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Duke’s Crowder, UNC’s Logan honored with weekly ACC honors

Boston College running back Andre Williams and Pittsburgh defensive tackle Aaron Donald lead a group of nine Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week…

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McCormack, former Panthers president and Redskins assistant coach, dies at 83

Mike McCormack, who played an instrumental role in the expansion process for the Carolina Panthers and later became the team’s first president, died early Friday…

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Hurricanes’ Pitkanen to miss entire season

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joni Pitkanen will miss the entire 2013-14 season. Pitkanen, 29, suffered a broken left calcaneus (heel) bone on April 2 against Washington,…

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Area high school football games, predictions for Week 3

Some good games among the 12 local contests today – Friday, Sept. 6 – including Ravenscroft traveling to rival Cardinal Gibbons and Cary playing at…

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Bulls open up 2-0 as they survive late Indy rally

The Durham Bulls put the Indianapolis Indians on the brink of elimination with a 6-5 win Thursday night at the DBAP. J.D. Martin cruised early…

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Special Military Appreciation events planned for NC State-Richmond game

Saturday’s game against Richmond will mark NC State’s annual “Military Appreciation” game at Carter-Finley Stadium. This event has become a favorite for the Wolfpack faithful,…

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NC State football tickets average selling for $118

Forbes magazine has come up with its own top 25 and NC State made the list at No. 22 – for having the highest “secondary…

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ECU’s Lewis a long shot to make the Redskins roster

Washington Redskins beat reporter Mike Jones of the Washington Post isn’t giving ECU product Lance Lewis much of a chance to make the 53-man roster….

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UNC does the right thing in suspending Hairston

This statement has been released by the UNC Sports Information Department. “University of North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams has suspended P.J. Hairston from…

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Getting to know Syracuse at ACC Football Kickoff

Clemson is no longer the only orange walking through the halls of the Grandover Hotel in Greensboro as part of the annual ACC Football Kickoff…

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