Winston-Salem State

What it was, was football Week 1

September 6, 2024 Shawn Krest

A total of 33 college and universities in North Carolina field a football team. Throughout the season, we’ll take a look at the best and the worst of the week that was and preview the […]

WSSU’s Donald Evans and the value of spreading yourself thin

June 1, 2023 Shawn Krest

RALEIGH — Young athletes are cautioned from specializing in one sport too soon. The best approach, modern training and medicine now seem agreed upon, is to have kids get exposed to a wide variety of […]

Stackhouse, Strange, Barnes headline 2023 NC Sports Hall of Fame ceremony

April 26, 2023 Shawn Krest

RALEIGH — Before the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inducted his aunt as part of the Class of 2023, Charles Griffin took a one-hour drive. “Yesterday, I went to Snow Camp, where Ellen has […]

Football stars Holt, Mills highlight 2022 NC Sports Hall of Fame Class

January 19, 2022 Brett Friedlander

Torry Holt and Sam Mills are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and will find out next month if they’ll be included as part of the shrine’s Class of 2022. Regardless of what […]

Brice passes, runs App State to lopsided victory

September 18, 2021 The Associated Press

BOONE — Chase Brice ran for one touchdown and passed for another to lead Appalachian State to a 44-10 win over in-state FCS foe Elon on Saturday. Brice opened the scoring on a 47-yard hookup […]

North Carolina HBCUs receive gift from MacKenzie Scott

December 16, 2020 The Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM — Three historically black North Carolina colleges have received record financial gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gave Winston-Salem State University a record $30 million as part […]