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Ned Barnet

Ned Barnett is a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Fairfield University. He joined The News & Observer in 1991 as a news editor and moved to sports as a columnist and staff writer in 1999. He can be reached at 829-4555 or nbarnett@newsobserver.com



Lineman deserving of notice

It is one of the mysteries of football that the biggest players are the hardest to see.

Updated: Dec. 28, 2005 4:18 AM | Full story

Canes trade bolts with champs and win

The Carolina Hurricanes finally found a way to beat Tampa Bay -- fight Lightning with lightning.

Updated: Dec. 21, 2005 4:19 AM | Full story

No. 1 Devils still trying to find themselves

As the season opened, Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski worried whether the high expectations for his No. 1 team would leave them feeling "entitled" to wins instead of feeling they need to scrap for them.

Updated: Dec. 9, 2005 4:37 AM | Full story

Buzz is back for the Canes

The Carolina Hurricanes, the team that promises it's "Here to play, here to stay," has fulfilled the first part in the season's first quarter.

Updated: Dec. 7, 2005 4:49 AM | Full story

Miracle victory sobering for Duke

The team built around J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams was supposed to roll over teams. Instead, the Devils have turned into the Cardiac Kids, pulling out their fourth consecutive squeaker.

Updated: Dec. 5, 2005 7:48 AM | Full story

Putting the 'Oh' in offense

Emory & Henry racked up 136 points. And lost. Greensboro's Guilford College had 147, a school record.

Updated: Dec. 2, 2005 7:55 AM | Full story

Sendek's tenure at State faces defining season

Of all the stats that surround the N.C. State men's basketball team, none is more surprising than the number next to Herb Sendek's coaching tenure.

Updated: Nov. 30, 2005 4:33 AM | Full story

Losing season still a winner for Heels

For North Carolina, 2005 was about close wins, close losses and the closeness between finishing with a winning or a losing season.

Updated: Nov. 27, 2005 5:17 AM | Full story

A truly Devilish tandem

Duke's men's basketball team plays its fourth game tonight, but the meeting with Drexel in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off will be Duke's true debut.

Updated: Nov. 23, 2005 5:18 AM | Full story

Victory Bell game a real gong show

North Carolina played Duke in football for the 92nd time Saturday. You'd think by now they'd be pretty good at it.

Updated: Nov. 20, 2005 5:25 AM | Full story

Carolina rolls with changes

By preseason projections, tonight's game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Rangers was supposed to be a battle between two of the NHL's worst teams.

Updated: Nov. 17, 2005 5:18 AM | Full story

Despite loss, UNC still has bowl hopes

North Carolina hasn't had a season. It has had an opera.

Updated: Nov. 13, 2005 3:25 AM | Full story

This rule isn't worth celebrating

College football is coming into its crucial final weeks, but as the emotional pressure grows, so does the chance a big game will turn on what may be the most subjective rule in football -- the rule against excessive celebration.

Updated: Nov. 9, 2005 7:41 AM | Full story

Heels get wake-up call early

It was just after noon Saturday, practically dawn for groggy college kids just straggling into Kenan Stadium's nearly empty student section when there came a bolt from the Carolina blue.

Updated: Nov. 6, 2005 3:22 AM | Full story

Pack's trust in Stone repaid, but barely

Marcus Stone walked out for his postgame interview wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with N.C. State's theme of the season: "Trust."

Updated: Oct. 30, 2005 1:49 AM | Full story

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