File photo by Chris BairdUNC QB Bryn Renner looks for an opening in the Middle Tennessee State game. It seems like every week is a pivotal one in college football, and this Saturday in the Triangle is certainly no exception. All three local ACC teams have home games — N.C. Central is idle until next […]
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Blue Devils give No. 1 Virginia a scare, but lose 3-2 heartbreaker
File photo courtesy Duke athletics/Shane LardinoisDuke goalie Ali Kershner KOSKINEN STADIUM/DURHAM Call it a major opportunity for Duke women’s soccer. The Blue Devils (4-4-2, 1-2-1 ACC) have been up-and-down this season and are currently on a three-game winless streak. But are they really capable of “beating anybody in the country?” We find out tonight as […]
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Duke loses a track meet in Pitt’s first ACC game in Triangle
Photo by Chris BairdJamison Crowder blows past Pitt’s Bryan Murphy. WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Duke plays one of its most important football games of the year today. And regardless of the outcome on a very cloudy day, the opponent is making a little history in Durham for the second time. Pittsburgh (1-1, 0-1 ACC), which last […]
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Wolfpack puts up a fight, but Clemson is just too good
Photo courtesy NCSU athletics/Jack TarrState’s Zach Gentry (49) and Brandon Pittman (39) lower the boom on the Tigers’ Roderick McDowell. CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH N.C. State gets its first national exposure tonight since Dave Doeren took over as head coach before the season. The opponent is No. 3 Clemson, the favorite in the ACC and of course […]
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Triangle football squads a quartet of underdogs this week
File photo by Dean Strickland O.D.State QB Pete Thomas looks for a receiver as Rob Crisp blocks. Just call it “Opportunity Week.” Two weeks ago all four Division I college football teams in the Triangle were favored to win on the same day, and thanks to a last-second field goal and some overtime heroics, all […]
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Can the upstart Duke women’s soccer team break the UNC stranglehold?
Duke women next play at home 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 (vs. Virginia), and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 (vs. Virginia Tech). Visit goduke.com. Mollie Pathman has one chance left to achieve her ultimate dream as a Duke soccer player. But the senior said with this year’s club she could do just thatwin a national […]
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Hillside grad Lee spoils Duke’s day as Yellow Jackets roll
Photo by Dean Strickland O.D.Duke’s Kenny Anunike (84) and David Helton (47) make a rare stop on Georgia Tech’s Vad Lee, who threw four TD passes and ran for one. WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Duke gets a really big opportunity today, on a sun-splashed afternoon but in front of a half-full house. The 2-0 Blue Devils […]
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Both Durham teams face tough gridiron tests Saturday
File photo by Chris BairdBoth Duke and N.C. Central face pivotal games this weekend. Two of the four Triangle’s Division I football teams have the weekend off, but Saturday will be a big day for both teams from Durham. Duke (2-0) will take on decade-long nemesis Georgia Tech (1-0) at Wallace Wade Stadium at 3:30 […]
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Duke ends scoring woes to rip Miami in ACC opener
Indy photo by Justin CookMiami’s Tara Schwitter (24) and Duke’s Kim DeCesare mix it up. KOSKINEN STADIUM/DURHAM Duke opens ACC women’s soccer action tonight needing to start the conference season on the right foot. The opponent for the No. 12 Blue Devils (3-2-1) is Miami (5-0), which has beaten five unranked opponents. Robbie Church’s Blue […]
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Sade’s foot helps State squish Spiders in closing seconds
Photo by Dean Strickland O.D.Matt Dayes goes over Richmond defensive back Wayne Pettus for the score. CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH It’s Week 2 of the Dave Doeren era for N.C. State, which plays a guarantee game against a long-ago once-in-a-while rival from the Southern Conference. It’s the first meeting in nine years with Richmond (1-0) of the […]