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May 9, 2025
Durham, N.C. — Two Duke basketball stars have declared for the NBA Draft. Jared McCain and Kyle Filipowski made their decisions known on Friday. McCain posted a tribute video on X, adding “Thank you Duke.” “Words cannot describe the gratitude I have for Coach [Jon] Scheyer,” McCain said in the video. “I’m forever grateful for
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A five-run eighth inning lifted the Durham Bulls past the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs 10-6 on a soggy Thursday night at Coca Cola Park. Trailing 6-5, Dominic Smith drew a four-pitch walk from Taylor Lehman to lead off the inning before Jackson punished a 3-2 pitch for a 426-foot home run to hand Durham (5-7)
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau was the mad scientist who calculated barometric pressure and the decay of spin rate in altitude when trying to figure out how to best play the game. Then he became the incredible bulk, adding 40 pounds of muscle and mass
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On Thursday, the new Ballantyne Ridge High School made it official: Chris Redding will be the school’s first head football coach. Redding stepped down from his previous role as the head coach at Berry Academy in January to align himself for the Ballantyne job. The new school will open up with a varsity team this
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Guard Tyrese Proctor is due to return to Duke for the 2024-25 season, according to basketball insider Adam Zagoria. In the 2023-24 season, the 6-foot-5 guard averaged 10.5 points, 3.7 assists and 3.0 rebounds for the Blue Devils. Kyle Filipowski, Jared McCain and Jeremy Roach have decisions to
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O.J. Simpson, who ran to fame on the football field, made fortunes as an all-American in movies, television and advertising, and was acquitted of killing his former wife and her friend in a 1995 trial in Los Angeles that mesmerized the nation, died Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 76. The cause
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association has released the standings for the Wells Fargo State Cup following the winter sports season. Mount Airy (1A), Seaforth (2A), Croatan (3A), and Marvin Ridge (4A) lead the standings in their respective classifications. The Wells Fargo State Cup recognizes the best overall athletic programs at high schools in North
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Throughout the month of April, we’ll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day. Today is a look at the top statistically returning passers in the 2A classification in a number of different categories that you usually don’t see, as bulk totals can be deceiving at times. We have four
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Raleigh, N.C. — A celebration for the NC State men’s and women’s basketball teams will be held on Monday, April 15. The teams will be honored at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Belltower along Hillsborough Street in a joint effort between the university and the City of Raleigh. Both teams reached the Final Four, igniting
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Two years ago, our nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Title IX, which played a significant role in opening doors for girls’ participation opportunities in sports. Throughout the 2021-22 year, the NFHS led the way in promoting the accomplishments and growth of girls sports at the high school level. From a meager 294,000 participants in
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