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January 13, 2025
APEX, N.C. – When Apex defeated its crosstown rival Apex Friendship a month ago, all four sets were decided by five points or less. The same was true on Tuesday night. This time, the Patriots weathered a late Cougar rally to win a marathon match 3-2 in five. Apex Friendship took the first two sets
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By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer Rebuilding the Pac-12 Conference centered around football. It’ll be a pretty good basketball conference, too, after landing one of the perennial hoops powers on the West Coast. Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12, the conference and school announced Tuesday, ending several years of conversations with
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Raleigh, N.C. — After the NC State Wolfpack beat Northern Illinois on Saturday in Carter-Finley Stadium, Joy Hall did what you’d expect the mother of a football player to do: give her son, defensive lineman Davin Vann, a phone call. “I kind of called him to see how he was
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In what might come as a surprise to some fans, the six teams from North Carolina’s furthest west conference will resume action on Friday, Oct. 4. Hurricane Helene’s wind, rain, and resulting destruction ravaged most of Western North Carolina. Fortunately for those in Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Swain Counties, the counties in the southwestern most
READ MORENorth Carolina public school athletes can profit off their name, image and likeness, reversing state board policy, a Wake County judge ruled Tuesday. Wake County Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley granted a preliminary injunction in the case involving the family of Greensboro high school football player Faizon Brandon, a top-rated recruit in the Class of
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High school athletes in North Carolina will soon be able to profit off their name, image, and likeness after a Wake County Superior Court judge issued a ruling on Tuesday, ordering the State Board of Education to implement proposed permanent rules nearly one year ahead of schedule. The rules that will govern NIL for high
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of sexual violence through the platforms, Australia’s government said on Tuesday. Bumble, Grindr and Match Group Inc., a Texas-based company that owns platforms including Tinder,
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s attorney general is suing a Catholic hospital, saying that Providence St. Joseph Hospital illegally denied emergency abortion care to a woman whose pregnancy was no longer viable after her water broke 15 weeks into carrying twins. Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit Monday, which was filed that day in
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An event in Cumberland County will require a large number of law enforcement resources on Friday, which means there aren’t enough resources for all Cumberland County high school football games. “In accordance with district safety protocols and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s guidelines, which require law enforcement officers to be present at athletic
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NEW YORK (AP) — A “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun is coming. But only a lucky few will be in the path. The annular solar eclipsewill be visible Wednesday over Easter Island and the tips of Argentina and Chile. Here’s how to safely watch the final solar spectacle of the year. Solar eclipses
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