Duke will showcase its football team on Saturday when David Cutcliffe’s club holds “Meet the Blue Devils Day” at Wallace Wade Stadium. The program will begin at 3 p.m. with inflatable games and live music on the stadium concourse. The Blue Devils will conduct a scrimmage at 4 p.m., with Cutcliffe (pictured) speaking to the […]
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Vazquez’s hot arm helps Mudcats end three-game slide
Camilo Vazquez slowed the bleeding for the Carolina Mudcats. Vaszquez (pictured) went a season-best seven innings, striking out eight to spark the Mudcats to a 5-1 road victory over the Jacksonville Suns that snapped a three-game losing streak. He also singled and scored a run in the third inning. Todd Frazier homered and doubled to […]
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Rodriguez will be skipper for USA Baseball World Cup Team
Eddie Rodriguez will have the reins for USA Baseball’s World Cup Team in September. Rodriguez and his staff will lead a team made up of players not currently on 25-man big league rosters in the International Baseball Federation’s (IBAF) world championships. Team USA is the defending champion in the event. The U.S. team will play […]
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Suns setting on Mudcats as Ungs mows them down again
Nic Ungs hasn’t been hospitable to his old team this season, and that continued the bad news for the Carolina Mudcats. The former Mudcat fired seven shutout innings, beating Carolina for the fourth time this season as the homestanding Jacksonville Suns won 4-2. The Mudcats’ “tragic number” for elimination from the playoff race fell to […]
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Four local ACC players on Nagurski Trophy watch list
Four ACC players from the Triangle – Duke lineman Vince Oghobaase (pictured), UNC safety Deunta Williams and linebacker Quan Sturdivant, and N.C. State lineman Willie Young – are on the 62-man watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. Wake Forest’s Boo Robinson is the other ACC defensive lineman on the list for the award, given […]
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Red-hot Suns deal Mudcats yet another blow
Things are really starting to get desperate for the Carolina Mudcats. Bryan Peterson’s two-run triple in the sixth was the biggest blow for the Jacksonville Suns, as they topped the visiting Mudcats 6-3 to cut Carolina’s “tragic number” to 11 for elimination from the pennant race in the Southern League’s North Division. Jacksonville, which is […]
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Jacksonville takes opener as Mudcats’ chances get worse
The Carolina Mudcats’ chances to make a long-shot comeback for a playoff berth got even longer. Brad Davis’ two-run homer in the sixth inning was the killer blow as the Jacksonville Suns topped the visiting Mudcats 5-2 in the opener of their five-game series. Carolina’s “tragic number” is down to 12. The homer came off […]
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Local ACC quarterbacks dominate Manning watch list
Talk about the “Year of the Quarterback” around here. All four starters in the ACC’s “Big Four” – Duke’s Thaddeus Lewis (pictured), UNC’s T.J. Yates, N.C. State’s Russell Wilson and Wake Forest’s Riley Skinner – are on the 38-player “watch list” for the Manning Award as the nation’s top quarterback. Every quarterback in the nation […]
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Smit gets a journalistic visitor and impresses fans on two continents
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON It’s the finale of the Carolina Mudcats’ homestand and the last time they’ll play the Birmingham Barons this season unless a 100-year miracle gets the home team a playoff berth. It’s a hot, cloudy afternoon, but at least the Mudcats have room for some optimism since they were finally able to beat […]
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Kahaulelio, Mudcats finally get to pound on Birmingham
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON The Carolina Mudcats host Game 4 of their five-game series with the Birmingham Barons, and with a four-game losing streak they’re pretty much playing for pride in the series. If they don’t start a winning tear pretty soon, they could be playing for pride in the Southern League’s North Division standings as […]