Andy Durham | August 31, 2006
It’s time again for the Lucky 13 run down and the Guilford Great Eight….Here we go with Week Number Two……. LUCKY 13 #1) Thomasville (The Bulldogs keep on putting up the big numbers beating Gary Whitman’s Lexington Yellow Jackets 42-14 and T’ville is now 2-0 and ready to take on Elkin or any other team …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | August 30, 2006
The Greensboro Hockey Booster Club (formally the Greensboro Generals Booster Club) has worked a deal with the Greensboro Coliseum to help convince the ECHL and any potential owners that fan support is still in Greensboro. They are taking deposits for the 2007-2008 ECHL Hockey Season. $25 Reserves your seat. No hockey team by early next …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 29, 2006
Those were the days, thinking back to the times when the in-state ACC teams could put up a fight in Football. Ed Hardin touched on some of the past directions of our local teams in Sunday’s N&R, but the thread runs a lot deeper that what Ed could lay out in the Sunday Sports. I …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 29, 2006
The North Carolina Gaters Fall Fundamental Basketball Camp will begin on Monday September 11 and run through October 25th. This high-level camp with major emphasis on Fundamentals will be held at in the Gaters practice facility on HORSEPEN CREEK ROAD behind the Alex Spears YMCA. The camp will stress everything fundamentally sound that deals with …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 24, 2006
Our first High School Poll of the year is here and we will have not only one, but two polls for you. The New and Record dropped the ball on the very popular Lucky 13 High School Football Poll so we will have it for you each and every week. We will also feature the …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 21, 2006
The wars are about to begin. In just a few more days the college footballs will be filling the air and Greensborosports will be at every game in the ACC and many other games throughout the Southeastern United States and across the entire Nation. We have correspondants lined up to help us cover college football …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | August 19, 2006
I feel like it’s the NASCAR Silly Season when it comes to ECHL Hockey returning to the Greensboro Coliseum – News & Record Story on Tuesday. THREE potential groups! Jeff Brubaker was at the Grasshoppers game on Friday, reportedly accompanied by a “poential” investor. Another investor – mentioned in the article – has been in …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | August 17, 2006
Former Florida Marlins Manager Jack McKeon will be signing copies of his latest book this Friday, August 18, 2006 at the Greensboro Grasshoppers game. His book is a quick and fun read. Jack attends many of the Grasshopper games and can be found enjoying a cigar in the Grandstand before the game. It is a …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 15, 2006
I have been getting calls lately asking me if I have been listening to Sports Talk Radio 790 the Ball. I do listen much of the day but it is usually in and out of the car and around lunch time when the Jim Rome show comes on and I am into some paper work …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 14, 2006
There were some memories flying around the gym when the Dudley Panthers hosted their big Basketball Reunion this past Saturday afternoon. The reunion brought back together members of the 1996 State 4-A Championship team and the runner-ups from the 3-A State Title game in 2000. The game between the 1996 and 2000 teams was played …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 11, 2006
Fox dedided to let Terry Bradshaw lead the troops and it was a DISASTER Thursday night on the NFL broadcast of the Rams vs the Colts. Bradshaw was the lead man for the three-man Live studio crew which included his old co-horts Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson. Bradshaw was sitting there on the Live set …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 10, 2006
Just a question for our NASCAR fans(Gear Heads)….Did you watch the Brickyard 400 and were those EMPTY SEATS we saw at INDY? What’s going on with NASCAR? Are they losing their numbers? The NASCAR Cafe has closed down in Greensboro. The Nextel Cup is leaving NBC and moving to ABC. We now will have to …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 10, 2006
The Greensboro Colts found Tampa too tough to tame on Wednesday night in the Colt World Series championship game at Lafayette, Indiana. Our local Colts saw the bottom drop out in the bottom of the fifth inning when Tampa pushed 5 runs across the plate to take a 11-7 lead over Greensboro, and then Tampa …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 9, 2006
The Greensboro Colts are READY. The Colts defeated host Lafayette, Indiana on Tuesday evening 8-0 to move on to the Colt World Series championship tonight(Wednesday) at Lafayette. The Greensboro Colts will meet Tampa, Florida for the title and it will be the second time the teams have met in the Series. Greensboro defeated Tampa the …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 8, 2006
The Greensboro Colts continued their unbeaten streak going 4-0 with their 8-zip shutout win over Hoosier North on Monday night at Lafayette, Indiana. The Colts won big and all 18 players got in the game as coach Alan Ashkinazy cleared his bench and again got everyone involved in the victory. Frankie Johnson(Dudley) picked up the …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 7, 2006
The Mighty Righty Ryan Tucker had his stuff on Sunday afternoon and the Greensboro Grasshoppers had their hitting shoes on and the result was a 10-3 victory over the Charleston, South Carolina RiverDogs. The Hoppers picked up their 4th win in a row and Tucker(now 6-10) was tough all day long. Speaking of Long, the …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 6, 2006
The Greensboro Colts defeated Bay County, Michigan 7-4 on Saturday afternoon and now sport a 3-0 record in pool play at the Colt World Series in Lafayette, Indaina. The team played sloppy baseball early with 3 errors in the 1st inning, but followed Michael Dimock’s(High Point Wesleyan) solid pitching with 5 and half innings on …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 5, 2006
Our Greensboro Colt team out in Lafayette, Indiana made it two wins and no losses on Friday afternoon as they knocked off a tough Puerto Rico ball club by the 4-3 score. The Greensboro squad coached by Alan Ashkinazy, had Warren Slack on the mound Friday and Slack was strong. Warren(Southwest Guilford) went six innings …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 4, 2006
The Greensboro Grasshoppers put together a complete team effort and rode the excellent starting pitching of big Chris Volstad to victory on Thursday night at First Horizon Park. The Hoppers won it 4-0 over a Savannah Sand Gnat club that had spoiled Greensboro’s home-stand opener 10-5 back on Wednesday evening. The Hoppers take game two …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | August 3, 2006
The Greensboro Colts defeated Tampa, Florida 5-2 in game one of the Colt World Series at Lafayette, Indiana. The team which is like our Greensboro White squad, beat a Tampa team that had won 18 straight games before Wednesday, and Tampa has won the three most recent(2003-2005) Colt World Series titles. This is a great …Read the Rest…
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