DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK It all comes down to one game for the Governors’ Cup. The Durham Bulls will go for their fifth one in 13 seasons tonight against the Pawtucket Red Sox, who traditionally have been their worst regular-season tormentors. But the Bulls have won two Governor’s Cups with Pawtucket on the short end, […]
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Blue Devils run wild in 41-3 rout of hapless Jayhawks
WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM For the first time this season, Duke plays against another team from a big-time conference. And folks have been saying all week it’s a little too bad this isn’t basketball. The 2-0 Blue Devils will entertain 1-0 Kansas in front of about a half-full Wallace Wade Stadium. An interesting sidebar to this […]
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Duke, NCCU, State all face key challenges today
Three weeks into the Triangle’s college football season, there haven’t been any real shockers but there have been a couple of surprisingly close calls. There was one of those last week when UNC had to come back to claim a 31-27 win over San Diego State at Kenan Stadium. And the week before, N.C. State […]
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Lightning strikes twice as Tar Heels foil San Diego State
KENAN STADIUM/CHAPEL HILL UNC plays its first game against an FBS team this season as the Tar Heels entertain San Diego State on national TV. It’s “Stripe Out” night in the Southern Part of Heaven, as the No. 21 Tar Heels are wearing black jerseys over Carolina Blue breeches and black socks. The “Tar Pit” […]
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Three home games in area college football today
It’s Week 2 of the college football season, and so far there haven’t been any major surprises for any of the local teams. Things went pretty much according to form last Saturday, except that N.C. State had plenty of trouble from Georgia Southern in a 24-23 nailbiter. UNC finally escaped Liberty in a 56-29 result, […]
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Duke blows Elon away with solid opening-game effort
WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Duke will open its football season with a rare opportunity tonight. Coming off the ACC’s Coastal Division championship and a 10-4 season that was the best in school history, the Blue Devils will look for back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1988 and 1989. Tonight’s game with Elon, which went […]
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Big fourth quarter gives Wolfpack must-win result over Ga. Southern
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH Hopes are high for a better season at N.C. State, where Dave Doeren is in his second year at the helm after a 3-9 first campaign. Florida transfer Jacoby Brissett is the junior starting quarterback, hoping to bring back the signal-calling glory days in West Raleigh. The season-opening opponent is Georgia Southern, a […]
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Triangle college football opens with a bang today
There won’t be “great football weather” – that’s a few weeks away. And if you want to see a really big game that could go either way, you may need to watch an out-of-state game on TV. But college football in the Triangle does open today, with a collection of the kinds of games in […]
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A look at local college football teams’ prospects this season
Where else do college football fans have their choice of three or four big-time games within a 20-mile drive on one day? That’s the case in the Triangle, where UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State and Duke are longtime rivals in the ACC, and N.C. Central is a strong member of the MEAC. Three of the four […]
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Can the Hurricanes shake off their slump?
Triangle newcomers who don’t follow sports are probably surprised to learn our major pro team plays ice hockey. The Carolina Hurricanes have entertained both hockey diehards and new fans since they arrived at the Entertainment and Sports Arenanow PNC Arenain October of 1999. The Hurricanes, whose history began in 1972 as the New England Whalers […]