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December 22, 2024
By JENNA FRYER, AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Stewart-Haas Racing will close its NASCAR teams at the end of this season. Co-owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced the decision Tuesday after nearly a year of rumors that their four-car Cup Series team was looking to sell its charters
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By Clark Gerber, WRAL Sports contributor The internet is a big place. Unless you’re 100% plugged in all the time (and let’s be clear, that is NOT recommended), you’re going to miss some stuff. Let us do that work. You can be a well-adjusted human being and still catch all the best sports moments of
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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s football program got good news on Tuesday. Fonzy Smith, a rising senior wide receiver at Fayetteville’s Trinity Christian School, verbally committed to the 49ers. He announced his choice to his X account shortly after noon. Smith is considered a 3-star prospect by Rivals and 247Sports. He is not
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Former Carolina Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell was named the president of hockey operations, general manager and alternate governor for the Columbus Blue Jackets, the franchise announced on Tuesday. The previous club president, John Davidson, will now serve as a senior advisor and alternate governor. Waddell resigned from his position with
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By The Associated Press NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Former Billie Jean King Cup captain Kathy Rinaldi and current Davis Cup captain Bob Bryan will coach the U.S. tennis players at the Paris Olympics. Jon Rydberg and John Devorss will coach the country’s teams for the sport at the Paralympics. The U.S. Tennis
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The regional final round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association girls soccer state playoffs is scheduled for Tuesday, May 28. All regional finals are played at the higher seed. Start times vary for each game, but HighSchoolOT is updating a list of start times below. To report a start time, a schedule change, or
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Watauga rising senior Kate Sears has made the HighSchoolOT all-state girls basketball team in all three of her seasons. Now, she knows where she’ll be going after her fourth high school season. Sears committed to Virginia Tech on Monday night. Sears made the all-state first team after averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and
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By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Let’s get this part out of the way: Rafael Nadal did not announce his retirement after exiting the French Open in the first round. Nothing else, though, is entirely clear about what comes next for the owner of 22 Grand Slam titles. He turns
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Throughout the spring and summer, we’ll be delivering football preview content to HSOT Insiders. Today is a look at the teams that won the most one-score games in the 2023 season. All football fans know that there is a large amount of variance over year-to-year. At the NFL level, researchers have found that teams who
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On Monday, many in the Triangle took time to remember professional golfer and Raleigh native Grayson Murray. In the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge Sunday, players and caddies sported red and black ribbons, honoring his life and his Carolina Hurricanes fandom. On Saturday, the golf world learned that Murray took his own life
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