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January 17, 2025
By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer NANTERRE, France — NANTERRE, France (AP) — The United States set two world records on the final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, winning the gold-medal count over rival Australia and easing the sting of the first loss ever in the men’s 4×100-meter medley relay. Bobby
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Scottie Scheffler delivered the best performance of his greatest year by rallying from four shots behind on Sunday with a 9-under 62 to win the Olympic gold medal in men’s golf in a thriller at Le Golf National. Already a six-time winner
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HighSchoolOT is keeping track of which North Carolina High School football players have committed to attend and play at an in-state college. It is very important for college football programs in North Carolina to get a handle on the talented high school football prospects from within the state. Are we missing a name in the
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By Scott Cacciola, New York Times Noah Lyles, the brash American with dreams of Olympic gold in Paris, rarely cedes the spotlight. He is, after all, the biggest star in what historically has been track and field’s most high-profile event, the men’s 100-meter dash. But before the Olympic final Sunday, he is also enough of
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By Kacy Hintz, Sports Anchor Canton, Ohio — Julius Peppers. A first-ballot Hall-of-Famer. The former Southern Nash and North Carolina star was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday, becoming member number 377, and the first player drafted by the Carolina Panthers to be enshrined. “All right, let’s do this” Peppers said as
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By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France — SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — There were small signs for anyone willing to look that the sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson might not quite match the person she has become. The wobbly starts. The little details. The meek exit from the Olympic trials earlier this summer after such a
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By Caroline Routh, WRAL Sports contributor Crystal Dunn is a forward on the field, and she’s an anchor both on the team and with her family. With Saturday’s match against Japan, Dunn has officially notched a 19-game starting streak in World Cup or Olympic matches. That’s the longest streak of any active field player on
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Arguably the top high school football player in North Carolina is headed to Tennessee. Faizon Brandon, a rising junior at Grimsley High School, committed to the University of Tennessee in a ceremony held at his high school on Saturday afternoon. He chose the Vols out of a top four of Alabama, LSU, NC State, and
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By Emma Harris, WRAL Sports contributor Everyone knows about gymnasts like Simone Biles or Suni Lee, but until this week, USA men’s gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik was hardly a household name. Names like “Gymnastics Clark Kent,” “Rubics Cube Guy” and “Pommel Horse Specialist” have all gone viral online for describing him in the past week. He
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By WILL GRAVES, AP National Writer PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going. Maybe. Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold of her career on Saturday in a vault final that left little doubt that even
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