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March 9, 2025
By Bob Holliday, WRAL Sports contributor Illinois was ranked #18 in the NET with six Quad 1 wins, a credential none of Duke’s ACC opponents can match. Yet the Blue Devils overwhelmed the Illini by 43 points, that program’s worst loss ever. Everyone talks about this being a down year for the ACC but Duke
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association girls basketball playoffs begin Tuesday. In this girls basketball playoff preview, we handed out bracket superlatives, gave four favorites and one dark horse for each region, and even made championship predictions. We also listed the top 10 players in each bracket half. Many of these players are candidates for
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Raleigh, N.C. — WRAL-TV will air two Carolina Hurricanes games in the final stretch of the regular season. The FanDuel Sports Network broadcasts will feature Canes games against the Boston Bruins (March 6) and Washington Capitals (April 2) at Lenovo Center. The games will be simulcast on WRAL at 7 p.m. as the team continues
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A new report released Tuesday by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years. The report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime conducted the first known testing of
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina basketball has hired its first general manager, choosing an alum with extensive experience in the business of basketball. North Carolina alum Jim Tanner, a longtime sports agent who founded his own agency and has represented more than 70 NBA players including numerous former UNC basketball players, will take on
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The price of bitcoin fell below $90,000 and other cryptocurrencies saw large drops Tuesday morning, erasing some of the gains digital assets have made since President Donald Trump took office on a pro-crypto agenda. Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, was trading at about $89,000 as the U.S. stock market opened. That’s down from about
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LONDON (AP) — A new album called “Is This What We Want?” features a stellar list of more than 1,000 musicians — and the sound of silence. With contributions from British artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn, the album was released Tuesday to protest proposed British changes to artificial intelligence
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KNIGHTDALE, N.C. – It was always going to be Knightdale for Antonio Watson. When his playing days were over Watson knew he wanted to be a coach. More importantly, he knew he wanted to coach at Knightdale High School. That’s where his uncle, Anthony Byrd, coached. Watson played under Byrd his final two years of
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Our prediction for this League 1 match: Wigan Reading This prediction will be released soon. This match will be played on 01/03/2025 at 16:00 Prediction: NA Highlighted Team (Wigan): Wigan Athletic are one of the winners of the English FA Cup. The Latics won the prestigious trophy in 2013, with the team upsetting Manchester City
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Our prediction for this League 1 match: Stockport County Blackpool This prediction will be released soon. This match will be played on 01/03/2025 at 16:00 Prediction: NA Highlighted Team ():
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