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June 14, 2025

Articles by Brett Friedlander

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Albemarle, Tar Heels legend Woody Durham remembered

March 14, 2018 Brett Friedlander 0

RALEIGH — Woody Durham loved everything about his job during his 40 years as the play-by-play voice of the North Carolina football and basketball teams. More than anything else, though, he loved calling the Tar […]

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NC A&T’s Broadway a ‘pillar of black college football’

January 4, 2018 Brett Friedlander 0

There were only two realistic options available to young men coming of age in Oakboro during the during the late 1960s and early ’70s. As far as Rod Broadway was concerned, only one of them […]

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Albemarle’s Harris becomes a ‘Legend’ this weekend

November 29, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

RALEIGH — Fifty years ago, right around this time of year, Bob Harris shed a tear as he packed up his broadcast equipment after calling a high school football game between West Stanly and Anson […]

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Albemarle native Bob Harris named ‘ACC Legend’

November 8, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

RALEIGH — Every year, the ACC picks a class of  “legends,” one from each member school to represent their teams at the league’s championship game festivities in December. At least half of those selected never […]

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Wolfpack overpowered by Notre Dame running attack

November 2, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The NC State football team couldn’t have drawn up a better start Saturday at Notre Dame. The middle and end didn’t go nearly as well. The 14th-ranked Wolfpack quieted a festive […]

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Albemarle’s Prince paves the way for UNC running backs

October 24, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

  CHAPEL HILL — R.J. Prince has been a fixture on the North Carolina offensive line for the past two seasons, starting the Tar Heels’ last 19 games at right guard. But if not for […]

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ECU defense rises to the occasion in badly needed win against BYU

October 24, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

GREENVILLE — As bad as things have been going for East Carolina’s defense this season, the last thing it needed was for its offense to put it in a bad spot right out of the […]

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Tar Heels looking for answers after blowout loss

October 11, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

CHAPEL HILL — Larry Fedora’s postgame press conference lasted a shade over three minutes Saturday, by far his shortest of the season. At this point, there’s not much left for him to say. His North […]

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ECU’s slide continues with AAC loss to Temple

October 11, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

RALEIGH — East Carolina’s defenseless defense gave up better than 500 yards for the sixth time in as many games this season, but Saturday it was the offense that let it down most in a […]

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Hill goes from West Stanly to ACC’s best defensive line

October 4, 2017 Brett Friedlander 0

RALEIGH — It’s hard to imagine someone 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds going about his business without being noticed, especially on a football field. But that’s what can happen when you’re a no-nonsense defensive tackle flanked […]

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