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NC’s best: The top offensive players from the state
This just in: There is no wall around the state. Whenever a football coach takes a new job at a North Carolina college, he makes the same vow: to build a wall around the state, […]
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Critical games dot the 2022 college football schedule
The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running fast this year. Two Sept. 3 showdowns could shuffle the preseason AP Top 25 […]
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Camels crash 1st round of MLB Draft
Members of the Campbell baseball team fancy themselves as “a bunch of nobodies from nowhere” because of their remote location in Buies Creek and the considerable shadow cast by their nationally recognized neighbors at UNC, […]
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College basketball roundup: Coach K wins in last trip to Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A.J. Griffin incurred the ire of coach Mike Krzyzewski when he passed on an open 3-pointer late in the No. 7 Blue Devils’ tight game at Virginia. “What are you doing? Just […]
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Season-defining game vs. Clemson awaits Wolfpack
The Mississippi State game was a major downer for NC State in more ways than just the final score. But in the grand scheme of the 2021 football season, the Wolfpack’s 24-10 loss in Starkville […]
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Maturity, talent make Will Shipley a special running back
Not many athletes are asked to share their thoughts on leadership before they’ve played in a college game. Will Shipley, however, isn’t like many athletes. The Weddington High standout, who decided to forgo his senior […]
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College Basketball Roundup: UNC loses at Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. — Hunter Tyson scored 16 points, Clyde Trapp had 14 and Clemson beat North Carolina 63-50 on Tuesday night, snapping the Tar Heels’ three-game win streak. Clemson was coming off a 79-53 loss […]
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NSJ 2020 Play of the Year: Clemson’s Aamir Simms hits game-tying 3 in Chapel Hill
Tree Rollins never did it. Neither did Elden Campbell, Horace Grant, Dale Davis or Larry Nance. All told, Clemson had made 59 trips to Chapel Hill over its history to play men’s basketball. Not once […]
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Lawrence, No. 4 Clemson rout No. 2 Notre Dame for ACC title
CHARLOTTE — Trevor Lawrence had 412 yards of offense and three touchdowns, Travis Etienne ran for 124 yards and a score and No. 4 Clemson dominated No. 2 Notre Dame 34-10 on Saturday to win […]
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Clemson No. 1 in preseason football poll, UNC 18th
Clemson is the preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what has already been taken by the pandemic from […]