N.C. State athletics have parted ways with WPTF 680 AM out of Raleigh and now will make their home at 101.5 FM WRAL.  The Wolfpack has been with WPTF as their flagship station forever.
WPTF is a talk station that can be heard in the daylight hours from Greenville to Greensboro and back.  WRAL is, “God- forbid”, a music [...]

Read The Complete Article - AM or FM? Sports are going to the FM side and dumping on the AM band

The Greensboro Grasshoppers were issued 13 walks from the Hickory Crawdad pitching staff on Thursday night en-route to a 9-2 victory at First Horizon Park.(Aerosmith was not in the house on Thirsty Thursday)  The Hoppers starting pitcher Graham Taylor got the win, he’s 4-1 and Taylor has only walked one man all year long to go with his 26 strikeouts [...]

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 By: Bruce Bullington, GreensboroSports.com staff writer
There is an adage in journalism about the reporter never being part of the story. Often, the journalist in question looks without leaping and is the story (see Imus, Don). Other times reporters inadvertently find themselves in the middle with an innocent comment.
The latter situation applies today to Gary [...]

Read The Complete Article - Bullington: Thorney situation for Schilling, Red Sock

Wednesday, it was announced that the Southern Professional Hockey League’s Pee Dee Cyclones would be relocating to Winston-Salem for the 2007-2008 Season.  Pee Dee used to be the home of an ECHL franchise.  Details can be found at the Winston-Salem Journal.
Tickets will run between $8.50 and $13.  According to the team’s owner, Bob Kerzner, they [...]

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The NFL Draft comes up on Saturday and the Carolina Panthers are talking about selecting a tight end with the 14th pick in the first round.
The Panthers don’t need a tight end.  They don’t throw to the tight end.  When the Panthers throw the ball they go to the wide receivers.  Jake Delhomme and David Carr will [...]

Read The Complete Article - The Carolina Panthers with the 14th pick select?

After seeing the Jane W reminder in the comment box I went to see the NWG-Grimsley game out at Northwest last night.  The only problem is the News and Record had the game time listed as 7pm and the game began at 6pm so I got there in the top of the 5th inning.
The N&R [...]

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There were a number of sports activities going in and around the Greensboro sports community over the weekend.  Greensborosports.com was at the Revolution football game on Friday night at the Coliseum.
The indoor football is a nice idea but the Revolution need to get their act together if they hope to stay in operation for an extended [...]

Read The Complete Article - The Weekend in Review

By: Bruce Bullington, GreensboroSports.com staff writer

Area hockey fans have been hit with some disappointments the last couple of weeks. It was recently revealed in the News & Record that the Greensboro Coliseum would be without hockey once again this season. It’s unclear as top what exactly happened or who is to blame. Word was [...]

Read The Complete Article - Bullington: Around The Rink

Just a reminder….GreensboroSports.com Night at the Greensboro Revolution is this Friday night. Andy, Bruce and myself will be on hand at the Greensboro Coliseum for all the action.
There are 2 free tickets left.
Below is a list of those folks who signed up for free tickets through the GreensboroSports.com website.
Glenn Gibbs – 2
Ben Holder- 3
Marshall Brown [...]

Read The Complete Article - Reminder: GreensboroSports.com Night at the Revolution this FRIDAY NIGHT!

Clint Moore threw a five inning no-hitter for Grimsley on Tuesday as the Whirlies took two from High Point Central 14-0 in game one and 11-0 in game two helped by Moore’s no-hit pitching and nine big strikeouts.(amazing numbers strikeouts-per-innings-pitched for Moore on the year)  The game two win for Moore and Grimsley allowed GHS [...]

Read The Complete Article - Moore throws No-Hitter at HPC and Southeast Guilford sails

The Greensboro Grasshoppers completed their home stand on Monday afternoon with a split of a doubleheader against the Hagerstown Suns.  The Hoppers dropped game one 7-4 but bounced back to claim game number two 5-4.
Manager Edwin Rodriguez saw his Hoppers improve to 8-3 on the season and they are now 6-2 at home at First [...]

Read The Complete Article - Ed’s kids get it done

Webster’s Dictionary defines “MASSACRE” as an act of Killing a Number of Helpless or Unresisting Human Beings under circumstances of Atrocity or Cruelty.
The Massacre at Virginia Tech up in Blacksburg, Virginia could have been avoided. I first heard of the killings on Monday afternoon when I returned a call from greensborosports.com associate Doug Cockman. I [...]

Read The Complete Article - Massacre at VA Tech could have been avoided and you know what, it could have happened at UNCG

In recent weeks, GreensboroSports.com has been the home of some very hot topics. These topics have given life to some very thought-provoking and lively debate. Many of these have touched on some hot button issues such as DUI, race relations and shock jock radio. Even the methods used to debate some of these issues have [...]

Read The Complete Article - GreensboroSports.com: What we are, what we could be and what we should be

The Greensboro Grasshoppers took two games from the Lake County Captains on Thursday at First Horizon Park.  The Hoppers won game one 4-3 and kept the excitement going with a 6-5 victory in game number two.
The Grasshoppers are off to 5-2 start and begin a four game home-stand against the Hagerstown Suns on Friday evening, [...]

Read The Complete Article - Hoppers take two from Captains

I enjoy Don Imus’s daily broadcast.  I watched it on MSNBC and listened to it on 850 The Buzz when in the car.
When NBC gave him to boot, I didn’t mind it because of the statements given by their personnel.
When this morning, the first guest on the replacement program was Jesse “Hymie Town” Jackson, I [...]

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Should they shove Don Imus out the door after his comments that were made in regards to the Rutgers womens basketball team?
CBS radio and MSNBC talk shock-jock Don Imus called the young women from Rutgers a bunch of “Nappy-headed HOS”.
In this world of anything goes radio and TV does Don Imus have the right to make comments like [...]

Read The Complete Article - Should Don Imus get the Heave Ho?

Todd Staley the head football coach at High Point Central is leaving for the job as head coach at a AAAAA high school down in South Carolina.  Staley was previoulsy an assistant coach for David Gutschall down in SC.  Gutschall led Burlington Cummings to several state championships before taking on the bigger piece of pie in what some people [...]

Read The Complete Article - Everybody is leaving High Point Central and Tiger is Talking

The Greensboro Grasshoppers got it in gear with their first home win of the year at First Horizon Park on Tuesday night.  The Hoppers took on a totally different look after Monday’s 14-8 loss to the Lake County Captains.  Last night the Hoppers pounded the Captains 12-1 and they did it with excellent pitching and hard [...]

Read The Complete Article - Grasshoppers get it in Gear

From Bob Ryder:1wrestling.com
Dozens of people were arrested last night in Rosewell GA as police raided a high stakes poker game allegedly hosted by former WCW star Glenn (Disco Inferno) Gilberti.
Police conducted a six month investigation after complaints from neighbors about the number of vehicles in front of the house every Monday night.  They swept in last [...]

Read The Complete Article - Former WCW Star Busted In Gambling Raid

The first home game of the season was not a good one for the Greensboro Grasshoppers as they fell hard to the Lake County Captains 14-8.  The Hoppers’ pitching staff gave up the long ball early and trailed 3-0 after the first inning.  Lake County clobbered four home runs for the game and pitching was [...]

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