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ACC Remembers Vicious Rasheed Wallace Dunk Against Duke

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 15, 2016 | UNC Sports

In case you needed a reminder, the biggest rivalry in college basketball – which many in this area would argue is the biggest rivalry in sports, period – will be rekindled on Wednesday when the Duke Blue Devils...

Burlington Man Lifeflighted to UNC Hospital After Crash

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 4, 2016 | Safety

Burlington Police are investigating a single car accident over the weekend that led to the driver being lifeflighted. Police say officers responded to the crash on Bland Boulevard just after 10 o’clock Saturday night after...

Art’s Angle: Heaven Awaits

Posted by Art Chansky | Nov 5, 2015 | Art's Angle, Featured

“Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s door.” –Bob Dylan The refrain in Dylan’s 1973 masterpiece could apply to both teams playing football Saturday in Kenan Stadium, a game which by all measures could be a classic in its...

Duke Researchers Find Radioactive Contamination In Coal Ash

Posted by Staff | Sep 3, 2015 | Health

New research from Duke University suggests there’s yet another reason to be wary of coal ash.

Researchers Use Smartphones To Track Flu on College Campuses

Posted by Staff | Aug 25, 2015 | Health

Researchers at Duke and UNC say a smartphone app can not only track the spread of flu, but predict who will get it next.

Clemson Tabbed to Win ACC

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 21, 2015 | UNC Sports

UNC has been picked to finish fifth in the always up-in-the-air Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference at the Football Kickoff at Pinehurst Resort. The voting media members selected the Clemson Tigers as the favorites...

Chansky’s Notebook: Are The Clouds Clearing?

Posted by Art Chansky | Jul 2, 2015 | Sports

This is today’s Art Chansky’s Sports Notebook as heard on 97.9 WCHL. You can listen to previous Sports Notebooks here. Another sign the worm may be turning at Carolina. Last April, the best two-sport athlete in North Carolina...

Tokoto Projected 2nd-Round Selection in Tonight’s Draft

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 25, 2015 | UNC Sports

Three Duke Blue Devils are projected to be taken in the first round of tonight’s NBA Draft. The National Basketball Association will welcome 60 new players during the two-round draft tonight in Brooklyn, New York. NBA Draft...

New Duke Dean is a Tar Heel

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 15, 2015 | Higher Education

The next Dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University is a Tar Heel. Duke announced that Valerie Sheares Ashby, who has been a professor and chair of the chemistry department at UNC, will take her new post...

Duke Legend Talks Final Four

Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 4, 2015 | Collegiate

Steve Vacendak is a veteran of two Final Fours and the 1966 ACC Player of the Year.

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