December 8, 2011
HIGH POINT (AP) — Everything seemed to line up against Wake Forest. Inspired High Point was playing host to an ACC team for the first time, brought back its most famous alumnus — and its best player couldn't miss. And yet, the Demon Deaco...
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October 13, 2011
DURHAM (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski supports the ACC's recent expansion to 14 teams — and wouldn't mind if the league keeps growing.The Hall of Fame coach at Duke offered his opinions Wednesday during a wide-ranging press conference as part of his t...
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August 21, 2011
GREENSBORO (AP) — Webb Simpson grew up in North Carolina, and his favorite memory of the Wyndham Championship was caddying for Neal Lancaster as a teenager during a pro-am. That might change now that he's won the tournament. Simpson claimed his...
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June 29, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Three Hall of Fame coaches who have combined for more than 2,500 victories have been honored on "Basketball Day" in North Carolina.
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June 24, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina has identified eight football players who accumulated 317 parking tickets that were uncovered in documents requested by media outlets covering the ongoing NCAA probe. The school released a chart Friday that links those...
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May 19, 2011
CARY (AP) — Heather O'Reilly put on quite a show in her homecoming. The former North Carolina player had a goal and an assist to lead the United States to a 2-0 win over Japan on Wednesday night in the Americans' next-to-last exhibition before the W...
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March 23, 2011
DURHAM (AP) — If all goes well for Duke this weekend in California, Mike Krzyzewski will make history in a couple of different ways.The top-seeded Blue Devils (32-4) left for Anaheim, Calif., on Tuesday for the West regional semifinals, and there's...
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March 22, 2011
DURHAM (AP) — Kyrie Irving returned to the Duke lineup. Nolan Smith played as if he doesn't ever want to leave it. Toss in sharpshooters Andre Dawkins and Seth Curry, and the Blue Devils have an embarrassment of riches in the backcourt. St...
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January 28, 2011
DURHAM (AP) — Seth Curry pulled up in transition, knocked down a 3-pointer and then flashed that familiar, babyfaced grin. In other words, he looked a lot like his famous big brother. "You're hitting big shots, you're having fun out there......
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January 24, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — After a huge lead got away from N.C. State, nearly everybody pitched in to deliver the win coach Sidney Lowe and the Wolfpack so desperately needed. For Miami, the result was all too familiar: Another loss away from south Florida.
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January 13, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Like any Maryland player, Cliff Tucker wants to be a starter. He sure can't argue with the numbers. Tucker came off the bench and scored a season-high 21 points to lead the Terrapins past Wake Forest 74-55 on Wednesday nigh...
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December 22, 2010
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Dexter Strickland made it a priority lately to play more aggressively, pushing the ball downcourt and making things happen at both ends of the floor. It's not a coincidence that when that happens, North Carolina looks like North C...
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December 21, 2010
RALEIGH (AP) — There are few distractions for N.C. State's football team these days. All the Wolfpack has to worry about is its bowl game, and that's just how linebacker Audie Cole likes it. "Not really any injuries, no distractions, nothi...
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November 17, 2010
DURHAM (AP) — A sign of just how dominant Duke's defense has been this season: The latest opponent was relieved to simply escape Cameron Indoor Stadium without setting any records for futility. The top-ranked Blue Devils routed Miami (Ohio) 79-45 on...
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November 15, 2010
DURHAM -- The Princeton offense was no match for top-ranked Duke's up-tempo defense. Nolan Smith scored 22 points and the Blue Devils forced 27 turnovers in a season-opening 97-60 rout of the Tigers on Sunday in the CBE Classic.
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September 14, 2010
RALEIGH (AP) — N.C. State isn't only taking care of the ball. The Wolfpack are taking it away, too. The ACC leaders in turnover margin have recovered three fumbles, intercepted three passes and haven't turned the ball over. Through two games, they'r...
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March 23, 2010
DURHAM (AP) — Duke's "Big Three" handle most of the scoring. It's the big men doing the dirty work underneath who have helped the Blue Devils advance to the round of 16.
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March 11, 2010
GREENSBORO (AP) — Redshirt freshman Reggie Johnson scored a season-high 22 points against his hometown school and 12th-seeded Miami routed fifth-seeded Wake Forest 83-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Joh...
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February 26, 2010
DURHAM (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski wanted a pre-tournament test for his Duke players. For perhaps longer than expected, they got one. But ultimately, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils — and their "Big Three," plus one — was too much for...
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January 16, 2010
DURHAM -- This is something Duke hasn't been able to claim before: Its football coach would rather be in charge of the Blue Devils than one of the Southeastern Conference's traditional powers.
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December 15, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Matt Cullen greeted the all-too-familiar question with an uncomfortable chuckle clearly rooted in disappointment: How have things gone this wrong this quickly for the Carolina Hurricanes? "I have no idea," the center said Mo...
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November 25, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Riley Skinner's football career at Wake Forest will end the way it began -- against Duke's Thaddeus Lewis. The quarterbacks made their starting debuts against each other four years ago, and each has written his name through...
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November 17, 2009
DURHAM (AP) — Duke didn't have one of its key players and Coastal Carolina was missing one too. The big difference: The Blue Devils had plenty of other weapons to make up for it. Kyle Singler had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 9 Duke routed the...
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November 6, 2009
GREENVILLE (AP) — After Ryan Williams fumbled his last game away, Virginia Tech's freshman running back got his hands on something else — some old football stats. "I researched Walter Payton and how many fumbles he had, all my favorite ru...
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October 6, 2009
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Two straight ACC losses, two anemic performances on offense. To get things jump-started, North Carolina's offense is going back to basics. Coach Butch Davis hopes that, by simplifying the playbook, the Tar Heels' inexperience...
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