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April 2, 2025
By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer The Savannah Bananas are taking their baseball hijinks to the gridiron in 2025. Team owner Jesse Cole said his barnstorming squad, which has packed stadiums around the country with its rollicking, freewheeling version of the national pastime known as Banana Ball, will play at Clemson’s 81,000-seat Memorial Stadium on
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Here are my predicted winners of each game of week seven of the 2024 North Carolina high school football season. Feedback is welcome at my X account: @JoelBryantHSOT. I’d be happy to explain any of these picks there! I’ll keep a tally of my correct and incorrect picks for next week’s version of this article,
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By The Associated Press Duke Blue Devils Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ACC Network | Saturday, October 5th 8:00 PM EDT Duke is looking to stay unbeaten when the Blue Devils visit Georgia Tech on Saturday night. Duke is 5-0 for the program’s best start since winning the first seven games of the 1994 season. The
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By The Associated Press Wake Forest Demon Deacons NC State Wolfpack CW | Saturday, October 5th 12:00 PM EDT Rivals NC State and Wake Forest meet Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh with both teams seeking their first conference victories. NC State is coming off a home win against Louisiana Tech in an effort led
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By The Associated Press Pittsburgh Panthers North Carolina Tar Heels ESPN2 | Saturday, October 5th 12:00 PM EDT North Carolina is trying to regroup after losing to James Madison and then blowing a big lead in a loss to rival Duke. Pittsburgh is chasing their first 5-0 start since 1991 as they open Atlantic Coast
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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Entering Monday, no NFL team has allowed more points than the Carolina Panthers this season. And things may get worse before they get better. Shaq Thompson will miss the remainder of the season with a torn Achilles tendon and fellow linebacker Josey Jewell will be
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By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter Raleigh, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes played a Wednesday night preseason game at a sold-out crowd at the Lenovo Center to help aid victims of Hurricane Helene. The team announced two days earlier that tickets for Wednesday’s game would be the Hurricane Relief Game. According to Doug Warf, president of
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The key to the best start in school history for Wakefield’s boys soccer team, ironically, was finishing. On Wednesday night, the No. 25 Wolverines had dominated possession and had better scoring chances than visiting No. 5 Heritage, yet it was the Huskies who had scored first and the two sides were deadlocked
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Wake County saw minimal effects from Hurricane Helene last week, but that doesn’t mean schools in the state’s largest district aren’t interested in helping those affected by the storm in western North Carolina. One high school student in Raleigh took it upon herself to organize a donation drive that now involves about half of the
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Raleigh’s Lenovo Center will host Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games during the 2028 men’s basketball NCAA Tournament, the NCAA announced Wednesday. Raleigh is scheduled to host first- and second-round games in the 2025 tournament. Raleigh will host the 2028 East Regional on March 23 and 25. The team that wins
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