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April 25, 2025
By Brian Murphy, WRAL News The proposed $2.8 billion settlement — between the NCAA, top revenue-generating conferences such as the ACC and the plaintiffs in three antitrust lawsuits — will allow universities, for the first time, to directly pay athletes, upending decades of NCAA devotion to its definition of amateurism. The settlement allows athletes to
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Duke softball used a two-run fifth inning to get its first win of the Columbia super regional against the Missouri Tigers on Friday. The Blue Devils now lead the best-of-three series 1-0 and are a win away from the first Women’s College World Series in program history. The start was
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By Ryan Bisesi and Brian Murphy, WRAL Raleigh, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes president and general manager Don Waddell resigned from the organization Friday, ending a 10-year tenure that saw the franchise rise to a consistent playoff contender and secure Raleigh as a strong hockey market. Waddell, 65, had been granted permission by the team to
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Appalachian State University’s football program has landed a big in-state commitment for the class of 2025. Max Guest, from A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, announced his pledge to the Mountaineers in a post to his X account on Thursday night. The Mountaineers became the first program to offer Guest in September of 2022. He
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South Brunswick High School has promoted baseball coach Christopher Sotriffer to its athletic director position. Assistant principal James Woods previously led the athletic department for the Cougars. The school announced the promotion on social media on Friday. Sotriffer has spent the past 19 years as a teacher and a coach. He started his coaching career
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After a long search, South Brunswick High School has landed its next head football coach. Daniel Yow has been picked to lead the most southeastern high school football program in North Carolina. Yow is stepping in for Rocky Lewis, who departed Southport after eight seasons leading the program. Lewis is now at Fike High School
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They’re back. Earning the right to defend a title is one of the toughest tasks in high school sports. To do it in a sport as unpredictable as high school baseball? Even more impressive. T.C. Roberson won big on Tuesday night, and survived 3-1 on Thursday at Charlotte Catholic to secure its second straight 4A
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Two years ago, South Central knocked on the door of an eastern regional championship. This year, they kicked the door down with authority. After a historic 17-1 victory in Fayetteville on Tuesday night, the Falcons returned home and completed a sweep of Terry Sanford with a 6-2 victory. Next weekend, the program will be playing
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This spring, the state’s toughest softball gauntlet went through the 4A west region. Weddington aced the test. The Warriors left no doubt on Thursday night when they took down Northwest Guilford 10-3 to complete a two-game sweep of the western regional championship series. Game one was a nail-biting 1-0 victory. Six runs in the fourth
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Duke and Kansas, the two winningest men’s basketball programs in the nation since the 1997-98 season, will meet in November. The teams are set to play Nov. 26 in the Vegas Showdown at T-Mobile Arena on ESPN, the network announced Thursday. The Blue Devils and the Jayhawks have played each
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