Bulls’ Dan Johnson wins Triple-A Home Run Derby
Durham Bulls’ Dan Johnson hit 25 home runs to edge Lehigh Valley’s Andy Tracy in the Triple-A Home Run Derby competition Monday night at Lehigh…
Steinbrenner, UNC supporter, dead at age 80
The News & Observer today appropriately pointed out the connections that Yankees owner George Steinbrenner had with UNC-Chapel Hill. Steinbrenner died this morning of a…
Former Duke baseball coach D’Armi dies at age 75
DUKE ATHLETICS NEWS RELEASE – Tom D’Armi, a fixture around Duke University athletics for nearly three decades, died Saturday in Wilson, N.C., at the age…
Duke keeps adding Plumlees, needs them to produce
Duke is adding yet another Plumlee, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times, and no ACC team has ever had three brothers on the roster at the…
Vick misses Raleigh camp as probation officials contain him
An Associated Press article in the News & Observer today told readers that Eagles QB Michael Vick was a no-show for a football camp in…
QB Marquise Williams announces for UNC
Marquise Williams, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback from Charlotte, announced Saturday afternoon that he has decided to attend the University of North Carolina. It came down…
LeBron James makes big news but we should be more interested in his Skills Academy
LeBron James made national news with his announcement last night that he will take his talents, as he puts it, from Cleveland to South Beach,…
ESPN and ACC reach exclusive 12-year agreement
FROM ACC NEWS RELEASE – ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) have reached a 12-year agreement for exclusive rights to every conference-controlled football and…
Veteran Corvo back with Hurricanes, back in Raleigh permanently
Joe Corvo, who was traded to Washington late last season, is back with the Carolina Hurricanes, adding experience to a team that has gotten significantly…
Dean Smith’s memory fading, Fayetteville Observer reports
The most poignant article of the weekend came from Dan Wiederer of the Fayetteville Observer, who wrote about the decline in health of former North…
