August 28, 2008
GREENSBORO -- A minor league baseball team, like television's "Law and Order," is made up of two separate yet equally important groups: the players, who are paid by the big-league franchises to do their work on the field; and the front office, which answe...
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August 27, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM -- As anybody with a cursory interest in recent ACC football knows, Wake Forest has built itself into a player in this strange new world by developing talent over the long term. Redshirting is so prevalent that you'd swear Black and Gold hav...
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WINSTON-SALEM -- Kenny Okoro, a freshman cornerback from Dudley, has impressed Wake Forest's coaches enough to make the Demon Deacons' season-opening trip to Baylor, coach Jim Grobe said Tuesday. Inclusion on the active roster for Thursday's game (8 p.m.
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August 26, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM – Kenny Okoro, a true freshman from Dudley High School, has impressed Wake Forest’s coaches enough to make the Demon Deacons’ season-opening trip to Baylor, coach Jim Grobe said today.
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CHAPEL HILL -- When it comes to kickers, North Carolina coach Butch Davis is punting on specifics. As the Tar Heels continue preparations for Saturday night's opener against McNeese State, Davis indicated Monday that both Jay Wooten and Casey Barth will k...
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August 25, 2008
CHAPEL HILL - When it comes to place-kickers, North Carolina coach Butch Davis is punting on specifics. As the Tar Heels continue preparations for Saturday's season-opener against McNeese State, Davis indicated today that both Jay Wooten and Casey Barth...
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August 23, 2008
CHAPEL HILL -- There will be times when you'll want to leave your seat or reach for the clicker during a North Carolina football game this season. Just make sure you pick your spots the way Brandon Tate picks out his blocks. Nobody covered more ground in...
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August 22, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Mike Stanton now stands only one home run short of second place on Greensboro's single-season chart. The 18-year-old Grasshoppers outfielder, who went deep for the 34th time on the season Thursday night, trails Guilford County Hall of Famer...
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August 21, 2008
RALEIGH -- In an age of Internet-spawned impatience and dirigible-sized hunger for college recruiting information, some N.C. State fans may be disturbed that quarterback Mike Glennon won't play in 2008. Some will interpret coach Tom O'Brien's decision to...
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August 20, 2008
RALEIGH - N.C. State's starting quarterback derby has been pared to Daniel Evans and Russell Wilson, and a final decision is at least a day away, coach Tom O'Brien said today. O'Brien said true freshman Mike Glennon will redshirt and that Harrison Beck wi...
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See more in a video tour A few questions and answers on Deacon Tower, the stadium upgrade project for Wake Forest football: Q: Much has been made of the high-end seats that make up the bulk of the project. What improvements will the rank and file fans not...
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August 18, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Martin Laird, who tied for fourth place at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, has won $342,525 in his past two events on the PGA Tour. In his previous 17 starts, he missed the cut eight times and pocketed a total of $145,566. Now he's in th...
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GREENSBORO - Like many others in the Wyndham Championship field, J.J. Henry put together three straight rounds in the 60s, closing with a 62 on Sunday. The difference is that he did it with a looming -- if pleasant -- distraction. His wife, Lee, is due to...
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August 17, 2008
Carl Pettersson spent some of his youth on one of the courses to host Greensboro's PGA Tour event, and he enjoyed one of his greatest professional moments today on another.
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GREENSBORO — So far, Scott McCarron is answering the question he has had to pose by word and by phone so often lately: "Can I play?" With another big round at the Wyndham Championship today, the 43-year-old professional, who has lost nearly three years...
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August 16, 2008
Through 54 holes, Grimsley High School graduate Carl Pettersson is enjoying one of the PGA Tour's finest performances in four decades. Pettersson, who played college golf at N.C. State, is at 19-under-par 191 entering today's final round. That's the best...
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GREENSBORO -- Numerous schedule conflicts will almost certainly preclude the Greensboro Grasshoppers from replacing Boston's Fenway Sports Group as the host of the suddenly homeless 2009 ACC baseball tournament, the team's president said Friday. "I'm stil...
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August 15, 2008
Numerous scheduling conflicts will almost certainly preclude the Greensboro Grasshoppers from replacing Boston's Fenway Sports Group as the host of the suddenly homeless 2009 ACC baseball tournament, the team's president said today. "I'm still trying, but...
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GREENSBORO -- John Maginnes is hearing voices again. Five or six, to be exact. And he's not losing it. Honest. The Greensboro resident and Sedgefield Country Club member is an analyst for XM Radio's coverage of the PGA Tour, and as the Wyndham Championshi...
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Greensboro may play host to an ACC baseball tournament after all. And if it happens, it would be sooner rather than later. Fenway Sports Group, originally scheduled to conduct the 2009 tournament at its hallowed Boston grounds, stunned the conference Thur...
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GREENSBORO -- Drew Weaver, the decorated amateur from High Point, shot a 69 on Thursday in the first round of the Wyndham Championship while employing a borrowed caddie who knew less about the course than Weaver. C. Damian Velasquez from Venezuela had bee...
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August 14, 2008
Two former N.C. State players with local connections are tied for second and one shot off the lead after the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club.
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Greensboro may host an ACC baseball tournament after all. And if it happens, it would be sooner rather than later. Fenway Sports Group, originally scheduled to conduct the 2009 tournament at its hallowed Boston grounds, stunned the conference today by ann...
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A synopsis of Wake Forest football pre-Jim Grobe: The most beloved, successful figure in the program's history was a guy named "Peahead." Grobe, who took over the program in December 2000, has coached the Demon Deacons to a position they never contemplate...
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WINSTON-SALEM -- For college football teams, August is the month in which optimism trumps reason and leads many intelligent men to say things they wouldn't consider in November. So what has gotten into Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe? Why is he saying his tea...
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