Photo by Chris BairdUNC wide receiver Mark McNeill gives a stiff arm to the Blue Raiders’ Kenneth Gilstrap. KENAN STADIUM/CHAPEL HILL UNC plays its home opener on one of those sun-splashed, perfect days for, well, anything. The visitor is Middle Tennessee State of Conference USA, which is 1-0 after its 45-24 season-opening romp over Western […]
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Everyone’s a favorite on Saturday’s Triangle college gridiron slate
File photo by Chris BairdWith the Bull City Gridiron Classic in the rear-view mirror, Duke and NCCU face new challenges on Saturday. It’s a rare Saturday when all four Division I football teams in the Triangle are favored to win on the same day. But that’s going to be the case tomorrow. UNC, N.C. Central […]
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Six Duke players get TDs in streak-breaking romp over Eagles
Photo by Chris Baird Duke’s Jamison Crowder dances along the sideline as NCCU’s Cameron Hughes (17) pursues. WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM It’s the third edition of the Bull City Gridiron Classic, with crosstown rivals Duke and N.C. Central squaring off on a hot afternoon for football. Both programs are optimistic about this season. Duke went 6-7 […]
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FBS season opener, Bull City battle highlight opening weekend slate
File photo by Chris BairdThe Bull City Gridiron Classic is building tradition as one of Durham’s best sports events. The first college football game of the season, the debut of a new head coach, and a cross-town rivalry. The opening weekend of the season is right now, and it should be a very interesting one […]
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Lady Vols, Duke, State highlight Tar Heels’ home schedule
Home games against Tennessee, archrivals Duke and N.C. State, and Maryland’s final visit to Carmichael Arena as an ACC member highlight the 2013-14 UNC women’s basketball schedule released today. The schedule opens at home Nov. 8 against Air Force. The Tar Heels will host Nebraska in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, while new members Pittsburgh and […]
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For the Triangle’s four Division I football teams, it’s just like starting over
Triangle showdowns Aug. 31: N.C. Central at Duke, 4 p.m. Nov. 2: UNC at N.C. State Nov. 9: N.C. State at Duke Nov. 30: Duke at UNC Triangle universities have never sustained success on the gridiron the way they have in basketball and soccer and, more recently, baseball. Still, on several Saturdays each season, more […]
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Mudcats lose in extras, move to brink of elimination
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Talk about a must-win situation. The Carolina Mudcats are facing one in their final regular-season home game, which will be their final home game of the season if they don’t work a miracle. The Mudcats are in third place in the Carolina League’s Southern Division, five games behind the first-place Salem Red […]
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Mudcats win again, stay in position for playoff spot
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON The Carolina Mudcats are right in the race for a playoff spot as the season goes into its stretch run. In fact, if the season started today Carolina — which was the losingest team in Organized Baseball in the first half — would have a Mills Cup Playoff spot. But as long […]
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McCallie: Blue Devils improving and healing in off-season
CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM/DURHAM Duke has been a model of consistency in the top tier of women’s basketball for the last two decades, and in her six-year tenure as head coach Joanne P. McCallie has definitely kept that going. On Thursday she hosted a handful of area media for a luncheon to discuss the program’s most […]
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Mudcats take advantage of Nats’ iron gloves to win series opener
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Even with a two-game losing streak and coming off a wrong-way shutout, the Carolina Mudcats are in first place in the Carolina League’s Southern Division with less than a month left in the season. That’s a far cry, of course, from their worst record in baseball in the first half of the […]