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College baseball enters the home stretch
Call it “come what May”. It may not have the same poetry as March Madness, but the start of May means crunch time for college baseball. We are two weeks out from the ACC baseball […]
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NCInnovation awards inaugural ‘Pipeline’ grants to UNC Asheville
RALEIGH — NCInnovation, a North Carolina-based public-private partnership focused on commercializing university research, has awarded its inaugural Pipeline Grants to four faculty-led projects at UNC Asheville. Each project receives $10,000 to advance early-stage innovations toward […]
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High Point leads the way as other women’s mid-majors hope for at large bids
The women’s college basketball regular season has come to a close and now, we’re in tournament season, starting first with the various conference tournaments. All 31 conference tournament champions will receive autobids to the NCAA […]
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Queens, High Point earn NCAA bids as three NC mid-major teams remain alive
CHARLOTTE — With conference tournament play well underway, two of North Carolina’s 15 mid-major men’s basketball programs have secured NCAA Tournament bids, 10 have seen their March Madness hopes end and three remain alive. Queens […]
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MLB teams look to N.C. in Draft
Wake Forest may have grabbed the spotlight early in last week’s MLB Draft, but the rest of the state’s baseball talent was eventually uncovered. At press time last week, three rounds had been completed. A […]
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Undercover videos show more pushback of UNC System DEI ban
RALEIGH — Two more undercover videos of UNC System employees claiming to be avoiding the systemwide ban on diversity, equity and inclusion. Accuracy in Media (AIM) posted two more videos over the past two weeks: […]
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Disrupted by Helene, UNCA still among Big South favorites
ASHEVILLE — Finishing the regular season with two straight losses was not how UNC Asheville men’s basketball coach Mike Morrell wanted his team to enter the Big South Tournament, but there is no denying his […]
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NCAA hopes dimming for UNC
The NCAA first expanded the tournament to allow multiple teams from each conference starting in 1975. For the next 27 years, the University of North Carolina was in the field for every single one. As […]
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Home sweet home
On Saturday, Stanford’s Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with just over a second left to lead visiting Stanford to a one-point win at UNC. Later in the day and a short drive on I-40 […]
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Potable water restored at UNC Asheville
RALEIGH — Hurricane Helene’s impact on western North Carolina’s infrastructure included widespread electricity outages, and it also shut down water processing and treatment facilities. Boil water notices were in place following the storm, and institutions […]