![Danny Talbott, perhaps the best high school football player in Rocky Mount history, died early Sunday morning according to multiple social media accounts. Talbott, 75, has been suffering from cancer for several years. In 2018, Nash General Hospital dedicated a cancer center in his name. Talbott had been treated for multiple myeloma, a cancer of a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. He had a stem cell transplant in 2011 at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center that showed great promise. Talbott led the Rocky Mount Blackbirds to state titles in baseball, basketball and football during his […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dannytalbott-490x225.jpeg "Word circulates on social media that NC football great Danny Talbott has died")
Danny Talbott, perhaps the best high school football player in Rocky Mount history, died early Sunday morning according to multiple social media accounts. Talbott, 75, has been suffering from cancer for several years. In 2018, Nash General Hospital dedicated a cancer center in his name. Talbott had been treated for multiple myeloma, a cancer of a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. He had a stem cell transplant in 2011 at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center that showed great promise. Talbott led the Rocky Mount Blackbirds to state titles in baseball, basketball and football during his […]
At a time when power in the ACC is gravitating away from the usual places, given that Virginia has been the dominant team over the last few years, maybe NC State’s win is part of the seismic shift? Or maybe State’s win suggests a return to normalcy, writes Bob Holliday. …read more
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Duke fell out of the top 5 in the AP poll, writes Luke Roberson, but there are five things he thinks the Blue Devils can do to get back into the top 5. …read more
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After only leading by six points following the first quarter, the Farmville Central Jaguars used a 43-point outburst in the second quarter to take Riverside-Martin out of the game. The Jaguars went on to win the contest by 50 points; 103 to 52. …read more
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During Elissa Cunane’s first year, four of the Pack’s star players suffered season-ending injuries forcing Cunane to step up as a true freshman. …read more
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Greene Central’s big first half performance gave the Rams enough leeway to hold off First Flight in the second half and take the game 74-66. The Rams are now 9-6 overall this season. First Flight dropped to 8-8. …read more
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After only leading by six points following the first quarter, the Farmville Central Jaguars used a 43-point outburst in the second quarter to take Riverside-Martin out of the game. The Jaguars went on to win the contest by 50 points; 103 to 52. …read more
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The Athens Drive Jaguars closed out the day of action at their Martin Luther King Jr. Day showcase with a 72-59 win over the Wake Forest Cougars. …read more
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No. 6 Mount Tabor defeated West Stokes 55-41 on Monday afternoon behind its sharp three-point shooting and defense down the stretch. …read more
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D.J. Funderburk scored 14 points before fouling out and North Carolina State overcame a second-half scoring drought of more than 10 minutes in a 53-51 victory against Virginia on Monday night. …read more
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![North Carolina shot 31 percent and turned the ball over 16 times as Pittsburgh raced out to a 23-point lead and held on for a 66-52 victory over the flailing Tar Heels. Carolina, now 8-9, fell below .500 at this point in a season for the first time since the Matt Doherty-led Heels of 2002 that went 8-20. The Tar Heels led 5-4 early but that was it as Pitt controlled the game. During an eight-minute stretch in the first half, Carolina turned the ball over eight times, including on five straight possessions. “Turnovers early set us so far back,” […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PittBacot-1-490x225.jpg "Pain continues as Heels fall at Pittsburgh")
![Clifton Barnes, the owner of CapitalSportsNC.com, has won a national award for writing for a series of articles on the website. CapitalSportsNC.com has now won awards four years in a row. The series of articles revolves around former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2016 Awards for Publication Excellence competition. John De Lellis of Communications Concepts says competition was intense as there were more than 1,600 entries with seven winners in the Writing Series category. Barnes was the only winner in the category from North […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CliftonBarnes2016capitalsportsnc-490x225.jpg "CapitalSportsNC.com wins national award for writing")
