Category: The skinny
In Raleigh, Theismann discusses life after football’s most famous injury
The College Football Hall of Famer and Super Bowl-winning quarterback was giving a lecture entitled “The Challenge of Change” at the Cardinal community in North Hills….
UNC basketball showing interest in former West Virginia big man
North Carolina’s basketball roster-building effort continues well into the summer with James Okonkwo now on the Tar Heels’ radar. A 6-8 forward who played the last…
CapitalSportsNC.com wins national writing award in support of a friend
Clifton Barnes of Cary has won a national writing award for an online post promoting high school classmate Buck Williams for inclusion in the basketball hall…
Rocky Mount’s Buck Williams should be in the Hall of Fame
By Clifton Barnes (NOTE: Barnes is a Rocky Mount Senior High classmate and former junior high football/basketball teammate of Buck Williams.) Brash. Trash talker. Controversial. Showy….
Eddy Alvarez selected as Team USA flag bearer for the Olympic Games
Alvarez is the first athlete from the sport of baseball to carry the U.S. flag in the Opening Ceremony TOKYO – U.S. Olympic Baseball Team infielder…
Alvarez, Kivlehan homer for U.S. Olympic team in win
CARY, N.C. – The U.S. Olympic Team kicked off a three-game series against the Collegiate National Team on Sunday night, tuning up for their trip to…
Word circulates on social media that NC football great Danny Talbott has died
Danny Talbott, perhaps the best high school football player in Rocky Mount history, died early Sunday morning according to multiple social media accounts. Talbott, 75, has…
Longtime Redskins fans in North Carolina rejoicing with win over Panthers
It’s been 25 years now since the Panthers presence in Charlotte took the Redskins off TV in North Carolina. Social media took off with vigor as…
