Author: Cliff Barnes

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Big home matchups for UNC and State women’s soccer teams

If you haven’t been out to a women’s soccer match this season, Thursday night or Saturday afternoon would be a good time to go. No….

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UNC’s Yates goes from interception machine to completion machine

North Carolina senior quarterback T.J. Yates has the lowest interception percentage in the country at .063. Last year there were only three games in which…

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Shannon says Miami will be angry this Saturday at Duke

Miami comes into Duke’s Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday after a lackluster loss at home to Florida State. “They will be angry,” Coach Randy Shannon said…

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Poll indicates not much interest in attending Hurricanes games

Even though Capital Sports is getting 100-plus unique visitors to its site each day, only a handful of people were interested in responding to this…

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Banks a hit with Redskins; Devin Thomas released, picked up by Panthers

Garner native Brandon Banks seems to have a solid hold on punt return duties for the Washington Redskins and is getting more chances on kickoff…

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Skinther fans may be tilting back to burgundy and gold

When the Panthers franchise moved into Charlotte in 1995, a Raleigh-Durham radio station had an event where you could bring in your old Redskins t-shirt…

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Wolfpack, Heels on a collision course

Yes, it’s still six weeks away and NC State has big games ahead with ECU, Florida State and Clemson while North Carolina has big games…

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UNC investigations getting old; overshadowing NC teams accomplishments

N.C. State’s offense looked powerful in a shellacking of Boston College, Coach Tom O’Brien’s first win over his former team. Johnny White’s runs and UNC’s…

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Ward stops, Skinner shootout goal helps Canes leave Finland with four points

Cam Ward stopped three shots in an overtime shootout and 18-year-old rookie Jeff Skinner scored the lone shootout goal as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the…

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Consider attending one of these 10 area high school football games

Here are 10 football games that are within driving distance in the Triangle area. In bold is the predicted winner. Most games are at 7:30…

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