Peters. “They’ll get a day […]
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Loss to Carolina forces Wolfpack to reset expectations
RALEIGH — NC State entered this week with thoughts of an NCAA bid. After a 96-89 home loss to North Carolina gave the Wolfpack two straight losses, Keatts tried to get his players to think […]
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Duke searches for answers after loss to Carolina
CHAPEL HILL — Duke sat in the visiting locker room at the Smith Center and stared the end of its season in the face. The Blue Devils blew a 12-point first-half lead to North Carolina […]
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UNC, NC State have busy National Signing Days
With the debut of college football’s early signing period in late December, much of the drama was taken from February’s National Signing Day. Each of the local teams signed the majority of their 2018 classes […]
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NC State makes UNC-Duke week more crowded than usual
On the surface, everything seems the same. Once again, the Super Bowl served as an appropriate opening act for Carolina-Duke week, and once again, on Thursday night, the sports world will stop and take notice […]
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Five North Carolinians go for Olympic gold
The Winter Olympics start on Thursday in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Four members of the 243 athletes that make up Team USA have North Carolina connections, and at least one North Carolinian will be competing for […]
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“How can someone be so cold-hearted?” Red Panda copes with unicycle theft
Red Panda, perhaps the most successful halftime act in basketball, will have to grind out a long couple of months before the end of the college and NBA seasons. Rong Niu, the Chinese-born, fourth-generation acrobat […]
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Wolfpack blows out Notre Dame at home
RALEIGH — Exactly a month after losing by 30 points at Notre Dame, NC State beat the Irish by 18 points at PNC Arena, 76-58. “We’ve come so far, and you can see the progress […]
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Apex’s Randi Griffin goes for Olympic hockey gold
When the female figure skaters take the ice at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, it’s possible that Randi Griffin’s mother will take a moment to wonder what might have been. When Randi was a young […]