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Panthers can’t score late, eliminated by Saints
New Orleans beats Carolina for the third time this season […]
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NC State upsets No. 2 Duke
Pack win fourth straight against top-two Duke at PNC Arena […]
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Hometown Hardwood
Albemarle Bulldogs (11-4, 6-1 Yadkin Valley) Schedule Opponent Time/Result Dec. 19 North Moore W, 76-30 Dec. 26 Community School of Davidson L, 69-62 Dec. 28 Uwharrie Charter Academy L, 67-63 Dec. 29 Gray Stone Day […]
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NC A&T’s Broadway a ‘pillar of black college football’
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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Hometown Hardwood: Dec. 5-19
Gray Stone Day Knights (0-4, 0-2, Yadkin Valley) Schedule Opp. Time/Result Dec. 5 at South Stanly — L, 69-42 Dec. 15 at Albemarle — 7:30 p.m. West Stanly Colts (1-5) Schedule Opp. Time/Result Dec. 6 […]
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Panthers bounce back against top-seed Vikings
CHARLOTTE — It was a day of comebacks for the Carolina Panthers. After a tough loss to New Orleans gave the Panthers’ playoff hopes a blow last week, they beat the No. 1 team in […]
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Howard, Hornets get road win over Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — With his team just on the receiving end of a thunderous Russell Westbrook dunk that the Oklahoma City Thunder star finished with a sneer toward the bench, Charlotte Hornets acting coach Stephen Silas went […]
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Hometown Hardwood
An update on area high schools basketball teams. Albemarle Bulldogs (1-1) Schedule Opponent Time/Result Nov. 20 Northwest Cabarrus L, 69-54 Nov. 21 Cabarrus Charter W, 64-27 Nov. 28 North Rowan After Press Dec. 1 […]
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Albemarle’s Harris becomes a ‘Legend’ this weekend
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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Duke stage another miracle comeback to win PK80 title
PORTLAND, Ore. — After Duke was tested in the first two games of the Phil Knight 80 Invitational, there was no reason to think the Blue Devils were going to cruise in the championship game […]