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April 29, 2025
By Brett Knese, WRAL reporter Cleveland — On Friday night, the NC State Wolfpack women’s basketball team tips off in their national semifinal game against unbeaten South Carolina. A primary storyline revolves around Saniya Rivers, played for South Carolina and head coach Dawn Staley in 2022 when the Gamecocks won the national championship. Rivers has
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By Eduardo Medina, New York Times Raleigh, N.C. — For decades, Sammy’s Tap & Grill, a sports bar for fans of North Carolina State University, had a glaring problem: The school’s basketball teams did not win all that much. David Harris, one of the owners, would concoct creative specials in hopes of drawing customers on
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By The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — North Carolina State big man DJ Burns sees himself as a center on the basketball court, not a pulling guard on the football field. His interest in playing football when the season is over: “Zero,” he said Thursday. The 6-foot-9, 275-pounder’s road to the Final Four included reports
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By Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter Raleigh, N.C. — Historically, NC State men’s basketball team is no stranger to mystique, drama and intrigue. No one has a better idea of that than Wolfpack legend Dereck Whittenburg. Whittenburg appreciates a good story as much as anyone. But even he is having trouble believing what’s unfolded for Wolfpack
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A stretch of Hillsborough Street will be closed near NC State University on Saturday during the men’s basketball team’s Final Four game. A special event permit indicated the street will be closed between Brooks Avenue and Oberlin Road for a block party between 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. on Sunday. The celebration will happen
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We’ve now been through three months without high school football in North Carolina. Today, there’s only four months between now and when games start. Throughout the month of April, we’ll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day. First up, let’s take a look at the four defending N.C. High
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We’ve now been through three months without high school football in North Carolina. Today, there’s only four months between now and when games start. Throughout the month of April, we’ll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day. First up, let’s take a look at the four defending N.C. High
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Often, Eastertime baseball tournaments are a war of attrition as teams lose pitching with each passing day of competition and the pitch count limitations lead to slugfests. Even an undefeated team is making quite the statement if it can pull off an Eastertime championship. No. 16 R-S Central made such a statement on Wednesday, blanking
READ MOREOne of the state’s most star-studded spring break tournament fields saw Ledford and T.C. Roberson both came from behind to escape the winners bracket. Weather permitting, the Panthers and Rams will square off in Wednesday’s Cougar Diamond Classic title game at South Brunswick. Ledford 4, Davie County 3 The Panthers held off the War Eagles
READ MOREThe inaugural HighSchoolOT girls wrestling all-state team is here. The first-of-its-kind team has a first team and a second team with two wrestlers per weight class, then 12 honorable mention wrestlers regardless of weight class. Since only the N.C. High School Athletic Association sanctions girls wrestling and has only one open classification, the top two
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