![Clifton Barnes of Cary has won a national writing award for an online post promoting high school classmate Buck Williams for inclusion in the basketball hall of fame. Writing for his CapitalSportsNC.com website, Barnes won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2022 Awards for Publication Excellence competition. Barnes, a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism and political science grad, was one of only two people across the nation to win Awards of Excellence in the Best Single Blog Post writing category. Dr. Stephanie Graff of Brown University was the other winner. Admittedly, Barnes was irked when he […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BarnesAwardBuck3-490x225.jpg "CapitalSportsNC.com wins national writing award in support of a friend")
Clifton Barnes of Cary has won a national writing award for an online post promoting high school classmate Buck Williams for inclusion in the basketball hall of fame. Writing for his CapitalSportsNC.com website, Barnes won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2022 Awards for Publication Excellence competition. Barnes, a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism and political science grad, was one of only two people across the nation to win Awards of Excellence in the Best Single Blog Post writing category. Dr. Stephanie Graff of Brown University was the other winner. Admittedly, Barnes was irked when he […]
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Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season, going deep for the New York Yankees against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. …read more
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Take a look at the weekend’s box score and there’s nothing to suggest the Washington Commanders are out of sync when it comes to utilizing a talent like Terry McLaurin. After all, the wide receiver caught six passes for 102 yards. But stats can be deceiving. …read more
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Week six of the high school football season in North Carolina kicks off on Friday night and HighSchoolOT Live presented by Breeze Thru Markets is back this season with live coverage of high school football across North Carolina. …read more
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Hurricane Ian is expected to hit Florida later this week, and while the system won’t be a hurricane when it arrives it North Carolina, the impacts of the remnants could mean changes to the high school football schedule. …read more
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who moved their football operations to South Florida to avoid Hurricane Ian, remain hopeful of being able to return home to play the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. …read more
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![By Clifton Barnes (NOTE: Barnes is a Rocky Mount Senior High classmate and former junior high football/basketball teammate of Buck Williams.) Brash. Trash talker. Controversial. Showy. A jerk. Ah, no. Competitive. Hard worker. Consistent. Team player. A winner. Yeah, that’s more like it. That’s Rocky Mount native Buck Williams. You could also say he’s overlooked, underappreciated, forgotten even. Known through much of his childhood as Charles, the Buck that came to be led the Rocky Mount Gryphons to the 1978 4A state basketball title. He took his game to the University of Maryland, where he helped lead the Terrapins to […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screenshot_20220111-135748_Acrobat-for-Samsung-490x225.jpg "Rocky Mount’s Buck Williams should be in the Hall of Fame")
![Clifton Barnes of Cary has won a national writing award for a series of online posts. Writing for his CapitalSportsNC.com website, Barnes won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2021 Awards for Publication Excellence competition. Barnes, a UNC-Chapel Hill journalism and political science grad, was one of only three people across the nation to win Awards of Excellence in the Best Series of Blog Posts writing category. The articles that propelled Barnes to win the honor dealt with UNC-Chapel Hill sports news coverage and analysis. One piece pointed out by judges was in regard to the death of UNC and Rocky Mount, N.C. […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CliftonBarnes21Apex-490x225.jpg "CapitalSportsNC.com wins 2021 national award")
