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March 9, 2025
By ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL is considering changing overtime rules in the regular season to decrease the advantage for teams that win the coin toss. “It’s time to rethink the overtime rule,” league executive Troy Vincent said Wednesday at the NFL scouting combine. Vincent said the
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By AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer Kara Lawson is focused on the immediate challenge, the task of preparing her 16th-ranked Duke team to host eighth-ranked North Carolina. Yet a win would reach beyond merely taking a backyard scrap with the Blue Devils’ nearby rival. These days, that’s true of every Atlantic Coast Conference game in
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Mark Raynor is back as a head football coach. On Wednesday, Trinity High School in Randolph County announced that it has hired Raynor to replace the vacancy left by Bear Bradley. He will begin at the end of March. Raynor is a class of 2006 graduate of Trinity. The coach was previously was the head
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina football general manager MIchael Lombardi, one new head coach Bill Belichick’s first hires, will make more than the Tar Heels paid any assistant coach last season. Lombardi will earn $1.5 million in 2025, according to a salary database of UNC System employees. The database is current as of Dec.
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North Carolina high school football prospects are all over the latest On3 national recruiting rankings for the class of 2026. In the latest On300, there are six players from North Carolina in the top 43 prospects and nine in the top 90. Myers Park High School edge rusher Rodney Dunham has surged up the rankings
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The NFL Players Association released its annual team surveys on Wednesday and the Carolina Panthers received mixed grades. The Panthers ranked 25th overall out of the NFL’s 32 teams, which is eight places lower than the previous year. Carolina earned a D- letter grade in ownership category, which
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The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s 2025 boys basketball playoffs are in full swing. On Tuesday, 128 games were played to determine which teams will play in Friday’s second round. Here are some of the biggest storylines from round one and an early look at the games in round two. First Round Upsets Before
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HighSchoolOT is previewing the upcoming year in N.C. high school baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse, outdoor track & field, boys tennis, and boys golf. Don’t miss any of the coverage at the links below. Preseason Watch Lists are for HSOT Insiders only. Baseball, softball, girls soccer, and boys tennis have area code
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By MICHAEL MAROT, AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Travis Hunter arrived at the NFL’s annual scouting combine with a Heisman Trophy resume, an invitation to work out at two positions and ready to answer all doubters. The former Colorado star already appears to have completed one task this week in Indianapolis —
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Cardinal Gibbons went more than 26 minutes without having the lead in its first-round playoff game. That almost always gets you a first-round exit. Almost. The 15th-seeded Crusaders had an answer for conference rival Broughton time and time again, eventually outlasting the visitors in double overtime in Tuesday by an 81-77 score
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