August 30, 2008
CHAPEL HILL -- As far as anyone knows, McNeese State has not displaced Duke or N.C. State on North Carolina's list of rivals. And a win over the Cowboys would not guarantee the Tar Heels a berth in a BCS bowl game. It just kind of seems that way when UNC...
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August 28, 2008
RALEIGH -- Heading into his second season as N.C. State's football coach, Tom O'Brien knows where the Wolfpack needs to improve. Getting improvement from that area is a bit more complicated. "We have to be much better up front," he said. "Anything we can...
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August 25, 2008
DURHAM -- At first, Romaro Miller admitted, he didn't get it. In his first preseason camp under new Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe, Miller -- the Rebels' incumbent starting quarterback -- was working harder than ever before. But he wasn't just being schoo...
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August 17, 2008
RALEIGH -- Much like the way he is when he's carrying a football, it's hard to knock Toney Baker down. Though he's out again, after having surgery to remove loose cartilage from his right knee, Baker's still trying to look at the bright side of things. "I...
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August 16, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Yes, he says, it was the right decision to leave three decades ago. Yes, he says, it was the right decision to return. Wade Peoples was general chairman of what is now the Wyndham Championship when he announced after the 1976 tournament that...
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GREENSBORO - On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, Kevin Streelman dropped by his alma mater, Duke University. It was a chance to relive the good old college days, but also a moment to ponder what might have been. Five years ago, Streelman applied for a...
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GREENSBORO -- After Drew Weaver watched his seven-foot putt fall into the hole for a birdie at No. 18, he dropped his head in frustration. If you knew how the rest of the former High Point Central star's round had gone Friday at Sedgefield Country Club, y...
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August 14, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Brandt Snedeker, like millions of other Americans, is now a huge Michael Phelps fan. Tim Clark has a friend, Roland Schoeman, swimming for South Africa in the 50-meter freestyle. Jerry Kelly stayed up until early Wednesday morning watching t...
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You’ve got the itch. You want to hop on your bike, maybe even while wearing those funny stretchy shorts, and take it for a spin. But you’re not interested in breathing in exhaust fumes. Nor do you want to have a near-death experience every time a deli...
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August 13, 2008
Toney Baker's long road back just got longer. "Toney Baker has had surgery to clear out some things from his knee," said N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien after practice on Tuesday. "So he's on the shelf for a while until he comes back from that." At the start...
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August 6, 2008
Tommy Norwood has been a high school football coach for 28 years -- the last 26 in Guilford County, with the most recent 11 as the head man at Ragsdale High School. He's seen the waxing and waning of recruiting cycles, with different schools taking their...
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August 2, 2008
CHAPEL HILL -- Butch Davis spoke for 17 minutes straight to open his news conference before North Carolina's first football practice, so naturally he covered a wide variety of topics. But it didn't take long to figure out that one was particularly importa...
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August 1, 2008
RALEIGH -- It seemed like a forbidding omen. With about 30 minutes remaining in N.C. State's first football practice, a golf cart came wheeling out of the Wolfpack's practice facility, with Toney Baker sitting it on the passenger's side, wearing a somber...
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July 30, 2008
Sidney Lowe may still be relatively new to the college basketball recruiting scene, but he's already learned this important axiom: Relationships trump geography. N.C. State got two more examples this week when guard Lorenzo Brown and power forward Richard...
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July 28, 2008
John Isner is in the main draw at the Master's event in Cincinnati and he has a favorable draw. It could be a good chance for him to give his ranking a boost back into the top 100. For more information, click on the link to the right.
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July 25, 2008
John Isner got the wildcard entry he'd hope for into the upcoming Western & Southern Financial Masters tournament in Cincinnati. For news on that and other Isner notes, click on the link to the right.
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July 24, 2008
"Believe it or not, I'm in Wisconsin." It did seem a little hard to believe that John Isner, who in his first year as a professional tennis player has traveled to exotic locales such as Paris, London, Melbourne, New York and Las Vegas, would somehow find...
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DeMario Pressley is turning heads on the first day of the New Orleans Saints' training camp. But he already accomplished two major tasks before he even took the field today. For more, click on the link to the right.
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July 17, 2008
John Isner's first ATP tour victory came in doubles. That's an area where he's had some success this season. Can we expect to see more of Isner in doubles in upcoming tournaments? Click on the link to the right for more.
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June 28, 2008
When Caroline Lind was growing up in Greensboro, she and her older sister Mary Laura would splash around in the pool and declare that they were going to become Olympic swimmers. Close, but who's complaining? Caroline Lind will be going to the Olympic Gam...
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June 27, 2008
The wait is finally over for Caroline Lind. The Greensboro native had long been considered a strong candidate to be named to the U.S. women's eight crew for the 2008 Olympic Games, but had to wait until this week to find out for certain. The official word...
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June 22, 2008
It was a fitting way for Lee Melchionni to change careers, given the job he now has. The former Duke basketball player was sitting in his apartment in Italy when he got a phone call from out of the blue. Melchionni was playing for Cimberio Novara, a team...
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June 20, 2008
RALEIGH -- At one point during his summer news conference Thursday, Sidney Lowe politely suggested that the focus of the questions be shifted. "I've answered a lot of questions about last year," N.C. State's basketball coach said. "I want t...
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June 18, 2008
DURHAM -- The news conference took place at Duke, overlooking the Blue Devils' new practice courts. And Mike Krzyzewski was wearing a Duke shirt as he sat behind the podium. But for the first 20 minutes of questions Tuesday, it was clear Krzyzewski's moon...
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June 17, 2008
North Carolina basketball's best-case scenario has come to fruition. Sophomores Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington and junior Danny Green withdrew from the NBA draft and will play for the Tar Heels next season, the school announced Monday. "I'm very pleas...
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