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| Student-athletes making the grade |
| Friday, June 15, 2018 |
| Former Clemson coach Audra Smith loses one job and gains another. Smith was released in March after an 11-19 season (1-15 ACC) and a 52-99 overall record. South Carolina State women’s basketball coach Doug Robertson also was let go in March after 10 seasons. Smith takes over Robertson’s position after being named SCSU’s new coach. |
| Hero Sports, Athlon recognize N.C. A&T football |
| Wednesday, June 13, 2018 |
| GREENSBORO – HERO Sports released its 2018 preseason Football Championship Subdivision All-American teams and preseason Top 25. N.C. A&T was a part of both. Three members from A&T’s 12-0 MEAC championship, Celebration Bowl winning team earned recognition on one of the three All-American teams. Sophomore cornerback Frank McCain and |
| Plenty of summer fun for fans |
| Friday, June 8, 2018 |
| With summer just around the corner, options for sports fans are getting bigger. The annual Triangle Golf Challenge is June 22 at North Carolina State’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course. This is the first time the event will be held at the course. The golf challenge is run by The Banks Foundation, formed in 2000 by The Banks Law Firm in Durham. Proceeds |
| Long Ball celebrates 10 seasons |
| Thursday, June 7, 2018 |
| DURHAM – Long Ball Durham Triple Play Leagues opened its 10th season last week at the Durham Athletic Park. The inner-city baseball summer league showcases the talents of middle school and high school students in Durham and the surrounding areas from June through August in two divisions: 13 to 15 and 16 to 18 years old. Henderson Parks & |
| Hillside’s Beasley, NCSSM’s Morey earn top honors |
| Thursday, June 7, 2018 |
| DURHAM – Durham Public Schools’ best and brightest student-athletes were honored Wednesday night by the Durham Sports Club at its annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Night. School athletics directors nominate a female and male scholar-athlete for one of four scholarships given by the sports club. The nominees then submit an application and a |
| Davis leaves Texas Southern |
| Wednesday, June 6, 2018 |
| In the shocker of the spring so far, Mike Davis has resigned as Texas Southern men’s basketball coach. According to numerous reports, Davis will become the next coach at Detroit Mercy. “Coach Davis informed me later this afternoon that he was going to accept the head coaching position at Detroit Mercy,” TSU Athletics Director Charles |
| 4 lessons the NFL could learn from ABC |
| Tuesday, June 5, 2018 |
| Following Roseanne Barr’s obscenely offensive comments about former Obama Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, ABC took immediate and decisive action to demonstrate that her words describing an accomplished black woman as an ape did not reflect the networks values. The network’s cancellation of its highest rate show - a move that prioritized |
| Black swim meet lacking a major sponsor |
| Friday, June 1, 2018 |
| After having its numbers shrink due to boycotts over the HB2 bill in 2016, the National Black Heritage Swim Meet is bigger, badder and better than ever. Held over the Memorial Day weekend at Cary’s Triangle Aquatic Center, the meet hosted its largest crowd in its 16-year history with 1,036 swimmers from 52 teams competing for bragging rights and |
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