Author: Cliff Barnes

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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 to…

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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 fourth-down…

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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 p.m….

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Not a good stretch for Carolina fans: Rameses’ owner dies

Carolina football wins a couple of games and Dick Baddour indicates that the investigation into wrongdoing might be coming to a close. Just when things start…

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UNC’s Graves dismissed from basketball team

NEWS RELEASE – Fifth-year senior forward Will Graves has been dismissed from the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team for failure to comply with team…

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Having starting safeties back helps special teams, UNC’s Davis says

Special teams might see the biggest boost from the return of safeties Da’Norris Searcy, who was cleared to play last week, and senior Deunta Williams, who…

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UNC grad honored for work as CEO of U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

The leader of the agency that polices doping by Olympic athletes have been honored by the University of North Carolina General Alumni Association with a Distinguished…

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Panthers should have stolen a victory in New Orleans

Ok, so the Carolina Panthers aren’t very good this year but they really had a chance to steal one in New Orleans… and they should have….

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