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April 25, 2025
By Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer The Cleveland Cavaliers signed N.C. State Wolfpack center DJ Burns as a free agent after he went undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft. The Wolfpack center averaged 12.9 points per game with the Wolfpack in 2024 and 4 rebounds per game. According to the NC State Athletics, Burns is
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Grimsley High School’s 5-star quarterback Faizon Brandon is zeroing in on his college choice a year ahead of time. The rising junior is has decided to commit to a college on Aug. 3. He revealed the final four schools that he is considering on his social media. The schools are Alabama, LSU, NC State, and
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service. The jury awarded $4.7 billion in damages to the residential class and $96 million in
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports The San Antonio Spurs selected North Carolina’s Harrison Ingram with the 48th pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday. Ingram is the first North Carolina player selected in this year’s draft. The 21-year-old is listed at 6-foot-5, 235 pounds. Ingram transferred to North Carolina this past season, playing in 37
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The Utah Jazz selected Duke big man Kyle Filipowski with the 32nd pick of the 2024 NBA Draft. Filipowski was the second Duke player selected in this year’s draft The Philadelphia 76ers selected his Duke teammate Jared McCain with the 16th overall pick. The 20-year-old is listed at
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Philip Isley, chairman of the Centennial Authority, choked up as he tried to put the events of the day into perspective. The board, which owns PNC Arena, had just voted Thursday to approve a 20-year lease extension and an 80-acre development agreement with the Carolina Hurricanes, a pair of deals expected
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Dudley High School junior Le’Ezra Brown was named the Gatorade North Carolina Boys Track & Field Player of the Year on Thursday. Brown, who stands at 6-foot-1 and 170 pounds, is a hurdler and sprinter at Dudley who has won multiple state championships and is a nation champion hurdler. At the N.C. High School Athletic
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The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT boys lacrosse all-state team features 31 athletes making an appearance on the team for at least the second time, led by the lone first four-time all-state selection: Cannon School’s Brevin Wilson. There is a 20-player first, second, and third team, each with at least two goalies, three defenders, two long-stick midfielders, three
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Robert Dillingham’s next stop? The Land of 10,000 Lakes. The 6-foot-1 guard was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs with the eighth overall pick on Wednesday night in the 2024 NBA Draft. Dillingham is originally from Hickory but never played for an association school in North Carolina. He played for three different teams in high
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Risk minimization – particularly as it relates to lost equipment during play, proper wearing of the helmet and appropriate instances for checking an opponent’s crosse – was the focus of the rules changes forwarded by the NFHS Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee for the 2025 season. These topic areas headlined the eight total rules changes recommended
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