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Ryan Blaney’s crew performs a pit stop last Sunday at Pocono Raceway. The crew’s rear tire changer, Zachary Price, was injured when he was pinned between two cars during Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [...] -
The Washington Redskins are undergoing what the team calls a “thorough review” of the nickname. (Nick Wass / AP Post) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Redskins began a “thorough review” of their name Friday, a [...] -
ALBEMARLE –– Five players from Albemarle High School’s football team officially signed on to play college football during a signing event on Monday. Quarterback Antonio Burns, running back Julius Smith, wide receiver Josh Smith, defensive end Johnny Owens [...] -
David Ayres looks over the arena after sounding the siren before the Carolina Hurricanes’s home game with the Dallas Stars on Feb. 25, 2020. Ayres, who became a sudden hero when he came into the [...] -
ALBEMARLE –– Agnes Maske, a North Carolina high school coaching legend who was the first female black coach at Albemarle High School, died Thursday in Wake Forest. She was 79. Maske, a staple of Bulldogs athletics in the 1980s and 1990s, left a [...] -
North Carolina’s Aaron Sabato was selected 27th overall by the Minnesota Twins in last week’s Major League Baseball draft. (Ben McKeown / AP Photo) Commenting on the competition his team had to beat to win [...] -
ALBEMARLE –– In less than a week, more than 400 high school athletic teams within North Carolina will be allowed to begin summer activities and workouts for fall sports. Stanly County’s teams, however, won’t be partaking just yet. [...] -
ALBEMARLE — On May 12, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) told its membership that the coronavirus-induced dead period would expire on June 1, allowing summer workouts to possibly resume. Those plans have [...]
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Phil Mickelson, left, will team up with Tom Brady and face a tandem of Tiger Woods, right, and Peyton Manning. (Lynne Sladky / AP Photo) The purpose is to raise $10 million or more for [...] -
ALBEMARLE –– It’s been 68 days since a high school sports team has competed in North Carolina. Last week, the N.C. High School Athletic Association announced to statewide athletic directors that it will indeed expire its coronavirus precautionary dead period on June 1. [...] -
Duke sent all its football players care packages to help them prepare for the upcoming season during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Jack Wohlabaugh) Champions are made in the weight room, or so goes [...] -
ALBEMARLE –– In January, a Colt will be playing football at the Alamodome in San Antonio. West Stanly football standout Jordan Poole committed on Friday to play in the 2021 All-American Bowl — the 21st edition of the annual East vs. West matchup — after [...] -
Gates County’s Thomas Smith was one of Mack Brown’s “Rude Boys” at UNC before he played nine seasons in the NFL, including making a Super Bowl XVII appearance with the Buffalo Bills in 1993. (John [...] -
ALBEMARLE –– Although no players from Stanly County were selected in the 2020 NFL Draft last month, three former standouts have since inked free-agent deals with NFL franchises. North Stanly’s Antonio Williams signed with the Buffalo Bills, North Stanly’s T.J. Smith [...] -
Rocky Mount’s Walter “Buck” Leonard was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in February 1972 after a terrific career in the Negro Leagues. (Dave Pickoff / AP Photo) North State Journal’s 100 in 100 [...]
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