By The Raleigh Telegram GREENVILLE – A third East Carolina University student has now been arrested in just a few days, according to law enforcement officials. According to the US Marshals Service, today, the Joint Fugitive Task Force arrested ECU basketball player Shamarr Bowden, age 22. The student athlete just…
By The NC Wildlife Commission, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram MURPHY – When he launched his 17-foot Hydrosport on Hiwassee Reservoir on the morning of March 31st, Tyler Shields expected he’d catch a few largemouth bass, maybe a smallmouth bass or two. What he didn’t expect to catch, however, was…
By The Raleigh Telegram CHAPEL HILL – An eight year old boy astounded the crowd during a pickup game at Cobb Dorm on the University of North Carolina’s campus on Wednesday afternoon. However, it wasn’t just any pickup game as the young man was playing with members of the varsity…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes announced that they have signed a free agent just out of college. Last week, the team announced that they had signed former college forward Jeremy Welsh to an entry-level contract as a free agent. Last season, Jeremy Welsh,…
By Ted Jurnigan, The Raleigh Telegram CHAPEL HILL – Carolina basketball fans may be upset but probably not surprised to find out that three star players are leaving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill early to take their chances in the National Basketball Association’s upcoming draft. Kendall Marshall,…
By Ted Jurnigan, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Despite the loss on Friday night to Kansas that probably should have been a victory for the Wolfpack, fans of North Carolina State basketball have got to be proud of how their team’s performance this year and how the team and coach…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – One of the Carolina Hurricanes’ most popular players has been suspended after a kicking incident, says the National Hockey League in a statement. The suspension comes despite the fact that Skinner was not penalized during the game by referees. The NHL and Carolina Hurricanes said…
By The Raleigh Telegram CHAPEL HILL – After a tutor scandal that eventually led to the firing of head coach Butch Davis, the University of North Carolina’s football program has been hit with some tough sanctions by the NCAA compliance division. Sanctions announced this afternoon include a bowl ban, loss…
By The Raleigh Telegram ATLANTA – Carolina fans who were initially ecstatic that Florida State beat UNC’s arch rival Duke University earlier in the tournament may not be quite as happy today. The Florida State University Seminoles once again proved they have Carolina’s number by beating them for the second…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Due to a bank merger, the storied home of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes and North Carolina State University’s men’s basketball team will change its name from the RBC Center to become the new “PNC Arena” on March 15th. According to the Hurricaneds,…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – One of the Raleigh area’s youngest and most popular professional athletes was given yet another honor by his fans. Jeff Skinner, a forward with the Carolina Hurricanes, has been named Sports Person of the Year by the Greater Raleigh Sports Council at the organization’s…
By Ted Jurnigan, The Raleigh Telegram CHAPEL HILL – Carolina fans were heartbroken on Wednesday night as the Duke Blue Devils somehow clawed their way back from a deficit in the second half of their game against the UNC Tarheels at the Dean Dome. Despite trailing throughout the entire second…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – According to the Carolina Hurricanes, the National Hockey League team recently signed defenseman Tim Gleason to a four-year contract extension that will provide the player with a cool $16 million over the life of the contract.. The team says they will pay Gleason $3.5…
By Parke Brewer, Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram INDIANAPOLIS – The New York Giants are this season’s champions of American football, beating the New England Patriots in the NFL’s Super Bowl XLVI by a score of 21-17, played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. These same two…
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – It’s too bad that sports reporters and historians at Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters are not reading the book “ACC Basketball.” This UNC Press book by Sam Walker was published last year and chronicles the game during the conference’s first 20 years. On…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Carolina Hurricanes, announced today that they have made a trade with the New Jersey Devils. The National Hockey League team has acquired defenseman Joe Sova and the New Jersey Devils’ 2012 fourth-round draft pick from the Devils in exchange for forward Alexei Ponikarovsky.…
By The Raleigh Telegram STATE COLLEGE, PA – Joe Paterno, the famed football coach who led the Pennsylvania State program for 46 years, has passed away due to complications from lung cancer, his family said on Sunday morning. Paterno had been diagnosed with cancer last year shortly after being forced…
By The Raleigh Telegram One of the Carolina Hurricanes’ most popular players and highest scores is returning to the hockey team’s lineup after recovering from an injury. In a statement to the press, Jim Rutherford, president and general manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, said that the team has…
By The Raleigh Telegram, From NC Hall of Fame RALEIGH – The 2012 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting eight new members later this year including Wilt Browning, Wray Carlton, M.L. Carr, Sam Esposito, Dr. Jerry McGee, Kristi Overton Johnson, Lennie Rosenbluth, and Henry Trevathan. They will…
By Cathy Elliott, Special To The Raleigh Telegram CHARLOTTE – We’ve all grown accustomed to seeing busy UPS and FedEx personnel around NASCAR garage areas, but the bright red mailbox in the corner of a particular motorhome lot at Homestead-Miami Speedway seemed especially overstuffed. A few racing folks, it seems,…
File photo by The Raleigh Telegram. The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has acquired defenseman Jaroslav Spacek (YAHR-roh-slav SPAH-chehk) from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Tomas Kaberle. Spacek started with the…
