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April 3, 2025
By JAY COHEN, AP Sports Writer CHICAGO — CHICAGO (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have one game left on their schedule, and their playoff position is still undecided. In the meantime, they are closing strong. Seth Jarvis collected two goals and an assist in the third period, and Carolina beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on
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By Pat Welter Silence. That’s the sound inside the visiting locker room at Farmville Central High School. It’s March 9, 2024 and the Northwood High School basketball team has just lost in the NCHSAA 2A East Final 77-70. Eyes face the floor, towels are over heads, several players are crying. “Fellas I know it’s hurting
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas — FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chase Elliott had to get through a few extra laps after 18 months since last winning a race. Elliott pulled ahead and cleared Ross Chastain on the first lap after the second restart in overtime Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway,
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had no doubts about this Masters, and neither did anyone watching. He pulled ahead with magnificent shots Sunday around the turn and poured it on along the back nine at Augusta National for a 4-under 68 to claim his second green jacket in
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New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. Politicians have long come up with creative ways to battle the rodents, but some lawmakers are now proposing city and statewide
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Asheville High School rising senior defensive back Kareem Williams committed to play at Coastal Carolina University on Saturday afternoon. He is the first class of 2025 prospect from North Carolina to commit to the South Carolina school. Williams also had an offer from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Gardner-Webb University in Boiling
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports The Savannah Bananas played most of its baseball games this weekend at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, but spent Saturday morning across the street at the Miracle League of the Triangle’s Durham field, alongside a group of the Miracle League’s best players. “I had a sweet little girl named Anna
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports North Carolina Central football spent Saturday afternoon with a classic spring game – four quarters, running clock, two teams scrimmaging. It’s an easy format to follow. One thing that’s not easy, is following up the team’s recent success. 10 wins in 2022 and an HBCU National Championship, 9 wins in
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Five days after de-committing from Appalachian State University, Williams High School rising senior quarterback Dan Mahan announced his decision to attend Duke University. Mahan made the announcement on his X account on Saturday. Mahan originally pledged to the Mountaineers in November. He is the first in-state commitment for Duke for the class of 2025. The
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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — With each passing week, you could argue Union Pines’ girls lacrosse program continues to top its previous “biggest win in school history” with another. At the rate they’re going, they might have a few more still left. The Vikings took down the reigning 1A/2A/3A state champs on Saturday, defeating Croatan 15-5
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