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April 27, 2025
By JOSH DUBOW, AP Pro Football Writer NFL owners were busy this week, approving a series of rule changes that address player safety, overhaul the kickoff and expand the use of instant replay. While the changes were all overwhelmingly approved they don’t come without some level of controversy, with many players opposing the ban on
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A number of teams in last week’s HSOT Statewide Top 25 rankings for baseball, so there are eight new teams in this week’s edition. The new entrants are: Leesville Road, Currituck County, Wakefield, Marvin Ridge, R-S Central, East Forsyth, South Central, and North Lenoir. Rankings reminders: Rankings are updated weekly and released on Monday All
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer North Carolina Tar Heels guard RJ Davis is among four players who are finalists for the 2024 Naismith Men’s College Basketball Player of the Year award. Davis is joined by Purdue center Zach Edey, Tennessee fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht and Houston senior guard Jamal Shead. The winner will
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Three home runs, and a five-run fourth helped No. 15 Marvin Ridge quickly dispatch of Cuthbertson via run rule. Ella Tracy went 2-for-4 with a pair of two-run home runs to pace the Mavericks in a 10-0 win in five innings. In the circle, Anna Phifer went the distance with five punch outs. Two batters
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Weddington girls lacrosse has rolled through the first two weeks of its season. The Warriors have a handful of signature conference wins already under its name, and a big first half run on Monday evening pushed their record in conference play to 3-0 thanks to a 20-5 home win over Cuthbertson. Elektra Koulouris helped fuel
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By Aaron Beard, AP basketball writer RALEIGH, N,C, (AP) — Tennessee didn’t wilt when North Carolina State built a 20-point lead. Just as importantly, the Wolfpack didn’t either after Lady Vols climbed all the way back within a single bucket. And that sent Wes Moore’s squad on to the Sweet 16 of March Madness again.
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By Bob Holliday, WRAL Sports contributor Back in pre-pandemic times, the ACC typically sent seven, eight, even nine teams to the NCAA Tournament. Those days are gone. Since the NCAA Selection Committee started using the updated NET evaluating tool, ACC bids have begun to dwindle. Seven in 2021, five in 2022, five in 2023. Everyone
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association is set to realign into eight classifications before the 2025-2026 school year. This is a forecast for what conferences could look like after the NCHSAA’s schools are split into eight classifications. The NCHSAA has operated with four classifications since before the turn of the century. Things will look quite
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There were significant changes in the HighSchoolOT rankings for boys lacrosse across the state. Hough and Apex Friendship have now moved up to the top five, while Providence Day dropped after losing to Myers Park and Green Level was defeated by Middle Creek. One week after Greensboro Day was added to the rankings and Northwest
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According to JIM VERTUNO, a writer for Associated Press Sports, the following information was provided. AUSTIN, Texas — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — William Byron won the Daytona 500 with an agonizing final lap under a caution flag. He took the checkered flag on Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas at full throttle. Bryon began
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