October 27, 2009
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — T.J. Yates has long known every throw will be scrutinized, every read questioned and every mistake criticized simply because he's the quarterback. But having something thrown at him as he walked off the field in his own stadium? T...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — East Carolina has traded its familiar routine for national TV exposure. The Pirates visit Memphis tonight, then won't play again until Nov. 5, when they host No. 5 Virginia Tech. Ten days later, it's a Sunday night game at Tuls...
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GREENSBORO (AP) — North Carolina's best player is a major question mark. The Tar Heels still have enough talent to win the ACC. For the second straight year, coach Sylvia Hatchell's team is the preseason pick to win the ACC's women's basketball titl...
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GREENSBORO — Kellie Harper was late. Every coach in the ACC was gathered at midcourt of the Greensboro Coliseum floor Monday, every coach except the newest member of the conference. She was busy talking. Harper might have the hardest job in America......
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October 26, 2009
GREENSBORO — Duke or North Carolina? Tar Heels or Blue Devils? Who's best in the ACC? Apparently, it's too close to call this season. For the first time in the 41-year history of the balloting, the preseason ACC basketball poll ended in a tie at the...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Florida regained the top spot Sunday in The Associated Press poll from Alabama, which was ranked No. 1 for a week ahead of the Gators.The Crimson Tide needed a blocked field goal on the last play to beat Tennessee 12-10 on Saturday......
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October 25, 2009
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Redemption wasn't on the minds of a fragile Wake Forest football team when the Demon Deacons came into Navy-Marine Corps Stadium Saturday. Survival was a more predominant thought. One week after getting crushed at Clemson by 35 points, W...
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GREENSBORO -- Charlie Westfal's 21-yard touchdown run with 3:39 left in regulation lifted visiting Washington & Lee to a 28-21 ODAC win at Guilford on Saturday. The teams combined for six turnovers, five of which led to touchdowns. Mike Hartford set u...
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WOFFORD 35, WESTERN CAROLINA 26: Five different players scored touchdowns for Wofford as the Terriers held off Western Carolina for a 35-26 win on Saturday, snapping a four-game losing skid. Michael Scott, Mike Rucker, Mitch Allen and Stev Davitte all sco...
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BOONE -- Armanti Edwards threw three touchdowns to lead Appalachian State in a 52-16 rout of Georgia Southern on Saturday. Edwards was 26-for-34 with 320 yards and rushed for 39 yards for the Mountaineers (5-2, 4-0 Southern Conference). The score was tied...
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WASHINGTON -- Wallace Miles has been a big part of the N.C. A&T offense all season. In the first seven games of the season, the wide receiver from Atlanta leads the Aggies in catches with 23 and touchdown receptions with three. On a rainy day in the n...
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DURHAM -- Thaddeus Lewis has been carrying Duke lately. This time, it was the defense's turn to bail out the Blue Devils. Lewis threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns and Duke forced two late turnovers to wrap up a 17-13 victory over Maryland on Saturday.
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ELON -- Elon coach Pete Lembo could sense team needed a big play to get back in an effective rhythm. When the Phoenix found it, the source was no surprise. After falling behind 3-0 and stumbling through their first two drives, senior wide receiver Terrell...
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CLEMSON 40, NO. 8 MIAMI 37 (OT): Kyle Parker threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Ford in overtime, giving Clemson a 40-37 win over Miami on Saturday night in Miami. Matt Bosher kicked a 22-yard field goal on Miami's overtime possession, but on third......
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GREENSBORO -- Tunde Ogun ran for 124 yards and a touchdown as Christopher Newport spoiled Greensboro College's homecoming with a 14-7 victory at Jamieson Stadium. Antonio Epps' 4-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter was the winning score for the C...
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October 23, 2009
CHAPEL HILL — The powerhouse offense started slowly, but it slipped past the powerhouse defense. Meanwhile, the struggling defense bent plenty but didn't break against the struggling-even-worse offense. Such was the story of Florida State's 30-27 vi...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Kyrie Irving, a 6-foot-2 guard from St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, N.J., committed Thursday to Duke.Kentucky and Texas A&M were in his final decision, and he also considered Georgia Tech and Seton Hall."It was t...
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CHAPEL HILL — The old man won't go down without a fight. With vultures flying overhead and Tar Heel voices screaming all around him, Bobby Bowden pulled off still another win over North Carolina on a strange Thursday night in strangely lighted Kenan...
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October 22, 2009
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Entering the season, this seemed like the perfect setup for North Carolina and Florida State's football teams: a nationally televised game, the first Thursday night home date in Tar Heels' history and a matchup of contenders...
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The ACC wants to find a city that will embrace and support its struggling football championship game.Charlotte thinks it's the spot, and the heavy hitters from the city's business community lined up Wednesday to woo commissioner Joh...
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October 21, 2009
CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina Tar Heels spent the past weekend catching their breath, thanks to a break in their college football season, but now they turn their attention to the final six games on the schedule. The Tar Heels face a stretch of si...
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GREENVILLE (MCT) — Skip Holtz admits he enjoys watching college football on the odd Tuesday night. Now the East Carolina coach will get a much closer look at it. The Pirates, coming off a dominant 49-13 win over Rice on Saturday, begin a wacky...
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N.C. State cornerback Rashard Smith will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Smith, a freshman backup and kick returner, was injured in the second quarter of last week's 52-20 loss to Boston College. Coach Tom O'Brien also said defensive end J...
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October 20, 2009
CHAPEL HILL — Will Graves considers himself a leader, a role model for the youngsters on the North Carolina men's basketball team. Chances are, the 21-year-old junior from Greensboro wouldn't have said that seven months ago. Suspended for the final...
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RALEIGH (AP) — Two injured N.C. State players will miss the rest of the season.Coach Tom O'Brien said today that cornerback Rashard Smith and defensive end Jeff Rieskamp won't play again this season because of injuries.Smith is a freshman who suffer...
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