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September 22, 2024
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — North Carolina FC fell to the Charleston Battery, 5-2, Friday night at Patriots Point. North Carolina is now 4-6-6 on the season for 18 points from 16 fixtures. Evan Conway had a goal and assist to lead the NCFC attack. A hot start saw the visitors take two first half goals into
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Weddington High School rising senior defensive lineman Trajen Odom committed to Ohio State University on Friday. He committed to the Buckeyes on his social media accounts. Odom transferred to Weddington after spending the first three years of his high school career at Panther Creek High in Cary. He committed to Ohio State out of a
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By WRAL Staff Legendary ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced Friday he has cancer again. Vitale, 85, posted to the social media platform X about his diagnosis. “My report on the biopsy of the lymph node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous,” Vitale wrote. Vitale said he would have surgery on
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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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