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Horse with a North Carolina connection wins Preakness

Shackleford, a horse named after Shackleford Banks near Beaufort, NC, defeated favorite Animal Kingdom for the Preakness title Saturday. Shackleford beat the Kentucky Derby winner…

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No. 13 Carolina completes sweep of No. 1 Virginia

No. 13 North Carolina capped off a three-game series sweep of top-ranked Virginia (44-12, 22-8 ACC) as the Tar Heels (44-12, 20-10 ACC) used a…

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Cavs drop first series of season; Heels go for sweep

Freshman left-hander Kent Emanuel withstood the test from No. 1 Virginia (45-8, 22-7 ACC) Friday night and No. 13 Carolina (43-12, 19-10 ACC) picked up…

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Carolina defeats No. 1 Virginia in pitchers’ duel

As was expected a pitcher’s duel broke out Thursday evening at Boshamer Stadium as No. 1 Virginia’s (45-7, 22-6 ACC) Cody Winiarski and North Carolina’s…

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Former UNC player leads U.S. women’s soccer over Japan in Cary

Playing at Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park, former UNC player Heather O’Reilly scored a goal and assisted on another as the United States’ women’s soccer team…

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Skinner named Sporting News Rookie-of-the-Year

People scoffed when I played up the importance to the Carolina Hurricanes of 18-year-old rookie Jeff Skinner. Today, Skinner, who was the youngest player to…

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13th Annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchups announced

The 13th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods on Nov. 29-30 will be highlighted by Duke at Ohio State and Wisconsin at…

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Getting home field edge doesn’t always work out – Ask UNC lacrosse

No. 9 ranked North Carolina got the No. 8 seed in the NCAA tournament and thus got to play its first round game at home….

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State’s Leslie caught up in our politically correct society

N.C. State’s C.J. Leslie has been forced to apologize for a comment he tweeted where he said he’d rather not have a gay person in…

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First three UNC football games to be televised

North Carolina’s first three football games will be televised this season, including a 3:30 p.m. ESPNU matchup against Virginia on Sept. 17 in the third…

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