May 26, 2012
May 25, 2012
GREENSBORO – The kid who grew up on South Elm Street and worked nights at the long-gone bowling alley at the Friendly Center might just have one more game left in his old hometown. Eric Whaley pitched eight workmanlike innings, Chantz Mack went...
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ACC commissioner John Swofford said he's hearing nothing but total commitment from presidents and athletic directors at the league's schools, even reported malcontents Florida State, Clemson and Miami. Even with the heads of the boards of trustees at both...
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UNCG softball coach Jennifer Herzig’s contract will not be renewed when it expires at the end of June, Director of Athletics Kim Record announced Friday. Herzig went 173-241 in her seven-year tenure. UNCG went 22-34 this season, with a 10-13 record...
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami is reaffirming its commitment to the ACC and is debunking speculation that the Hurricanes may be considering a jump to the Big 12 or elsewhere.Hurricanes athletics director Shawn Eichorst released a statement today sa...
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May 24, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UNCG’s track team has the first East regional champion in the program’s history.Sophomore Paul Katam captured first place in the 10,000 meters Thursday night at track and field’s NCAA East Preliminary Round in...
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GREENSBORO -- North Carolina coach Mike Fox will not be in the dugout for his team's game against rival N.C. State on Saturday night, the final game in pool play at the ACC Tournament. Fox was ejected as the umpires were walking off the field after T...
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CHAPEL HILL -- Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill want to know how courses with little or no supervision from professors could have continued for years before building into a case of academic fraud. The News & Observer of...
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GREENSBORO – Carlos Rodon had a tough choice to make coming out of high school in Holly Springs this time last year.Take the money and sign with the Milwaukee Brewers, who picked him in the 16th round of last June’s Major League Baseball amate...
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May 23, 2012
May 22, 2012
Sometimes, you can have it all. And Ashley Schnell, now a graduate who will represent UNCG at the NCAA track and field regionals this week, might come as close to having it all as any person you will see featured on a Sports section page. She’s an...
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May 21, 2012
ACC BASEBALL TOURNAMENTWhen: Wednesday through Sunday Where: NewBridge Bank Park Tickets: Call 268-2255 or order online at bit.ly/2012ACCBaseTix Prices: Single games Wednesday-Saturday — adults, $10 seats, $8 lawn; ages 5-12, $5 seats, $4 lawn; 4 an...
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Elon catcher Alex Swim, a former Northwest Guilford standout, was named first-team All-Southern Conference on Monday in voting by the league’s baseball coaches. The junior finished the regular-season with a team-best .362 batting average and 81 hits...
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UNCG runners Paul Chelimo and Paul Katam tear through the trails at Hamilton Lakes on a Tuesday morning, side-by-side, stride-for-stride, gliding over two circuits of the three-mile loop and making it look easy. “This is supposed to be a moderate wo...
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May 17, 2012
DURHAM (AP) — Duke paid coach Mike Krzyzewski roughly $7.2 million during the year of his most recent national championship. The school's most recent IRS documents obtained Thursday cover the 2010 calendar year. They show Krzyzewski received a base...
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May 16, 2012
ACC Commissioner John Swofford said Wednesday that the possibility of Florida State leaving the league was not brought up "in any formal way" during this week's meetings.In a phone interview from Amelia Island, Fla. — where the meetings we...
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Florida State can’t seriously be thinking of leaving the ACC, can it? For the Big 12? Really?Those are questions we can’t answer. We can’t even understand them. Here in North Carolina, we’ve never been able to understand why ACC sc...
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May 14, 2012
