Thursday, June 1

by | Jun 1, 2023 | Quick Hits

Harnett Central has its athletic awards banquet tonight at 6 p.m. … The ACC announced on Wednesday that UNC will open its 2023 football season against South Carolina at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Saturday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. (ABC). … Zach Edey, the consensus player of the year in college basketball last season, has withdrawn from the NBA draft and will return to play at Purdue. … Detroit has hired former Phoenix coach Monty Williams for $78.5 million over six years. … The NBA finals open with Miami visiting Denver tonight (ABC, 8:30 p.m.). … Florida topped Georgia Tech, 3-1, for the NCAA men’s golf championship on Wednesday in Scottsdale, Arizona. … Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers extended his hitting streak to 20 games in a 10-6 loss to visiting Washington. … The Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour gets underway at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, today (Golf Channel, 2 p.m.). … The Kansas City-based National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2023 induction class will include former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, former UNC great Tyler Hansbrough and former Blue Devils guard and current Central Florida coach Johnny Dawkins.

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