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Swing racquet sports coming to NC
For anyone who can’t get enough of racquet sports and those who have hopped on the recent pickleball wave, Raleigh will be the place to be pretty soon. Swing Racquet + Paddle, a 44-acre racquet […]
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NC State’s Nell Miller earns spot at Wimbledon
A month after helping win the first tennis national championship in NC State history, Nell Miller will be back in action repping the Wolfpack again on Wednesday. Only this time, she won’t be wearing red. […]
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For Will Smith, a break point leads to ‘King Richard’
Will Smith wouldn’t seem an obvious candidate for a midlife crisis. Hugely successful, immensely popular, indefatigably sunny. But Smith, who stars in the upcoming drama “King Richard,” as Richard Williams, father and coach to Venus […]
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NIEHOFF, TUCKER: Loss is gain for North Carolina’s high school seniors
Have you ever wondered what life would be like without sports? Now we know. And it isn’t fun. No NCAA basketball tournament. No traditional Major League Baseball Opening Days. No professional basketball or hockey playoffs. […]
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Federer saves 7 match points in Australia; Djokovic up next
MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points — his opponent accumulated seven! — no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, […]
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Wake Forest hosts NCAA tennis championships
The NCAA men’s and women’s tennis championships begin play this weekend, and, for the first time in history, both champions will be crowned in North Carolina. The final 16 teams in both brackets will head […]