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Two overlooked plays by Wilson were why N.C. State deserved to win

N.C. State deserved to win Saturday at North Carolina, and the reason was it made two critical plays that went largely overlooked in a game…

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Bitter pill for Carolina as wild turn of events ends with Pack victory

North Carolina outplayed N.C. State for all but about 20 seconds during which the Wolfpack scored on, of all things, a two-yard tipped Hail Mary…

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Neither Barnes nor most Heels can buy a basket in loss to Gophers

North Carolina’s freshman sensation Harrison Barnes hasn’t been very sensational lately as he hasn’t scored a field goal in three halves, including an 0 for…

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Handful of Triangle teams still in the football playoff hunt

The playoffs for high school football started last week and my prediction record was 12-1 for Triangle-area teams. Games tonight are at 7:30 p.m. In…

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Lots of players contribute for Carolina in a rout of Hofstra

North Carolina had 10 players who played 13 minutes or more in the game against Hofstra in Puerto Rico during the Tar Heels’ 107-63 victory….

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Harrow, overlooked by Lebo, is on the brink of command

When East Carolina basketball coach Jeff Lebo was on the David Glenn radio show this week, he raved about two N.C. State freshmen, Lorenzo Brown…

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Carolina might just match State’s intensity this time around

UNC coach Butch Davis said after last week’s 26-10 loss to Virginia Tech that eliminated the Tar Heels from any chance at the ACC championship…

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Calgary GM trades son to Canes after bar fight charges

One of the newest Carolina Hurricanes was involved in a bar fight recently, which may have been one reason his father, the general manager of…

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O’Brien believes finale of 2009 UNC win set the tone for this year

N.C. State players were exhuberant last season when the Wolfpack blocked North Carolina’s 38-yard field goal with 4:44 to play, but State coach Tom O’Brien…

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Cool video of Russell Wilson’s high school games

How did so many ACC schools miss on Russell Wilson? Who knows? Even the University of Virginia passed on him. Whatever you think of Chuck…

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