October 10, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM -- Wake Forest cornerback Kenny Okoro plays defense as if it's offense. Any why not? The News & Record's high school player of the year in 2007, Okoro was a three-way star at Dudley as a defensive back, wide receiver and kick returner. H...
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North Carolina's midseason breather just got a whole lot more significant. Not long ago, the Tar Heels figured their glorified exhibition today (3:30 p.m.) against Georgia Southern would give them an opportunity to pad some stats and keep themselves flyin...
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October 9, 2009
Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe calls it "embarrassing." Tight end Andrew Parker declared that the game still "haunts us."The Demon Deacons were unbeaten in the Atlantic Coast Conference midway through last season, coming off a big win a w...
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New turf is down on the Carter-Finley Stadium field following Saturday night's U2 concert as N.C. State (3-2, 0-1 ACC) prepares for Saturday's ACC football game against Duke (2-3, 0-1). "I jokingly say all the time we'll play in the parking lot,"...
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October 8, 2009
GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T’s homecoming is still three weeks away.But for A&T’s football players, this week is homecoming. And next week is homecoming. Then, finally, homecoming is homecoming.The unspoken tradition of homecoming is to...
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The Champs Sports Bowl has signed a new agreement with the ACC that extends the relationship with the conference through 2013 and improves the bowl’s selection of teams from the conference.The deal means the ACC’s second pick after the BCS sel...
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High Point University picked up its second verbal commitment in men’s basketball this week. It's Georges MaNgoue, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound center from Forsyth Country Day in Wisnton-Salem.MaNgoue drew recruiting interest from Elon, N.C. Central, UNC-As...
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October 7, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM — Three weeks in a row, Wake Forest senior quarterback Riley Skinner has set a new personal best for passing yards in a single game. You'd think that would be a good thing. And you'd be wrong. Because while Skinner has flourished in th...
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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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RALEIGH (AP) — N.C. State is shaking up its defense after being unable to get needed stops in the Wolfpack's weekend loss at Wake Forest.Coach Tom O'Brien said Monday that redshirt freshman Terrell Manning will likely start at linebacker against Duk...
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GREENVILLE (AP) — East Carolina has gone from struggling to alone atop Conference USA's East Division.The Pirates (3-2 overall, 2-0 in C-USA) have won two straight games after a 1-2 start and find themselves as the only unbeaten team in the division...
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October 5, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — Rejuvenated Auburn jumped into the AP Top 25 for the first time this season, landing at No. 17 after improving to 5-0 under new coach Gene Chizik.One week after a bunch of upsets gave The Associated Press poll a serious shake-up, a r...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Bill Hayes says that no matter what happens with his pursuit of the position of athletics director at Winston-Salem State, he's coming home to Winston-Salem.Hayes, who resigned on Friday as athletics director at Florida A&M...
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October 4, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Riley Skinner equated the buildup to his matchup with super sophomore Russell Wilson to a game early in his career against a budding NFL star. The efficient, record-setting Skinner won that competition Saturday — with a bi...
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Appalachian State's Jason Vitaris kicked a 30-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Mountaineers to a 30-27 victory over The Citadel on Saturday. Appalachian State's Brian Quick blocked a field goal on the final play of regulation af...
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GREENSBORO — Carlton Fears and Wallace Miles decided they had to accept responsibility for turning around N.C. A&T's struggles. So over the last couple weeks, as the Aggies battled through back-to-back losses, the roommates enacted a self-impose...
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SAMFORD 16, WESTERN CAROLINA 3: Cameron Yaw kicked three field goals, including a career-long 47-yarder, and Samford defeated Western Carolina 16-3 on Saturday. Yaw, a freshman, also had kicks of 35 and 27 yards. The Bulldogs (3-2, 1-1 Southern Conference...
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N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson's NCAA record of consecutive passes without an interception ended at 379 attempts in Saturday's 30-24 loss to Wake Forest. The sophomore was picked off twice, the first by safety Josh Bush in the second quarter on a p...
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NO. 17 MIAMI 21, NO. 8 OKLAHOMA 20: Once Jacory Harris settled down and Miami's defense got rolling, the Hurricanes found the right combination for their biggest win in years. And for Sam Bradford-less Oklahoma, it was just another frustrating trip to Sou...
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DURHAM -- Playing one week after dominating then-No. 9 Miami, No. 6 Virginia Tech was nowhere near that crisp Saturday. But they were good enough to claim their ninth straight victory against Duke, 34-26. "I don't think that's the old Duke football...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Elon scored twice in the final 2 seconds and Terrell Hudgins set the NCAA Division I mark for career receptions in a 19-12 victory over Furman on Saturday. Furman led 12-10 until Adam Shreiner's 37-yard field goal gave Elon (4-1, 2-0 S...
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WINSTON-SALEM — Kenny Okoro was minding his own business Saturday afternoon when he saw an entire football game coming his way. He'd been waiting all week. Okoro, a redshirt freshman from Greensboro in his first collegiate start, intercepted a pass...
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CHAPEL HILL — T.J. Yates heard the boos. They started late in an awful first quarter, and returned sporadically until most of the Kenan Stadium crowd headed for the exits with 5:49 left in the game. That's when Virginia tailback Mikell Simpson score...
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Patrick Pinkney scored on a 30-yard run and East Carolina's defense forced two turnovers in the fourth quarter to beat Marshall 21-17 on Saturday. Pinkney was 14-for-23 with 131 yards and an interception for the Pirates (3-2, 2-0 Conf...
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October 3, 2009
DUKE (2-2, 0-0 ACC) Who: Virginia Tech (3-1, 1-0) When: Noon today Where: Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham Webcast: espn360.com Radio: WIST-98.3 Tickets: $40 online at goduke.com or call (877) 375-3853 Watch for: The running game. The big question mark for...
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