The Capital Sports Report

East Wake holds midnight madness overnight Friday

East Wake’s football team had an intersquad scrimmage during practice at midnight madness on Friday. …read more Source:: High School OT

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HSOT Round Table: New football season kicks off

The HighSchoolOT Round Table crew is back for another high school football season. This week they look at favorites in area conferences. …read more Source::…

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College basketball: Campbell opens European tour with win

With freshman guard Chris Clemons and senior forward D.J. Mason scoring 17 points apiece, the Campbell men’s basketball team began its European exhibition tour with…

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Dennis Smith Jr. has surgery on injured left knee

Point guard Dennis Smith Jr., a rising senior at Fayetteville’s Trinity Christian School and one of the top Class of 2016 basketball recruits in the…

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UNC cornerback Malik Simmons suspended for first two games

North Carolina will be without one of its projected starters at cornerback when it opens the 2015 season on September 3 against South Carolina in…

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Charles Tillman brings ‘Peanut punch’ with him to Carolina

Cornerback Charles “Peanut” Tillman has never seen a football he doesn’t think he can pry loose from a ball carrier. …read more Source:: WRAL

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Photos: Garner gets after it on first day of hitting

Garner’s football team had a spirited practice on Friday – the first day the team was permitted to hit. …read more Source:: High School OT

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Do what? Softball batter hits home run with backward swing

Renaud Lefort, one of the four people on Montreal’s “legendary humorous softball team” Les 4 Chevaliers, is trying his best to become legendary on YouTube…

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NASCAR icon Richard Petty receives Argetsinger Award

Richard Petty, the winningest driver in NASCAR history, was honored Thursday night with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for outstanding contributions to motorsports. …read more…

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