Article Archive
August 18, 2008
Hardin: A red-letter day for our golf tournament
GREENSBORO -- A red shirt broke through a sea of red shirts flowing down the fairway at No. 18 on Sunday at Sedgefield Country C... Continue
August 17, 2008
One more round and Pettersson has his title
GREENSBORO -- Playing board member's bounces with the confidence of a local, Carl Pettersson put himself in position Saturday to... Continue
August 16, 2008
Hardin: It's a long way from 61 to 59
GREENSBORO -- The threesome remains intact, but no one has much faith in it remaining an exclusive club forever. Carl Pettersson... Continue
August 15, 2008
Hardin: Greensboro has a new poster boy
GREENSBORO — Brandt Snedeker wore purple Thursday for the first round of the Wyndham Championship. The 2007 champion and spons... Continue
August 14, 2008
Take me out to the ballpark
The lights attract people from far away, like beacons in the night guiding folks from their busy lives to a relaxed atmosphere d... Continue
Hardin: We can see our roots in the grass at Sedgefield
GREENSBORO -- The old Embassy Club is long gone now, burned to the ground after a dance one night. Its foundation is still visib... Continue
August 10, 2008
Golf makes a return to its natural element
GREENSBORO -- Standing on the second tee at Sedgefield Country Club, you see what Donald Ross saw almost a century ago. A long...... Continue
Hardin: An air of nostalgia in Panthers' exhibition opener
CHARLOTTE -- On a field shortened by their defense, the Carolina Panthers made short work of the Indianapolis Colts, winning 14...... Continue
August 7, 2008
Cheek skates back into spotlight
By the time most of us had awakened Wednesday morning, Joey Cheek had started another international incident.President Bush had...... Continue
August 3, 2008
Hardin: Smith's two-game suspension a big hit
CHARLOTTE -- Steve Smith's right about one thing. We really don't know him. But he's wrong about basically everything else. Smit... Continue
July 30, 2008
Hardin: Ton of Brickyards falls on NASCAR
Some 48 hours after one of the worst days in stock-car racing history, NASCAR still didn't know what happened. Confused, shocked... Continue
July 27, 2008
Jake's back, and optimism returns to Panthers' camp
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Training camp began Saturday morning for the Carolina Panthers with Jake Delhomme at quarterback. And not Br... Continue
July 24, 2008
Hardin: Cutcliffe gets the attention of coaches
GREENSBORO -- On a hot and steamy Wednesday, in the middle of summer, Duke football re-introduced itself to North Carolina. Davi... Continue
July 20, 2008
Youth isn't wasted on our young athletes
GREENSBORO -- As the summer heat begins to wilt the very ground we walk on, we're reminded once again why being young is underra... Continue
July 13, 2008
Sedgefield restores significance to our tournament
The strange PGA Tour, limping gamely into summer without Tiger Woods, is one month from limping gamely into Greensboro. Sedgefi... Continue
July 6, 2008
Uncharted treasure remains as pristine as ever
PFAFFTOWN -- We pushed through the final few yards of underbrush, watching the ground before each step into the swampy muck that... Continue
June 12, 2008
New deal makes sense for Pettys
The announcement came a long, long way from Level Cross, far from the streets of Randleman where four generations of racers spra... Continue
May 7, 2008
Miss Mary gradually getting her due
WINSTON-SALEM - I've never written about her before because I figured it would just make her mad, but this time I have to. Mary...... Continue
March 30, 2008
Tar Heels sprint past Louisville
CHARLOTTE — Getting back to a vertical game almost no one else can play, North Carolina blew into the Final Four over exha... Continue
March 24, 2008
Hardin: Goliath met his match in Davidson
RALEIGH — Davidson slew the giant and shook down the firmament Sunday, delivering the NCAA tournament's defining moment in... Continue
March 21, 2008
Notes: Sixteen seed has link to upset specials
RALEIGH -- At least Mount St. Mary's coach Milan Brown has family history on his side. Brown's younger brother, Marseilles, was...... Continue
March 20, 2008
Hardin: Find someone to take the fall and kiss your money goodbye
A friend of mine walked into a casino in Lost Wages, Nev., last year and looked out across a giant sports-book board and pulled...... Continue
March 16, 2008
Didnt see this coming: Carolina versus ... Clemson?
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina won a college basketball game for the ages Saturday, shocking Virginia Tech 68-66 and rolling i... Continue
March 14, 2008
Big Four gets a lot smaller on Day 1
CHARLOTTE -- The state of Florida flushed half of the Big Four from the ACC tournament before half the state of North Carolina e... Continue
December 9, 2007
Dudley's wait is over
CHAPEL HILL — Dudley football's finest hour came after years of waiting. Years of toil and triumph over things that had no... Continue