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April 19, 2025
MYRTLE GROVE, N.C. – Monday evening was another day at the office for Corinth Holders lefty Briggs McKenzie. It was also another day at the office for the more than two dozen area scouts who have followed him throughout his masterful senior campaign. The LSU recruit tossed a five-inning no-hitter against No. 20 Southwest Guilford.
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By WRAL Sports After leaving a lasting impact on women’s college basketball in the Triangle, local players are seeing their WNBA dreams come true. NC State’s do-it-all senior Saniya Rivers was drafted No. 8 overall to the Connecticut Sun in the first round. Rivers, from Wilmington, NC, transferred to the Wolfpack after spending her freshman
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man was arrested near UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters in Minnesota after threatening violence, months after the company’s CEO was killed, authorities said Monday. The man was spotted around 11 a.m. in a parking lot outside of the UnitedHealthcare corporate campus in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. City spokesman Andy Wittenborg said the man
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In the month of April, HSOT Insiders will receive daily articles to preview the 2025 high school football season in North Carolina. Today, we have a breakdown of the 8A N.C. High School Athletic Association returning defensive playmakers. We don’t cover returning tackle leaders, since teams have very different definitions of what constitutes a tackle
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North Carolina Senate Republicans plan to increase the amount of tax revenue that flows to athletic departments at UNC System schools, add UNC and NC State to that distribution and double the tax rate on sports betting operators as part of its budget proposal. The budget would also mandate that UNC and NC State play
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the witness stand on the first day of a historic antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations it illegally monopolized the social media market. The trial could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups Meta bought more than a decade ago
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By Pat Welter & Chris Lea, WRAL Sports Bryson DeChambeau called his blast from the 18th bunker on Pinehurst No. 2 the “shot of his life” after winning the 2024 US Open. That shot now holds a forever place in Pinehurst lore. “Well, I don’t get a statue,” DeChambeau joked, referring to his idol Payne
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL JJ Jones (5) North Carolina Tar Heels. North Carolina hosts Campbell University for an in-state out of conference match up. The Tar Heels regained their mojo with a 59 to 7 victory. PHOTO BY: Chris Baird.Web Editor: Joseph Ochoa Three former Duke football players and one former UNC football player are
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MYRTLE GROVE, N.C. – Weeks ahead of its pursuit of a third consecutive state championship series berth, Burns took care of business quickly to open the Wilmington Baseball Classic. Marshall McGowan and Max Davis homered in a 2023 regional championship series rematch against Morehead to win 14-4. The three-day event, which pits top teams from
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion budget gap in the state’s Medicaid services and ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including immigrants, who receive health care via the program. The legislation is part of the state’s solution to solve the $6.2 billion hole
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