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Caulton Tudor

Caulton Tudor has worked for The News & Observer or The Raleigh Times for more than 30 years. He can be reached at 829-8946 or ctudor@newsobserver.com



Wolfpack flashes potential

Against 10th-ranked Alabama on Wednesday night, N.C. State's men's basketball team had hopes of getting a quality victory in the RBC Center.

Updated: Dec. 21, 2006 2:52 AM | Full story

Davis, O'Brien begin their race side by side

If history holds, North Carolina's Butch Davis and N.C. State's Tom O'Brien will be coaching rivals for years to come.

Updated: Dec. 20, 2006 2:53 AM | Full story

Triangle ties two who do it right

As the NFL regular season enters its final three weeks, two of the hottest quarterbacks in professional football are the San Diego Chargers' Philip Rivers, left, and the Jacksonville Jaguars' David Garrard.

Updated: Dec. 12, 2006 6:26 AM | Full story

O'Brien brings stability to the Wolfpack

Tudor:In 10 seasons as Boston College's head football coach, Tom O'Brien won 75 games.

Updated: Dec. 8, 2006 3:14 AM | Full story

Johnson could be Pack man

Tudor:N.C. State athletics director Lee Fowler doesn't need to stage an extreme makeover in his quest to find a new football coach.

Updated: Dec. 6, 2006 3:03 AM | Full story

A UNC-Kentucky matchup is always meaningful

Tudor:What can North Carolina's basketball team possibly do for an encore?

Updated: Dec. 2, 2006 3:32 AM | Full story

Terps, Pack are surprises

Tudor:While it's too early for anyone to go bananas, N.C. State and Maryland basketball fans have to be excited by what they've seen so far.

Updated: Nov. 30, 2006 3:13 AM | Full story

Offense No. 1 priority for Pack

Tudor:Chuck Amato's primary shortcoming, and eventual undoing, as N.C. State's head football coach was his failure to respond to the importance of offensive production.

Updated: Nov. 27, 2006 1:52 AM | Full story

State's loss to ECU seems eerily familiar

Tudor:It was ironic, cruelly ironic, but N.C. State scored touchdowns on its first and final possessions against East Carolina on Saturday night in Carter-Finley Stadium.

Updated: Nov. 26, 2006 5:43 AM | Full story

Feels like finale for Amato

Tudor:No one in authority at N.C. State is saying today's game against East Carolina will be Chuck Amato's last as Wolfpack coach, but several signs point that way.

Updated: Nov. 25, 2006 4:57 AM | Full story

He said ... he said

Barnett:Our columnists had Wolfpack fans howling this week.

Updated: Nov. 25, 2006 3:12 AM | Full story

Loss puts Amato in hot water

Tudor: On a chilly afternoon on Saturday in Kenan Stadium, John Bunting made one of the most dramatic moves of his North Carolina coaching career.

Updated: Nov. 19, 2006 3:03 AM | Full story

Bunting's final two are fitting

Tudor:The nature of big-time college football these days is that there's at least some degree of job pressure on coaches in almost every game.

Updated: Nov. 18, 2006 3:51 AM | Full story

ESPNU wages cable war

Tudor:Thanks to the television channel that virtually no one gets, East Carolina and N.C. State, on Nov. 25, are going to start a football game at 7 p.m.

Updated: Nov. 15, 2006 7:00 AM | Full story

New reign at UNC could benefit ACC

Tudor:The timing for Butch Davis to take the North Carolina football coaching job is promising for the school and the ACC.

Updated: Nov. 14, 2006 2:53 AM | Full story

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