Mike Potter

There’s a saying out there that “All good things must come to an end,” and that was true this week in Triangle ACC women’s basketball. N.C. State lost twice and Duke lost once, all on the road. And none was really an upset. So that leaves UNC as the only team with a chance to […]

KENAN STADIUM/CHAPEL HILL Even for the losers, it was probably going to be a decent season. Everybody was already going to a bowl game and both teams were heading in the right direction when 6-5 UNC hosted 6-5 N.C. State in their 140th meeting on a sunny but chilly Saturday afternoon. And bowl scouts from […]

It’s Rivalry Week, Part II. All across the country, about half of the biggest college football teams are playing their most despised rivals. And with cooperation from the SEC, the ACC is right in on the act today. It was always the day for those big cross-conference rivalry games like South Carolina at Clemson and […]

The second week of the season for the Triangle’s ACC women’s basketball teams was a lot similar to the first – with all the marks going into the left column. But there were a couple of close calls, as No. 11 UNC (3-0) had to fight in the final minute to hold off No. 21 […]

It’s Triangle Rivalry Week! Or at least it’s Part One. And this time it’s going to start a little bit early. There are only two games, as N.C. State gets a week off, coincidentally to celebrate its bowl eligibility, but they’re both monsters. Tonight at 7:30, UNC (5-5, 3-3 ACC) will visit No. 25 Duke […]

By all accounts, the opening of the ACC women’s basketball season was a great success in the Triangle. No. 7 Duke opened with an explosion, annihilating a middling Alabama team 90-40 on the road Sunday night. No. 13 UNC started 2-0, having to work harder to escape upstart Howard than No. 23 UCLA. And work-in-progress […]

The magic number remains six. That’s the number of wins an FBS football team needs to play in a bowl game, and for any college football team to assure it won’t have a losing regular-season record. So far only one Triangle team has made it, as Duke (8-1, 4-1 ACC) is assured a winning season […]

All three of the Triangle’s ACC women’s basketball teams should be very good again this season. And if that sounds like a broken record, that’s OK. Duke (28-7, 12-4 ACC last season) comes into the campaign ranked No. 7 nationally in the AP poll, while UNC (27-10, 10-6) is No. 13 and N.C. State (25-8, […]

It’s a rare fall Saturday when there’s no Division I football game in the Triangle, but today is one of those days. And of the area’s four teams, still no one can say how the seasons of three will be perceived at the end. And all four are underdogs. No. 24 Duke (6-1, 2-1 ACC) […]