Carolina center fielder Chris Heisey has been named the Southern League’s Topps player of the month for May in a vote of league managers. He was also the league’s player of the week for May 25-31. The Mudcats start a five-game series against the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx tonight at 7:15 at Five County Stadium. […]
Mike Potter
Bio: Mike Potter is a veteran sportswriter. He covers minor league baseball, college football and women's collegiate sports for INDY Week.Twitter: http://twitter.com/mikepotterrdu
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Mudcats enter first-half home stretch
One of the good things about Southern League baseball is that there are two pennant races per season. So when I start covering the Carolina Mudcats in tonight’s 7:15 p.m. game at Five County Stadium against the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx, I’ll be jumping right into the middle of the first-half ‘home stretch.” And with […]
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Breland faces a tough challenge
One of the toughest members of the UNC women’s basketball team is in the fight of her life. Rising senior post Jessica Breland has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Whether or not Breland will be able to play next season isn’t clear, but the disease won’t necessarily end her basketball career. Pittsburgh Penguins owner and Hockey Hall of […]
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Introducing Mike Potter
Hello Triangle! The tens of thousands of you who used to subscribe to the Durham Herald-Sun might remember me. I was a sportswriter there for 24 years, covering just about everything from the Durham Bulls to N.C. Central football and basketball to the Carolina Hurricanes to women’s basketball at Duke and UNC to high school […]