Tyus Jones

Hayward, Ball lead Hornets’ surge past Wizards

November 10, 2023 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gordon Hayward scored 27 points, LaMelo Ball added 25 and the Charlotte Hornets shook off their 3-point shooting struggles just in time to earn a 124-117 victory over the Washington Wizards on […]

NBA free agency lucrative so far for NC players

July 6, 2022 Shawn Krest

A week after the NBA Draft, the league’s veterans step into the spotlight. The NBA’s silly season continues with the official opening of the free agent period. As usual, players with ties to North Carolina […]

Blue Devils’ pursuit of Arch Manning reminiscent of state’s other legacy players

September 2, 2020 Shawn Krest

Duke coach David Cutcliffe has coached two Mannings at two different schools. He was quarterbacks coach at Tennessee, back before Peyton Manning began his Hall of Fame NFL career, then he was head coach at […]

NBA ready to resume

July 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

It’s been four months since Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19, setting off a chain of events that brought sports across the world to a screeching halt. On Thursday, the NBA […]

Duke’s Tre Jones, Vernon Carey sweep major ACC awards

March 9, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Tre Jones came back for his sophomore season at Duke to try and duplicate his brother Tyus’ achievement of winning a national championship with the Blue Devils. While it’s still to be determined how he […]

Former Duke guard Derryck Thornton back in ACC with Boston College

October 16, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — ACC Operation Basketball is more than just a traditional media day in which players and coaches from all 15 league schools are available for interviews. It’s also an opportunity for the players and […]

NBA free agent carousel: Where did the local products end up?

July 3, 2019 Shawn Krest

NBA free agency opened with a bang last week as teams combined to spend more than $3 billion in the first 24 hours. The spending frenzy helped fatten the wallets of several players with ties […]

Hornets draft results do little to relieve free agency uncertainty

June 26, 2019 Shawn Krest

With the Charlotte Hornets’ free agent activity likely focused on finding ways to keep key contributors Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb — or replace them — the team’s easiest path to significant improvement was through […]

New-look Blue Devils face uncertain offseason

April 3, 2019 Shawn Krest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following Duke’s Elite Eight exit at the hands of Michigan State, there are plenty of question marks facing the Blue Devils. Who’s leaving Building a team on the one-and-done model, Duke is […]

Jones carries on family tradition by coming up big in big game for Duke

March 17, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — The comparisons between Tre Jones and his older brother Tyus, who was the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four in Duke’s national championship season of 2015, were inevitable. They’re both point guards […]