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April 26, 2025
By WILL GRAVES, AP National Writer MINNEAPOLIS — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fred Richard envisioned this long ago. All of it. The confetti. The flashing lights. The adrenaline rush of hearing his name called as an Olympian. The charismatic 20-year-old who has made it his life’s mission to make men’s gymnastics relevant in the United States
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports The 2024 NHL Draft has come to an end for the Carolina Hurricanes. 10 players, three trades and the hockey offseason is truly underway. Three times when Carolina was on the clock, the Hurricanes traded picks. It started with Friday night, when the Hurricanes traded pick No. 27 to the
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Duke landed an in-state commitment from a quarterback that it offered not too long ago. Wake Forest High School passer Kavon Simmons announced his choice to attend the university on his X account on Friday. The rising senior’s pledge came five days after the offer came from the Blue Devils. Duke’s verbal offer came on
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BERMUDA RUN, N.C. — The RISE Indoor Sports complex in Bermuda Run hosts the N.C. Basketball Coaches Association live periods, where college coaches can view a number of prospective players in one high school setting in June. This year, HighSchoolOT swung by to talk to some of the top players at the latter sessions on
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports The Carolina Hurricanes are making moves to start the NHL Draft. Instead of using its first-round pick at No. 27, the Hurricanes traded it to the Chicago Blackhawks for two second round picks on Saturday – No. 34 and No. 50. The 2024 NHL Draft started on Friday with round
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The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs clubbed three homers en route to a 9-3 victory over the Durham Bulls on Friday night at the DBAP. Former Bulls outfielders Cal Stevenson and Ruben Cardenas each hit homers for the Iron Pigs (2-2), staking starter Mick Abel (W, 2-7) to a 6-2 lead after five innings. Jeffrey Springs
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ZEBULON, N.C. – The Carolina Mudcats erased a two-run deficit in the middle innings to beat the Lynchburg Hillcats 5-2 on Friday night at Five County Stadium. Carolina (45-27 overall, 4-3 second half) trailed 2-0 entering the sixth inning but was able to use timely hitting to square the score. Cooper Pratt doubled down the
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — North Carolina FC fell to the Charleston Battery, 5-2, Friday night at Patriots Point. North Carolina is now 4-6-6 on the season for 18 points from 16 fixtures. Evan Conway had a goal and assist to lead the NCFC attack. A hot start saw the visitors take two first half goals into
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Weddington High School rising senior defensive lineman Trajen Odom committed to Ohio State University on Friday. He committed to the Buckeyes on his social media accounts. Odom transferred to Weddington after spending the first three years of his high school career at Panther Creek High in Cary. He committed to Ohio State out of a
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By WRAL Staff Legendary ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced Friday he has cancer again. Vitale, 85, posted to the social media platform X about his diagnosis. “My report on the biopsy of the lymph node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous,” Vitale wrote. Vitale said he would have surgery on
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