The Wolfpack has not won an ACC baseball championship since 1992. Two years ago, at the ACC Championship in Greensboro, the Pack reached the title game against Florida State, only to fall short. “It makes you want to go back and get in that championship game and win it,” Andrew Ciencin, a team captain, said Monday. “We want a championship.”
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Top-seeded Florida State may be the favorite to win this weekend's ACC baseball tournament, but the Tar Heels and N.C. State also are expected to contend.
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Dave Harding, 10 of his fellow Duke offensive linemen and a strength coach went to Ethiopia in part to help construct wells where international organizations estimate that 76 percent of the eastern African country does not have access to clean water. The trip was something close to an unqualified success.
Modified: 05/22/12 10:20:24 PM
Goaltender Mike Murphy made his NHL debut this past season for the Carolina Hurricanes. Murphy announced Tuesday he is making a move to Russia.
Modified: 05/22/12 06:52:03 PM
Wendell Scott’s victory on a 1-mile dirt track in Jacksonville, Fla., in December 1963 was the first victory for an African-American driver on NASCAR’s top level. It’s still the only one.
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Jordan Zimmermann pitched six solid innings, and Ian Desmond and Rick Ankiel homered to lead the Washington Nationals to a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.
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N.C. State pitcher Carlos Rodon keeps winning. The freshman from Holly Springs won nine games during the regular season and two ACC awards on Monday.
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Bernie Bickerstaff, the Charlotte Bobcats’ first coach and general manager, says if that franchise wants someone to out-work a problem, then former N.C. State player Nate McMillan is their guy.
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Commentary: In search of “a good fit” and more playing time, N.C. State’s Ryan Mathews is at his fourth college since leaving Boone High School (Orlando, Fla.) in 2007.
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Defensemen Jamie McBain and Bobby Sanguinetti signed new contracts with the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. The question now: will both be in the Canes’ lineup next season? McBain will be.
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After the lockout last year robbed Panthers coach Ron Rivera of an offseason of OTAs (organized team activities) and minicamps, he talked about lobbying the league for an extra minicamp to make up for the one usually granted first-year coaches.
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NFL Notebook: His passes were hitting receivers in stride and right between the numbers, not skipping off the ground or whizzing behind their heads like so many of Tim Tebow’s.
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Ramon Sessions did the best he could to keep Russell Westbrook from making a high-flying dunk that would energize the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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If you have any doubt the New Jersey Devils are frustrating the New York Rangers in their Eastern Conference finals, just look at Game 4.
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Soccer More
Officials familiar with the negotiations say international and U.S. Olympic leaders have agreed in principle on a new revenue-sharing deal that would end years of acrimony and clear the way for America to bid again for future games.
Modified: 05/22/12 09:35:57 PMCycling More
Domenico Pozzovivo of Italy won the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after a strong ride on a tough uphill finish while Ryder Hesjedal of Canada kept the overall lead.
Modified: 05/13/12 02:46:45 PM
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NHL More
Goaltender Mike Murphy made his NHL debut this past season for the Carolina Hurricanes. Murphy announced Tuesday he is making a move to Russia.
Modified: 05/22/12 06:52:03 PMBaseball More
Chris Perez, greeted by a standing ovation from the time he left the bullpen, worked another scary ninth inning for his 14th save as the Cleveland Indians ended a 10-game losing streak to Detroit with a 5-3 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night.
Modified: 05/22/12 10:35:58 PMPro basketball More
Indiana forward Danny Granger left the Pacers' Eastern Conference semifinal game against the Miami Heat on Tuesday night early in the second half with a sprained left ankle.
Modified: 05/22/12 10:15:38 PMCollege sports More
Dave Harding, 10 of his fellow Duke offensive linemen and a strength coach went to Ethiopia in part to help construct wells where international organizations estimate that 76 percent of the eastern African country does not have access to clean water. The trip was something close to an unqualified success.
Modified: 05/22/12 10:20:24 PMHigh school sports More
Millbrook’s Zach Dixon hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning for an 8-7 victory over Apex on Friday to earn the Wildcats a berth in Tuesday’s 7 p.m. state quarterfinal baseball game at Middle Creek. Millbrook scored four runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to send the game into extra innings before Dixon delivered the game winning hit.
Modified: 05/22/12 05:27:41 AMAuto racing More
IndyCar driver Katherine Legge expects an eventful return when open-wheel racing comes back to the Motor City next month.
Modified: 05/22/12 05:30:53 PMCarolina Hurricanes More
Goaltender Mike Murphy made his NHL debut this past season for the Carolina Hurricanes. Murphy announced Tuesday he is making a move to Russia.
Modified: 05/22/12 06:52:03 PMGolf More
Alabama finished the opening round by grabbing a two-stroke lead over Virginia, and Portland Rosen shot a Cavaliers' school-record 6-under 66 in near perfect conditions in the morning to lead the individual standings Tuesday at the NCAA Division I women's golf championship.
Modified: 05/22/12 09:40:51 PMCarolina Panthers More
After the lockout last year robbed Panthers coach Ron Rivera of an offseason of OTAs (organized team activities) and minicamps, he talked about lobbying the league for an extra minicamp to make up for the one usually granted first-year coaches.
Modified: 05/22/12 10:05:17 PMNFL More
Forced to fight for his name in a "public trial" against the NFL, Browns linebacker Scott Fujita vowed he did not participate in the New Orleans Saints' bounty program.
Modified: 05/22/12 05:10:58 PMTennis More
Lauren Embree and Alex Cercone won their singles matches to help Florida take its second straight national title with a 4-0 victory over UCLA on Tuesday.
Modified: 05/22/12 05:36:05 PMCollege Wire More
When the Indianapolis Colts selected Andrew Luck with the number one pick in last week's NFL Draft, it was no doubt a proud moment for Stanford. His presence helped catapult the Cardinal from an afterthought in the Pac-12 to a national powerhouse, and after leading the team to back-to-back BCS Bowl berths and tossing 82 touchdowns in his illustrious career, he was more than worthy of being Stanford's first top overall pick since John Elway nearly 30 years ago.
Modified: 05/02/12 11:17:55 AMContact the N&O Sports Staff
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