November 2, 2009
Luke Harangody should get used to being on top of lists.The senior forward from Notre Dame was the leading vote-getter today on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team, and if he has the type of season he usually does, he will become the leader f...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Texas is back to No. 2 in the AP college football poll.The Longhorns jumped Alabama and landed right behind top-ranked Florida on Sunday, a day after winning 41-14 at Oklahoma State in their best performance of the season.Florida, No...
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November 1, 2009
GREENSBORO — Carlton Fears lingered long after all his N.C. A&T teammates had showered and left.Homecoming was over, but the Aggies’ senior quarterback seemed to not want it to end.Not like this. Not with a 31-13 loss to Bethune-Cookman, a...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Russell Wilson threw for five touchdowns and 349 yards, both of them career highs. N.C. State ran for 189 yards. The Wolfpack scored 42 points. And it still wasn't enough. In a game that featured 1,100 yards of offense, Florida State...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Armanti Edwards ran for four touchdowns and threw for two more in Appalachian State's sixth straight victory, a 52-27 win over Furman on Saturday. Edwards was 25-for-36 passing for 355 yards and ran for 106 yards on 13 carries to help...
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MARYVILLE, Tenn. -- Greensboro got defensive touchdowns from Jerry Bates and Mykel Searcy to beat Maryville, 26-12 on Saturday in a USA South game. The Pride (4-4, 2-3) held the Scots to 223 total yards. "Our game ball has to go to our defense,"......
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Thaddeus Lewis and his Duke teammates don't know if opponents are starting to believe that the rumors of the Blue Devils' vast improvement are true. And, Lewis said, he doesn't care. Lewis threw for 343 yards and hit Conner Vernon...
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GREENSBORO -- Junior quarterback Billy Watkins completed 35-of-52 passes for 378 yards and two touchdowns in Guilford College's 20-13 ODAC win over Randolph-Macon on Saturday. Watkins also ran for 23 yards on Guilford's final drive of the game, which exti...
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Terrell Hudgins caught three touchdowns and set a Football Championship Subdivision record as Elon beat Wofford 34-6 on Saturday. Hudgins, who had 11 catches for 153 yards, had his 24th 100 yard game to surpass NFL Hall of Famer Jerry...
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WINSTON-SALEM -- The trend had become so frustratingly familiar that Wake Forest's football players could only shrug their shoulders on Saturday when asked to explain how games kept slipping away. The latest example came with a 28-27 loss to No. 18 Miami...
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BOSTON COLLEGE 31, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 10: Former walk-on kicker Steve Aponavicius became the host Eagles' all-time scoring leader as they overpowered the Chippewas. "It's tremendous for Steve, it really is," coach Frank Spaziani said. "He dr...
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October 31, 2009
Frank Beamer knew North Carolina was good, but even he was stunned by how the Tar Heels pushed around 14th-ranked Virginia Tech on Thursday night. "I don't think we got in a rhythm as a football team," he said. "When we had field position i...
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APPALACHIAN STATE (5-2, 4-0 Southern)Who: Furman (4-3, 3-2) When: Noon today Where: Paladin Stadium, Greenville, S.C. Radio: WBLO-790 Watch for: If the rain holds, look for another high-scoring game. Appalachian State piled up 713 yards of offense last...
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Kentucky point guard John Wall of Raleigh has been cleared to play by the NCAA. The school announced Friday that the 6-foot-4 freshman must sit out two games and repay almost $800 in expenses incurred during unofficial visits to schools during his junior...
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October 30, 2009
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Reeling after blowing a big lead and trying to keep its season from slipping away, North Carolina's players gathered themselves behind a resolve."This week, we just emphasized, 'How good could we be? Can we play a complet...
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Ticket books for the 2010 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament to be held March 4-7 at Greensboro Coliseum will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.The books, which include tickets for all eight sessions of the four-day tournament, will remain at last year&rsq...
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Connecticut picked up right where it left off last season: unanimous No. 1 in the women's basketball poll.The Huskies received all 40 first-place votes Friday from a national media panel. It's the seventh time in school history UConn has held the top pres...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Bill Hayes is coming home to Winston-Salem State, this time to be the university's director of athletics.Chancellor Donald Reaves announced the hiring Thursday in a meeting with the executive committee of the university's...
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October 29, 2009
GREENSBORO — It's homecoming week at N.C. A&T, and the list of events for students and alumni is impressive. Just don't look for any football players at those distrac ... er ... events. "We're going to run," A&T coach Alonzo Lee sa...
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For the second time in its storied basketball history, Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25.The Jayhawks were a runaway choice Thursday, receiving 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to easily outdistance Mich...
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Who: North Carolina (4-3, 0-3 ACC) at Virginia Tech (5-2, 3-1)When: 7:30 p.m. todayWhere: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Va. TV: ESPN Radio: WTHZ-94.1, WBAG-1150, WLXN-1440Watch for: The TV show. Despite its recent struggles — North Carolina has lo...
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A bye week fell at an opportune time for No. 14 Virginia Tech, giving the Hokies a chance to get their loss to No. 11 Georgia Tech out of their heads. The game almost two weeks ago took the Hokies (5-2, 3-1 ACC) out of co...
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October 28, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM — Where, oh, where, has all the offense gone? Two weeks ago, Wake Forest (4-4, 2-2 ACC) was on top of the world and — more importantly — on top of the Atlantic Division standings. The Demon Deacons were averaging 426 yards...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Quarterback Patrick Pinkney ran for two touchdowns to help East Carolina beat Memphis 38-19 Tuesday night. Dominique Lindsay ran for 139 yards for the Pirates (5-3, 4-1 Conference USA), who warmed up for a game against No. 14 V...
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Former coach Dave Odom is the new chairman of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. Odom, who coached at Wake Forest and South Carolina, was chosen Tuesday to replace Big East commissioner Dave Gavitt in running the eight-team invitational celebrating its 26th...
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