There will be soccer in Cary this season after all. After months of uncertainty surrounding the status of second-division soccer in the United States, officials with the United States Soccer Federation and representatives of two contending organizations announced today that the United Soccer Leagues and the nascent North American Soccer League would soldier through a […]
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N.C. State Wolfpack beat back Crusaders, 87-70
Indy intern Sarah Ewald attended last night’s basketball game between N.C. State and Holy Cross and sent us this report. RBC CENTER/ RALEIGHThe number 23 carries all sorts of mystical associations: An arts writer such as myself might think of Jim Carrey’s not-such-a-thriller of 2007 that was dedicated to that number. Basketball mavens of course […]
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Sunshine, sunset and silencio
Many, if not most, films are forgettable, even the good ones. I’ll be reminded of a movie that I saw seven or eight years ago, and find that I’m often only able to remember the premise, the actors and whether I enjoyed it. And that’s as it should bemost movies have done their job well […]
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La Danse is a fascinating immersion into the life of a great ballet company
La Danse opens Friday at the Carolina Theatre The 79-year-old Frederick Wiseman is one of the most important figures in the history of documentary filmmaking. He’s also the most austere, least commercially ambitious among his great peers, D.A. Pennebaker (Don’t Look Back, The War Room), Barbara Kopple (Harlan County U.S.A.; Fallen Champ: The Story of […]
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Me and Orson Welles is best when it recreates history, worst when it invents it
Me and Orson Welles opens Friday in select theaters Richard Linklater’s eclectic career (Slacker, School of Rock, Before Sunset, A Scanner Darkly) takes another unusual turn with Me and Orson Welles, based on a novel by Robert Kaplow. The story takes the tack of inventing a fictional witness to an event of great historical significance […]
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Southeastern critics name Up in the Air best picture; Streep, Clooney best actors
Earlier today, the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) released its year-end awards. Up in the Air, the acclaimed comedy adapted from the Walter Kirn novel, received three nods, including best picture, best actor (George Clooney) and best adapted screenplay (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner). Other top awards: Meryl Streep took best actress honors for her […]
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NCAA College Cup: Cary Clarets-RailHawks talent on display as Akron looks to complete undefeated season against Virginia
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY–Temperatures dropped below freezing Friday night at WakeMed Soccer Park right around the time Brian Ownby scored a golden goal to lift the Virginia Cavaliers over Wake Forest in the semifinal of the 2009 College Cup. Three hours later, it was even colder as a diehard contingent endured 110 minutes of scoreless play […]
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Soccer Friday in the Triangle: UNC goes for the double, The Damned United opens, more
Lots of soccer on our plate today! Let’s take it one at a time. The UNC Tar Heels (16-2-3) are three of the ACC teams in the NCAA soccer College Cup, which kicks off tonight at 5 p.m., when Virginia plays Wake Forest. Then, at 7:30 p.m., the Tar Heels play the undefeated University of […]
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Days of reckoning for second-division soccer in America? For those just joining us…
We have to pay tribute to the work of Miami-based Kartik Krishnaiyer and Minnesota’s Brian Quarstad, who’ve done a phenomenal job staying on top of the complex developments concerning the future of lower-division soccer in America. For a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion of how we got here and where we might end up, listen to this […]
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Sister of Duke guard Andre Dawkins killed in car accident
The sister of Duke’s freshman guard Andre Dawkins was killed Saturday in a car accident in West Virginia. WRAL reports that Lacey Dawkins, 21, died in an accident involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 77 near Pax, W.Va. The Dawkins’ mother, Tamara Hill*, was also in the car, but there’s no word on her condition. Four […]
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