WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM It’s been quite a while since Duke football was getting this kind of respect. And the Blue Devils are rarely consensus favorites to win. But they are this week. Duke (3-3, 1-1) is coming off an open date following a 49-28 victory at N.C. State that was one of the Blue Devils’ […]
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Duke’s Lewis a Unitas award finalist
Duke’s Thaddeus Lewis is among 10 finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given annually to the best senior quarterback in the country. Lewis (pictured) is second in the ACC and 17th in the country with 266.8 passing yards per game, and has completed 62.9 percent of 213 passes with 12 touchdowns and two […]
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Turns out the better Central Eagles team is in Durham, and it’s not a close call
O’KELLY-RIDDICK STADIUM/DURHAM N.C. Central wasn’t expecting a tough challenge when the game was scheduled. It’s one of those “guarantee” games that the home team is supposed to win. But when NCCU scheduled Central Methodist of Fayette, Mo., for the first and perhaps the only “Battle of the Central Eagles” nobody knew what kind of team […]
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The Central Eagles are guaranteed a win Saturday, but will it be NCCU?
A winning season is no longer a possibility for N.C. Central football, but the Eagles certainly have the opportunity to salvage some positives with a big finish. Three of the last five games are at home for Mose Rison’s club, and there’s no Goliath monster looming on the schedule as was the case in road […]
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Hurricanes play great third period to tie before bowing to Pittsburgh in shootout
RBC CENTER/RALEIGH Back in the saddle. If you’re keeping score this is my first Carolina Hurricanes game for Triangle Offense, pinch-hitting for talented young regular beat writer Kate Shefte who was unable to be at tonight’s game. Don’t worry, she’ll be back soon. Until May I had been the Hurricanes beat writer for the Incredible […]
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NCCU opens basketball practice Friday with Jackson tribute
N.C. Central will hold its own version of Midnight Madness – billed as “An Eagle Thriller” – to kick off basketball practice on Friday night at 10:30 at McLendon-McDougald Gym. The promoters are encouraging fans to dress in their best Michael Jackson attire, with two tickets to the N.C. State fair awarded to the winner. […]
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NCCU desperately needs a victory in the Battle of the Central Eagles
PEARSON CAFETERIA/DURHAM N.C. Central football coach Mose Rison can say it with a straight face for the first time this week. Every remaining game on the Eagles’ schedule is winnable. But then again, none of them are likely to be gift-wrapped. The 0-6 Eagles, who have player arguably the toughest schedule in the country among […]
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Blue Devils grab attention with upset; will momentum hold through November?
It’s been an awfully long time since Duke won such a big football game. But after the Blue Devils’ 49-28 shocker over N.C. State on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium, it took a while for the echoes of the celebration of the few thousand Duke fans on hand to leave the arena. The victory was Duke’s […]
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Eagles lead early, but end up losing big in first trip to Appalachian State
At least this part of N.C. Central’s football schedule is over. For the third time this season the Eagles (0-6) went into a road game they had a snowball’s chance in a blast furnace of winning, and for the third time they left a stadium having earned some respect. In the end Appalachian State (3-2) […]
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Lewis’ record day, Wolfpack mistakes give Duke a 49-28 shocker
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH It’s the second meeting of the season between a pair of Triangle Division I football teams, and the first time it’s matching two clubs from the ACC. N.C. State and Duke don’t play every year any more under the divisional system necessitated by the conference’s expansion to 12 teams. The Wolfpack is in […]