Alabama has the top-rated recruiting class in football, according to rankings compiled by 247 Sports and ESPN. … Saint Louis (6-0) overcame a 35-29 halftime deficit to defeat visiting N.C. State, 80-69, on Thursday night, dropping the Wolfpack to 3-1. …...

Former Campbell star Chris Clemons reportedly tore his right Achilles in an exhibition game for Houston on Tuesday night and will miss the 2020-21 NBA season. Clemons had earned a $1.5 million contract in his second year with the Rockets. … The current Camels...

Campbell has signed 6-foot guard Dakari Johnson of Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington to a basketball grant. A former player at Hoke County, Johnson averaged 24.1 points for the Sea Devils during the 2019-20 season. … The ACC has named Northwestern...

Jordan Whitfield of Campbell has been named Co-Player of the Week in the Big South Conference after helping the Camels to the championship of the Dolphin Classic in Jacksonville, Fla. … Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity boys basketball fell 57-52 at...

Buffalo dealt visiting Pittsburgh its second straight loss, 26-15, on Sunday night after the Steelers had started 11-0. … Denver topped the Carolina Panthers, 32-27, in Charlotte. … In college basketball on Sunday, No. 11 West Virginia topped No. 19...

No.17 North Carolina rushed for 554 yards in a 62-26 win at No.10 Miami on Saturday. … LSU knocked off No.6 Florida, 37-34, in Gainesville on a 57-yard field goal by Cade York with 29 seconds left. … No. 15 Southern California improved to 5-0 with a 43-38...

Jordan Whitfield and Cedric Henderson Jr. of Campbell were named to the all-tournament team for the Dolphin Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., after leading the Camels to a 3-0 record and the championship of the event. … Duke has canceled the remainder of its...

Dunn Area Sports has received its 166,000th view. Thank you! … The NCHSAA released proposed conferences for 2021-2025 on Thursday. The Harnett County schools (Harnett Central, Overhills, Triton and Western Harnett) are in a group that includes E.E. Smith, Terry...

Taya Bolden of Campbell has been named Player of the Week in women’s basketball by the Big South Conference after scoring 12 points and grabbing 13 rebounds in a 42-38 win at UNC Greensboro. … The Big Ten took a 6-1 lead in its games with the ACC on...

Basketball practice began Monday for NCHSAA (public) schools. … East Carolina (4-0) got eight points in overtime from Jayden Gardner in an 88-78 win over UNC Wilmington on Monday evening in Greenville. … Washington got two field goals from Dustin Hopkins...

Viktor Hovland, a 23-year-old from Norway, won the Mayakoba Classic in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, with a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole to finish at 20-under par with a closing 65. It was his second PGA Tour win. … A 46-yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr...