Kate Shefte couldn’t catch tonight’s Hurricanes game, so Jeff Hamlin stepped in to file this report. Kate will return when the Hurricanes next play at home, March 11 versus the Pittsburgh Penguins. RBC CENTER/ RALEIGHThere was some scoreboard watching among Carolina Hurricanes fans at the RBC Center on Thursday night. Not for playoff implications, mind […]
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More Full Frame sked: Soderbergh; Hegedus-Pennebaker; Steve James/Allen Iverson; Thelonious Monk film
More programming news from Full Frame: Fourteen invited, out-of-competition films were named today. The short version: It’s going to be a good festival. No Crossover, Steve James’ Allen Iverson film, made for ESPN, that explores a controversial incident in his high school years that did much to establish his outlaw image And Everything is Going […]
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Not so fast! USL to “re-establish” first division; Orlando to begin play in 2011
“Don’t count us out just yet,” seems to be the message from the United Soccer Leagues today. As anticipated by early media reports, the USL-1 upped the ante in the ongoing struggle over the future of Division 2 soccer in North America. The league announced that Orlando will operate a USL-1 franchise beginning next season, […]
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2010 Full Frame lineup announced: Alex Gibney’s Abramoff film and more
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announced its new docs competition lineup for next month’s festival, which runs April 8–11 in downtown Durham. The full lineup is below, but our initial scan reveals a couple of names well known to festival fans, including Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side; Enron: The Smartest Guys in […]
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Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon is fascinating, horrifying and maddening
The White Ribbon opens Friday in select theaters Like Lars von Trier’s Dogville, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon is almost an obscene parody of Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s devastating masterpiece that eschews the Grand Guignol for the quieter terrors of being alive. Like Wilder’s play, The White Ribbon is set on the cusp of the […]
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RailHawks add roster bling… new signings roundup
We’ve been away for a bit, but we’re planning to visit a practice session soon.. Etienne Barbara Jun Marques Davidson Nic Platter whither Johnny Ngwenya?
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The Maltese Falcon RailHawk revealed: Striker Etienne Barbara signs
Fans of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon know that, in the end, the prized statuette turns out to be a forgery. After a couple of weeks of hints that a major Maltese international striker was on the way (how many MMISs can there be?), the RailHawks finally have produced a parcel containing said prize. Meet […]
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Photo gallery: UNC vs. N.C. State women (Sunday, Feb. 21)
2010.02.21 UNC Women bball vs. NC State – Images by Independent Weekly It’s been a disappointing season for Sylvia Hatchell and the UNC women’s basketball team. Perennially among the nation’s elite, they’ve dropped out of the top 25 and currently suffer the indignity of a losing conference record. Things didn’t get better on Sunday; they […]
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RailHawks bolster back line with All-USL defender Matt Bobo; Charleston exodus continues
Just in: The Carolina RailHawks have signed Matt Bobo, who was first-team USL defender in 2009 with the Charleston Battery. The arrival of the central defender ensures a strong partner for RailHawks captain and All-League second-teamer Mark Schulte. The Charleston Battery elected to stay out of this winter’s dispute over the future of second-division soccer […]
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RailHawks to open 2010 season with friendly versus New England Revolution
For the second year in a row, the Carolina RailHawks will open its season with a friendly versus the MLS New England Revolution at WakeMed Soccer Park. Next month’s game will be played on Saturday, March 20, at 7 p.m. Last year’s contest was played in the middle of a winter monsoon but got the […]
