Just how good is UNC’s Marvin Austin?

One of the great aspects of the ACC Football Kickoff at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro is you get to catch up with other sports…

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Cary Legion team falls in 11th inning; moves to loser’s bracket

Cary Post 67 defeated Cherryville Post 100, 2-1, on Saturday but fell into the loser’s bracket of the American Legion State Tournament in Asheboro after…

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Everyone can root for this linebacker

Mark Herzlich looks so normal, tells his story with such straight-forward strength, that you find the facts almost hard to believe. A year ago, Herzlich…

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UNC’s Quinn: Agents, runners all over Facebook

The issue of athletes receiving improper benefits from sports agents has spread like a rash over the country, touching schools such at Georgia, Florida, Alabama,…

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ACC’s Swofford addresses how to attack rogue agents

John Swofford, with his history as a player and later athletics director at North Carolina and now the commissioner of the ACC, has a long…

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The story behind how Bill Cowher met his wife

Kaye Cowher died Friday from skin cancer, and I can’t tell you how deeply sad that makes me feel. I remember being in Pittsburgh in…

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Make a list of the best N.C. State football players ever, and you can guarantee this – Dennis Byrd is on it. Byrd died Thursday…

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Gosh, that didn’t work out so well …

Inside Carolina, which really does some great working covering UNC, has its football preview issue out … and all you can say is, Ouch.

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Robbie Caldwell lights up SEC media days

Remember Robbie Caldwell? He was the excellent offensive line coach for N.C. State under Dick Sheridan and Mike O’Cain and moved to UNC when O’Cain…

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Duke refuses to move Alabama game, even for $2 million

Big-time college football programs often “buy out” games against smaller schools, paying them to play the game elsewhere. And so the University of Alabama approached…

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