Kon Knueppel shined as a scorer, Cooper Flagg contributed in a variety of ways and Duke basketball started its season with a 96-62 rout of Maine at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Knueppel and Flagg, the headliners among the Blue Devils’ 10 newcomers, were the stars in the 2024-25 opener. Going back to 1982, Duke has won 43 consecutive home openers. Please click here for more.
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Banner night for Wolfpack: 3 takeaways from NC State’s dominant win over USC Upstate
Despite mistakes, N.C. State looked like it has the makings of another NCAA Tournament team. Four players finished in double figures, Ben Middlebrooks notched a 10-point and 10-rebound double-double and graduate student Michael O’Connell provided six assists. Please click here for more.
UNC Basketball Recruiting Prize Coming to Nearby Showcase
One 2025 UNC basketball pledge and a few Tar Heel targets are slated to battle in the John Wall Holiday Invitational at Raleigh’s Broughton High School, Dec. 26-30. Please click here for more.
3 Takeaways From Hurricanes’ 4-2 Win Over the Capitals
The Hurricanes came out flying against the Capitals, and coasted to a 4-2 win that was really only a close game thanks to the heroics of Charlie Lindgren in the Capitals crease. The ‘Canes imposed their will and played their up-tempo, high paced style. Here are a few takeaways from the game, please click here.
Canes’ Necas Named NHL’s Second Star Of The Week
The National Hockey League today announced that Carolina Hurricanes forward Martin Necas has been named the NHL’s “Second Star” for the week ending Nov. 3. Necas, 25, posted nine points (3g, 6a) in three games from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, tying for the lead among all NHL skaters in points for the week. Please click here for more.
College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill
Winning at big-time college sports has never been free, but in a rapidly changing era in which players are allowed to earn money and be paid by their own schools, it has never been clearer that fans will be picking up a bigger part of the tab. Nels Popp, a University of North Carolina sports-business professor, weighs in. Please click here for more.
Tar Heel women Cruise to Opening Win over Charleston Southern
North Carolina women’s basketball took off in the second half Monday to defeat Charleston Southern in the first game of the year, 83-53. UNC is now 11-0 against CSU and has won its past seven season openers. Please click here for more.
Casey Morsell set to broadcast Wolfpack basketball Opener
NC State basketball tips off its 2024-25 season against the visiting USC Upstate Spartans in the Lenovo Center at 7 p.m. ET Monday (ACC Network Extra). And Wolfpack enthusiasts who tune in should recognize one of the names on the broadcast team. Please click here for more.
UNC basketball again looks to check the ‘boxes’ for success as a new season begins
UNC coach Hubert Davis could learn considerably more about his team in the span of five days. The Tar Heels, ranked No. 9 in the preseason, open the 2024-25 season at home Monday against Elon, then go to Kansas to face the No. 1 Jayhawks in the basketball cauldron that is Allen Fieldhouse on Friday. Please click here for more.
NFL insider demands Panthers continue starting Bryce Young after win vs. Saints
Bryce Young got to kneel out a win for the first time in his NFL career. The second-year quarterback returned from the bench to lead the Carolina Panthers to a win in his second start back, but the coaching staff hasn’t cemented him as the starter. One NFL insider believes they have to do that moving forward. Please click here for more.