60 Duke forward Kyle Singler is taking a class this summer that he hopes will pay dividends if he goes on to play in the NBA. www.newsobserver.com/1596322 East Carolina's nonconference schedule features an in-state opponent nobody wants to play, consecutive road trips to Bowl Championship Series teams and a Thursday night game against the kings of Thursday night. www.newsobserver.com/1595368 With its Division I Women's Basketball Grant Program, the NCAA last month awarded $750,000 in grants to North Carolina and other schools to increase awareness for the sport and build their fan bases. www.newsobserver.com/1596326 It seemed like only a matter of time before former North Carolina forward Jason Capel followed his father and brother into coaching. www.newsobserver.com/1595369 Junior forward Kyle Singler floated a possibility that seems to make sense for Duke's unusually configured basketball team. www.newsobserver.com/1594505 Junior forward Kyle Singler has floated a possibility that seems to make sense for Duke’s unusually configured 2009-10 basketball team. "We might be playing a little more zone this year than in years past,” he says. www.newsobserver.com/1594021 Sophomore cornerback Dominique Ellis plans to transfer from N.C. State, and three players who signed with the Wolfpack football team in February will not enroll in the fall, coach Tom O'Brien announced Thursday. www.newsobserver.com/1593633 Butler will meet Georgetown and Indiana will face Pittsburgh in this year's Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. The pairings for the Dec. 8 men's basketball doubleheader were announced Wednesday. www.newsobserver.com/1593625 South Stanly defensive end Justin Taylor has committed to Virginia Tech, picking the Hokies over fellow finalist N.C. State. www.newsobserver.com/1592367 N.C. State gymnast Taylor Seaman hasn't returned home for Easter in four years. The holiday typically comes during the heart of the Wolfpack's spring season, and spending that weekend with family conflicts with the team schedule. www.newsobserver.com/1591980 The dominance of men's basketball in ACC athletics can be measured by how thoroughly the sport has ruled the league's athlete-of-the-year awards. www.newsobserver.com/1592021 North Carolina has signed a new 10-year, $37.7 million contract with Nike, with the majority coming in the form of apparel and equipment for the school's 28 sports teams. www.newsobserver.com/1591985 Lauren Crandall thought her field hockey-playing days had ended when she graduated from Wake Forest in 2007. www.newsobserver.com/1592000 Florida State says it's unfair to take wins off the individual records of football coach Bobby Bowden and other coaches and athletes who had no role in an academic cheating scandal. www.newsobserver.com/1591978 Clemson's 7-foot-2 center, Catalin Baciu, is recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder. www.newsobserver.com/1591983 Mike Krzyzewski left no doubt Tuesday that he plans to spend the rest of his coaching career at Duke. www.newsobserver.com/1590420 Mike Krzyzewski was talking about the ACC on Tuesday when he best expressed the challenges he faces with his own men's basketball team this season. www.newsobserver.com/1590418 The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators will honor the late Kay Yow, the former N.C. State women's basketball who died Jan. 24 after a long battle with cancer, with its 2009 Award of Distinction. www.newsobserver.com/1590457 Offensive lineman Corey Robinson (6-7 275) of Havelock High committed to South Carolina at a news conference at the school today. www.newsobserver.com/1589717 Gastonia Forestview's Shannon Smith, an all-state basketball point guard last season as a junior, committed to North Carolina. www.newsobserver.com/1589604 Just before he left for summer break, Duke's Vince Oghobaase bench-pressed 440 pounds, easily a personal-best for the 6-foot-6, 300-pound defensive tackle. www.newsobserver.com/1589082 Nate Irving survived a horrific one-vehicle crash before dawn Sunday morning, suffering a broken leg and collapsed lung. N.C. State sports information director Annabelle Myers said Monday that Irving's surgery late Sunday was successful and proceeded as expected. www.newsobserver.com/1589084 Learn more about Logan Winkles, the latest Wolfpack commitment. www.newsobserver.com/1589722 North Carolina has gone from a shortage of football scholarships to a surplus. www.newsobserver.com/1589096 N.C. State has received two football commitments in the last week from Georgia high school players. www.newsobserver.com/1589097 Georgia Tech guard Lewis Clinch will miss at least the first seven games of his senior season because he is academically ineligible. www.newsobserver.com/1288028 Sean Glennon will be Virginia Tech's starting quarterback this season while sophomore Tyrod Taylor takes a redshirt season. www.newsobserver.com/1195655 Tyler Hansbrough scored 21 points and Marcus Ginyard added a career-high 17 in a 105-70 rout of the outmatched UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos at the Smith Center today. www.newsobserver.com/845011 According to the Boston Herald, SI, ESPN and the New York Times are all writing the life and times of Matt Ryan features. www.newsobserver.com/710399 Losing fullback Tielor Robinson was Duke's biggest loss of the season so far. Robinson leading Duke's running backs with 3.7 yards per carry. That doesn't sound like a lot until you know the team, working with a four-man rotation, is averaging about 54 yards per game. www.newsobserver.com/709202