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| Hard to hate on Coach K |
| Friday, October 20, 2017 |
| I really want to hate Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. But he’s making it so hard. Growing up a diehard Tar Heel fan in Greenville, North Carolina, the big rivalry for Carolina back then was North Carolina State. David Thompson, Monte Towe and the crew were names I despised. Our high school would never schedule basketball games on the same night as a UNC |
| St. Aug's, Broncos battle for first |
| Friday, October 20, 2017 |
| Virginia State climbed into the AFCA Coaches Division II Poll for the first time since 2014 at No. 21 after knocking off previously undefeated Bowie State. The Bulldogs dropped to No. 23. In Division I-FCS, North Carolina A&T remains at No. 11, while Grambling State moved up to No. 17 N.C. Central (5-1 overall, 3-0 MEAC) vs. Norfolk State (2-4, 2-1) |
| Hampton sailing captures team |
| Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
| Hampton University’s sailing team earned its second straight Henry Luce Trophy last weekend at Cornell University. The Pirates scored 36 points to slip by Christopher Newport with 44 points and Cornell at 58 points. The victory qualifies the team for the War Memorial Regatta in Geneva, New York, next weekend. “This was a solid finish to a |
| Shaw releases schedules |
| Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
| Coach Jacques Curtis released his upcoming 28-game schedule last week. Shaw will play 13 nonconference teams and participate in three tournaments. The Bears open the season Nov. 11 in the Challenge Tournament at Winston-Salem State. They will take on Shepherd and Pitt-Johnstown in the two-day event. Shaw’s home opener is Dec. 5 against |
| Brandon Parker: overlooked no more |
| Tuesday, October 17, 2017 |
| It's never the right time to say goodbye to a 6-foot-7, 309-pound left tackle who has fought his way into the spotlight. North Carolina A&T fifth-year senior Brandon Parker was once overlooked by college football teams coming out of A.L. Brown High in Kannapolis. Now, NFL scouts can’t look away. Neither can the media. It is not often that |
| Falcons rally for win |
| Sunday, October 15, 2017 |
| RALEIGH – And then there were two. St. Augustine’s knocked Winston-Salem State out of a three-way tie for first place with a thrilling come-from-behind 17-14 win Saturday at the George L. Williams Complex. The Falcons are tied with Fayetteville State, which defeated Johnson C. Smith, for first in the CIAA South. Down 14-10 with 3:07 left, the |
| CIAA undefeateds battle for first |
| Friday, October 13, 2017 |
| Bowie State (left) has moved up four notches to No. 14 in the latest AFCA Division II Coaches Poll. Over in Division I-FCS, North Carolina A&T is at No. 11, and Grambling State is No. 19. North Carolina Central is No. 25 on the STATS FCS Top 25 Poll. In junior college, Louisburg College is still undefeated (5-0) and ranked No. 18 in the latest NJCAA |
| Shaw’s volleyball streak snapped |
| Thursday, October 12, 2017 |
| In a first for the university, Virginia Union is hosting the Virginia State Golf Association Intercollegiate Championship next week. The event features the best Virginia golfers from Division II and DIII schools in the two-day, 19-team event. “The significance of this event will be difficult for some to embrace,” Athletics Director Joe Taylor |
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