Regional/National

The Atlantic Coast Conference started the NCAA Tournament with nine teams. As the event narrowed to the Sweet 16, there were four ACC teams in the hunt. Only Duke remained on Sunday afternoon as the Blue Devils took on Kansas in a regional final in Omaha. The Blue Devils exited with an 85-81 loss to […]

Duke is the only team thus far from the state of North Carolina to win its opening game in the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils turned back Iona, 89-67, in Pittsburgh on Thursday as Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points and Grayson Allen had nine assists. N.C. State was knocked out with a 94-83 loss […]

Six teams from North Carolina are in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament field. North Carolina Central (19-15) will be the first to play as the Eagles take on Texas Southern (15-19) in a First Four matchup of No. 16 seeds in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. UNC Greensboro (27-7) faces Gonzaga (30-4) on […]

Top-seeded Virginia got 16 points from MVP Kyle Guy and won the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament 71-63 over North Carolina at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night. Virginia topped Clemson, 64-58, and UNC held off Duke, 74-69 in Friday’s senifinals. The Cavaliers (31-2) will receive the ACC’s automatic berth in the […]

Host Duke overcame a 13-point deficit Saturday night to take a 74-64 win over No. 9 North Carolina as Marvin Bagley III had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the No. 5 Blue Devils. Bagley scored 18 points in the second half. Grayson Allen had 15 points on his Senior Night. Gary Trent Jr. had […]

LOS ANGELES — Team LeBron topped Team Steph 148-145 in a new format for the NBA All-Star game played Sunday night at the Staples Center. The traditional East vs. West structure that had been in place since 1951 was scratched in favor of teams picked by LeBron James and Stephen Curry. James had 29 points, […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon won the Daytona 500 on Sunday night in the No. 3 Chevrolet that Dale Earnhardt Sr. made famous. Dillon was driving for Richard Childress Racing. Childress is Dillon’s grandfather. Dillon got a push from Darrell “Bubba” Wallace, Jr. on the final lap of overtime. Dillon spun leader Aric Almirola […]

CHAPEL HILL — Although neither team is within four games of league-leading Virginia in the ACC standings, there was a lot of emotion and fanfare as North Carolina hosted rival Duke on Thursday night in men’s basketball. The No. 21 Tar Heels overcame an early 12-point deficit and got 21 points from Joel Berry II […]

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics were held with dignitaries from host South Korea and neighboring North Korea making peaceful gestures. Vice President Mike Pence was on hand to represent the United States. Over 2,900 athletes from 92 countries are competing.

MINNEAPOLIS — Philadelphia tight end Zach Ertz caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Nick Foles with 2:21 remaining to lift the Eagles to their first Super Bowl championship with a 41-33 win over New England on Sunday night (Feb. 4). Ertz dove into the end zone and the ball popped up as he rolled on […]