NEW YORK Steeped in history, legendary ballplayers and championships, the New York Yankees really have it down when it comes to pomp.The fete they gave Derek Jeter on Sunday night as they retired his […]
PHOENIX The newly crowned national champion North Carolina basketball team will have a different look next year no matter what, thanks to the graduation of starting big men Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks, along […]
Duke basketball became the first college sports program to top one million followers on Twitter on February 14.The account, @DukeMBB, is the most-followed social media account in all of college sports, and the Blue Devils […]
SHANGHAI – China’s highest court has ruled in favor of former basketball star Michael Jordan in a long-running trademark case relating to a local sportswear firm using the Chinese version of his name, overturning earlier […]
In the early hours of NBA free agency, back on July 1, the Charlotte Hornets made the marquee signing of the offseason’s first day: inking small forward Nicolas Batum to a five-year, $120 million deal. […]
An unprecedented amount of money was up for grabs in the NBA’s annual silly season. Here’s who won and lost the offseason.Championships aren’t won in July, but the foundations of those title contenders are built […]
On Monday, sports betting became legal in North Carolina with NC House Bill 347 going into effect. It comes just in time for the start of the men’s ACC basketball tournament and the NCAA tournaments. […]
The North State Journal’s sports staff of editor Cory Lavalette and writers Jesse Deal, Ryan Henkel and Shawn Krest isn’t afraid to be fearless in 2024. In our annual exercise, each member of the staff […]
ATLANTA — Kentucky seemed to make all the big plays down the stretch. Even then, UNC still had a chance to pull out the victory. But the Tar Heels threw it away. Rob Dillingham scored […]
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Bill Self couldn’t wait to get started Wednesday at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Neither could hot-shooting Kansas rookie Gradey Dick. Dick scored a season-high 25 points to help the third-ranked Jayhawks […]
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