November 5, 2009
GREENVILLE (AP) — Under normal circumstances, playing Virginia Tech is difficult enough to concern Skip Holtz. But the East Carolina coach expects even more urgency from the 22nd-ranked — and increasingly desperate — Hokies when the...
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October 27, 2009
GREENSBORO (AP) — North Carolina's best player is a major question mark. The Tar Heels still have enough talent to win the ACC. For the second straight year, coach Sylvia Hatchell's team is the preseason pick to win the ACC's women's basketball titl...
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October 16, 2009
DURHAM (AP) — Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith weren't about to let the loneliness affect them in Duke's backcourt. Not even when one former teammate left early for the NBA, another transferred to Memphis and a third is playing football. "Nolan and...
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October 13, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Tom O'Brien spent a decade at Boston College, so the N.C. State football coach has a pretty good idea how the Eagles will try to beat his defense. "(BC quarterback David Shinskie) is probably licking his chops after the last...
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October 9, 2009
GREENSBORO (AP) — D.J. Augustin spoiled Chris Paul's homecoming and helped the Larry Brown-led Charlotte Bobcats finally win a game that doesn't matter. Augustin scored 22 points and hit 16 of 18 free throws to help Charlotte beat the New Orleans Ho...
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October 1, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have locked up goaltender Cam Ward for six more years. The Hurricanes on Wednesday signed Ward to a $37.8 million contract that begins next season and runs through 2015-16.
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September 30, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have locked up goaltender Cam Ward for six more years. The Hurricanes on Wednesday signed Ward to a $37.8 million contract that begins next season and runs through 2015-16.
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September 29, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Moments after N.C. State's come-from-behind victory over Pittsburgh, coach Tom O'Brien delivered a sobering message to the Wolfpack: They're still not a good football team. "I believe we all agreed with him," tight end Georg...
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September 26, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Toney Baker scored from 2 yards out with 6:28 left and North Carolina State's defense made a late stand to preserve a 38-31 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday. In a wild game in which the teams combined for 830 total yards, Russell W...
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September 22, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — N.C. State had just polished off another outmanned opponent when coach Tom O'Brien walked away from the podium and found out that Pittsburgh had beaten Navy convincingly.There was no questioning the reality check: With the Big East's...
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September 20, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Russell Wilson had four touchdown passes for the second straight week, threw for a career-high 345 yards and set an NCAA passing record in North Carolina State's 45-14 rout of Gardner-Webb on Saturday night. Toney Baker had two early...
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September 16, 2009
GREENVILLE (AP) — Skip Holtz isn't too encouraged by No. 24 North Carolina's knack for starting slowly. Not when his East Carolina team has had even more trouble finishing. Two games into the season, and the Pirates (1-1) have wasted quick starts in...
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September 8, 2009
GREENVILLE (AP) — Somebody reminded Skip Holtz that East Carolina's three remaining power-conference opponents have a few scores to settle with his Pirates. "Ssssh!" Holtz said Monday with a laugh. "Don't tell them that. We don't want...
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August 26, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Nothing could make Russell Wilson forget last year's visit to South Carolina. Not even a concussion. Besides, there's always the game film to remind the quarterback of how N.C. State fell apart after he was hurt. Calling the injury th...
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August 21, 2009
GREENSBORO (AP) — Bill Haas has moved into the lead after one round at the rainy Wyndham Championship.Haas had five birdies while finishing his career-best 62 early today to take a two-stroke lead over Brandt Snedeker, Chez Reavie and Ryan Moore at...
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June 30, 2009
DURHAM (AP) — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski made it clear: He's not going to ever be the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Krzyzewski held his annual summer meeting with reporters Tuesday, and one of the first topics he covered was talk that had him tak...
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May 26, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals. Max Talbot had a goal and an assist to help the Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night and finish off a sweep in the Eastern Conf...
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May 12, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The Boston Bruins aren't going down without a fight. Or several of them, actually.One loss from early elimination, hockey's top remaining seed got itself back into the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Carolina Hurricanes with...
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RALEIGH — Carolina Hurricanes forward Scott Walker will not be suspended, but was fined $2,500 by the NHL on Monday for throwing a punch that may have broken a bone in Boston defenseman Aaron Ward's face. Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford to...
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May 11, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes forward Scott Walker will not be suspended but was fined $2,500 by the NHL on Monday for throwing a punch that may have broken a bone in Boston defenseman Aaron Ward's face.Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford...
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May 7, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Carolina's improbable playoff run has been fueled by dramatic finishes and unlikely heroes. The Hurricanes' flair for drama has taken the hockey world by surprise, however, the Carolina players look at it as business as usual. That at...
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May 4, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — This looks familiar to Carolina: The Hurricanes bouncing back from a lopsided Game 1 loss to wrest home-ice advantage from a higher-seeded opponent in Game 2. This time, they'd like to keep it. The Hurricanes gave back a home-ice edge...
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April 16, 2009
DURHAM (AP) — Four years after choosing to play basketball at Duke, Greg Paulus is being recruited again.The former Blue Devils point guard has plenty of options: He could enter his name in the NFL draft. He could transfer to Michigan — or any...
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April 2, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are giving this hotbed of hoops something else to focus on these days: playoff hockey.Most of the hardwood courts have been put away on Tobacco Road and with 1½ weeks left in the NHL season, the Hurrican...
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March 26, 2009
RALEIGH — Anton Babchuk already had one of his noted hard slap shots stopped by Brian Elliott. The Carolina defenseman wasn't about to let the Ottawa rookie goalie get his pads on another one.Babchuk scored a power-play goal with 6:01 remaining...
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