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World Cup: America’s team reflects America’s attitude

Brian Abernethy is blogging on the World Cup for the Capital Sports Report Rising from relative obscurity to the international soccer limelight in just a…

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Despite rumors, the Terps aren’t leaving the ACC

One of the persistent rumors out there is that the Big Ten wants to add Maryland. But frankly, this isn’t going to happen. First of…

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Pack’s Irving wants to return to the hunt

N.C. State linebacker Nate Irving is almost 100 percent, he told WRAL’s Jason Jennings, and he can’t wait to return to the field. Interesting note…

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Nebraska move will change college landscape

The college landscape could change quickly, and soon. The Omaha, Neb., paper is reporting Nebraska is moving to the Big Ten, which delivers a huge…

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Pack’s Wilson would be wise to turn to baseball

The Colorado Rockies made Russell Wilson a fourth-round pick Tuesday, and as hard as it might be for Wolfpack fans to accept, the wise decision…

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One Carolina Tar Heel out in DC, one Carolina Panther takes his place

Former UNC player Ethan Albright, 39, may have played his last game as a long snapper in the NFL, just two years after making the…

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High picks continue for the Triangle, UNC

It wasn’t long ago when high picks in the baseball draft were rare in this area, but that’s not the case now. The University of…

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Watching expansion go by

The ACC finds itself in a far different position today than seven years ago when the league was at the forefront of the latest expansion…

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Would you forego your senior year in high school? UNC recruit McAdoo just might

UNC basketball recruit James McAdoo, 17, could finish high school a year early with summer classes and thus join the Tar Heels a year early….

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Lessons from John Wooden

John Wooden’s phone number is still listed, and you can easily find it on whitepages.com. In an age where sports figures are increasingly remote, the…

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