The following is an excerpt from an upcoming article on the recent jump to the pros made by four standout players from the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s soccer team, which won the 2011 NCAA championship last month. Here, forward Billy Schuler speaks to an American reporter for the first time since forgoing Major League […]
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The Lioness in Winter: Meryl Streep and “The Iron Lady”
Alex Bailey. Courtesy of Pathe Productions Ltd/ The Weinstein CompanyMeryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher and Anthony Head as Geoffrey Howe THE IRON LADY** starsOpens Friday (see times below) If ever it was possible for an opening scene to buoy an entire feature-length motion picture, The Iron Lady would be it. Having wandered away from her […]
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Sleep(ing) State: Yellow Jackets sting Wolfpack, 82-71
@PackPride File Photo… RBC CENTER/RALEIGH — There was once a time when I could go to Raleigh on a weekday to eat dinner around 8 o’clock and then stay out until past midnight before finally making my way home and slapping together work due the next morning just quickly enough to preserve about three or […]
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The Tortoise and the Unharried — N.C. State races past Maryland Terrapins, 79-74
Peggy BooneReinforcements arrive to help N.C. State overrun Maryland RBC CENTER/RALEIGH — To celebrate “Military Appreciation Night” prior to tipoff of N.C. State’s ACC opener against the Maryland Terrapins, a group of Green Berets rappelled from the rafters of the RBC Center. For a split second, the sight of the 100-plus-foot ropes dangling from the […]
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ACC or Bust — N.C. State stings Hornets, 78-44
© Sami Sarkis, Getty1 RBC CENTER/RALEIGH—There’s two sides to every story. Many might view N.C. State’s 78-44 romp over MEAC member Delaware State as a meaningless nonconference exhibition designed to beef up the Wolfpack’s record and statistics in advance of the ACC season, which begins this Sunday against Maryland. On the other hand, it was […]
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Brown Satisfies — N.C. State declaws Western Carolina Catamounts 82-55
www.snickers.com RBC CENTER/RALEIGH — The improved play of Lorenzo Brown has been sweet for the N.C. State point guard and Wolfpack fans alike, apparently in more ways than one. Over the last three games, a team manager has given Brown a pregame Snickers candy bar to eat, which Brown claims calms him down and helps […]
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N.C. State toes the line, defeats spirited Camels 87-81
Neil MorrisRichard Howell rises to the challenge in N.C. State’s 87-81 win over Campbell REYNOLDS COLISEUM/RALEIGH — With visions of N.C. State’s 55-point thrashing of Campbell University seven years ago — the last meeting between the schools — seemingly still dancing in their heads, the Wolfpack expected a cakewalk over the visiting Camels to close […]
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With War Horse, Spielberg makes his WWI movie
War Horse opens Dec. 25 throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: The handsome, soppy War Horse allows Steven Spielberg, now in his mid-60s, to check a few more items off his bucket list. The director of Saving Private Ryan makes his World War I movie, borrowing from the anti-war works of Lewis Milestone, […]
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The American Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is now playing (see times below) Our rating: The first installment in Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s posthumously published Millennium Trilogy is titled Män som hatar kvinnor, which translates to “Men Who Hate Women.” No description better summarizes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, now given the usually dreaded “American […]
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A tale of one half…twice — Top-ranked Syracuse outlasts N.C. State 88-72
Neil MorrisJim Boeheim muses for the media following Syracuse’s 88-72 win over N.C. State RBC CENTER/RALEIGH — The feeling that permeated the N.C. State locker room following their Nov. 30 loss to Indiana was frustration tinged with anger. After leading the Hoosiers by seven points with less than eight minutes to play, the Wolfpack lost […]