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April 28, 2025
By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer Takeaways from the U.S. Olympic team’s 101-100 win over South Sudan in an exhibition game Saturday in London: LeBron James’ layup with 8 seconds left was the game-winner, and the win marked the 40th consecutive time that the Americans have won an international game with the NBA’s all-time scoring
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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer LeBron James saved the U.S. from what would have been a stunning loss. James’ layup with 8 seconds left was the go-ahead basket Saturday, and the U.S. Olympic team that’ll soon head to the Paris Games escaped with a 101-100 win over South Sudan in London, rallying from a
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland — TROON, Scotland (AP) — The British Open brought a final two hours of the worst weather to the world’s best players, and Billy Horschel was up for the fight. Horschel flipped his cap around to keep rain from dripping off the bill. He played in short
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By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer (Editor’s note: Fractions of a second or a slight misstep during the Olympics can alter the career, the legacy and the earning potential of athletes. The Associated Press spoke with athletes about how they prepare to avoid those disappointments and the impact of those lifechanging finishes.) ___ Mike Conley
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Clemson has added another top rising senior defensive lineman from North Carolina. After receiving a commitment from Southern Durham 4-star defensive tackle Isaiah Campbell in January, Grimsley 4-star edge rusher Bryce Davis announced his pledge to the Tigers on Saturday. Davis and Grimsley held a commitment ceremony in the high school’s auditorium. Davis, a 6-foot-3
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports NC State men’s basketball head coach Kevin Keatts met with the media on Thursday morning for the first time in a long time. “It feels like it’s been six months,” he said as he sat down. It was a time of reflection on the team’s run to the Final Four
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association is set to realign its member schools into new classifications and new conferences for the 2025 school year. This upcoming realignment will be one of the most influential in the history of the association. As a result of a successful bylaw vote by the NCHSAA board to limit classifications
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Randy Woodson cast the decisive vote in September that approved that stretched the Atlantic Coast Conference’s geographic bounds to the Pacific and swelled its membership to 18 teams. The NC State chancellor — who took over in Raleigh in 2010 when the ACC had a mere 12 teams — announced Thursday
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports It’s nearly 8 a.m. in a hot Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center on NC State’s campus. Former Wolfpack swimmers Bartosz Piszczorowicz and Kacper Stokowski have been in the cool pool for a while. “We always motivate each other, every day we drive to practice every day, we make breakfast every
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland — TROON, Scotland (AP) — So much for the British Open being one last stand for Rory McIlroy in the majors this year. His best hope now is getting beyond one more day. And he has company from U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau. The protagonists from Pinehurst
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