Rocky Mount junior defensive end Keeshawn Silver, who was recently rated as a 5-star prospect by ESPN, has verbally committed to Mack Brown and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Silver is a member of the 2021 recruiting class. …read more Source:: High School OT
Before she set sail for a new adventure, we sat down with longtime WRAL-TV Sports anchor Mandy Mitchell so she could tell one final story. …read more
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Kevin Harvick turned up the heat on Denny Hamlin late in the Brickyard 400. …read more
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Bryson DeChambeau pounded protein shakes and lifted iron to transform his body, adding 40 pounds of mass, and changed his game to put a premium on power. …read more
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A tire changer for NASCAR driver Ryan Blaney was taken to a hospital after being injured Sunday early in the Brickyard 400. …read more
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Dodgers pitcher David Price will not play this season because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, delaying his Los Angeles debut until next year. …read more
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Change is almost certainly coming for the Washington Redskins.
When the team announced Friday that it would conduct a “thorough review” of its name, the consensus was that owner Dan Snyder wouldn’t make such a statement without already being prepared to rename his franchise. And multiple outlets have since reported …
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Jimmie Johnson and his family took every precaution to avoid the coronavirus. …read more
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Asante Samuel wanted a debate. The former NFL cornerback tweeted, asking if someone “could please explain” why Hall of Fame and former Redskins cornerback Darrell Green was considered great. “He played 19 years and was mostly a nickel back. 54 INT’s in 19 years. Talk to me????” Samuel tweeted.
It …
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Redskins coach Ron Rivera is in favor of the franchise changing its name.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Rivera said it “would be awesome” if Washington can do it in time for the 2020 season. Rivera said him and owner Dan Snyder have been discussing the possibility …
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Matthew Wolff has been working on his mindset, trying to have a good time regardless of results to help him perform closer to his potential. …read more
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![The latest chapter of the storied series between North Carolina and Duke, while exciting, deserved a more just outcome. A few days have passed as sports fans have fumed or celebrated or just discussed the big game. Watching the game back – and reviewing the plays over and over – doesn’t change the outcome but it does give a clearer picture of what happened. When someone complains about officials’ calls, they are often bombarded with the theory that the bad calls even out in the end. When Duke traveled to North Carolina last Saturday, the calls didn’t even out and […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DukeRoyWilliams-490x225.jpg "Officials’ calls didn’t even out in Duke’s win over Carolina")
![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")
![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")
