Men’s Basketball
Boston College(12-6/3-2) @ North Carolina(19-1/4-1)
7:00 PM
Chapel Hill, N.C.
TV: ESPN (XM 190)
NC State(13-6/2-3) @ Duke(17-1/5-0)
9:00 PM
Durham, N.C.
TV: RAYCOM / ESPN2 (XM 191)
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This is one that I just don’t get…
Today the News & Record is reporting that the Greensboro Revolution is out of business. WGHP reported this back on January 23rd, we mentioned it then.
Having worked in Television News at 3 local stations, I always get a kick of checking off the stories at night on [...]

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Elon Womens Basketball beats Presbyterian – on the web.
Greensboro College – Athletes attend Leadership Conference – on the web.
Greensboro Mens Golf predicted to finish 4th in USA South – on the web.
Greensboro Womens Tennis predicted to finish 5th in USA South – on the web.
Greensboro Mens Tennis predicted to finish 5th in USA South – [...]

Read The Complete Article - Around The Piedmont – Thursday, January 31, 2008

Once again the News & Record staff has disappointed football fans everywhere with their Amateur Wing Challenge – Version III. Read about it here, complete with a video here about the ECW Insanity Wings at East Coast Wings on New Garden. (NOTE: The Wing Video is the first part of the 5 [...]

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Wednesday Night was the Greensboro Grimsley Annual Football Baquet. After the meal, the audience moved the the auditorium where there were praises , accolades and fun. We video taped the entire event and hope to have it on-line in the next few days.
After the event, Andy Durham was able to interview Coach Mark [...]

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The News and Record(N&R) used to always run the Super Bowl rosters before the big game and I’m sure they will probably do it again this year. It was always interesting to see the players on the the two opposing teams with area connections.
I remember guys like Lee Rouson(RB) out of Greensboro Page High [...]

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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons have run their home record to (12-0) for this season and they now have extended the streak to (16-0) over the past two years after last night’s thrilling 70-68 victory over the Miami Hurricanes. theacc.com breaks it all down, like none other
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) – Ishamel Smith’s jumper with [...]

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This past week, the Forsyth County began using Metal Detectors at selected athletic events. The reason: a student was assaulted outside a Forsyth athletic event.
Let me get this straight. Robbers, Thieves and Gangs now know that everybody leaving a Forsyth County Athletic event is unarmed.
Was there any evidence that crime at these events [...]

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The Grimsley girls layed out Smith last night and it might be time to start making claims that this edition of the Grimsley girls basketball team, or at least their starting five is the best ever in the history of Guilford County girls basketball.
This is a bold assertion and I admit that there have been [...]

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Winston-Salem has hockey, Charlotte has hockey, Raleigh has hockey. Greensboro has a Hockey Booster Club.
The Greensboro Hockey Booster Club is still active and meets tonight (Wednesday, January 30, 2008) at the Shoney’s Restaurant on Regional Road (I-40 an NC-68). Come at 6 PM to eat or drop by at 7 PM for the [...]

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Elon Womens Basketball to host Fourth Annual Education Day – on the web.
Elon Mens Tennis over Princeton – on the web.
Elon Mens Basketball defeated by App State – on the web.
High Point Womens Basketball falls to Liberty – on the web.
High Point Womens Tennis shuts out NC A&T – on the web.
NC A&T Womens Tennis [...]

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Internet message boards were a buzz this afternoon after nude pictures were posted on the internet that are alleged to be Wake Forest QB Riley Skinner.
Now, the Wake Forest Athletic Department has decided to get involved and look into the situation. A spokesman for the school told WFMY-TV’s website that the school doubts that [...]

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Here’s the lineup for this evening’s games:
Northeast Guilford at Northern Guilford
High Point Central at East Forsyth
Bartlett Yancey at Dudley
Morehead at Western Guilford
Page at Northwest Guilford
Grimsley at Smith
Ragsdale at Eastern Randolph
Glenn at Southwest Guilford
Trinity at Southeast Guilford
WS Atkins vs. Eastern Guilford at UNCG
Southern Guilford at McMichael
Parkland at High Point Andrews
High Point Wesleyan at Hickory Grove

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I was doing some reading from this outstanding book by Paul Cuadros last night at the Barnes and Noble bookstore at Friendly Center and I came to find out it had a Greensboro connection.
The book, A Home on the Field, tells the story how a team from Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City came together [...]

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from theacc.com:
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s Matt Causey and Duke’s DeMarcus Nelson were named Co-ACC Players of the Week while NC State’s J.J. Hickson was selected as ACC Rookie of the Week.
Causey scored 18 points each in back-to-back ACC road wins last week over NC State and Virginia. In Tech’s 92-82 win over Virginia [...]

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John Cena returned to the WWE for the Royal Rumble on Sunday night and was at Raw last evening. John Cena had been on the shelf four months with an injury that should have required him to be out for at least a year. Vince McMahon brought Cena back early to save the [...]

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Elon Mens Basketball falls to App State – on the web.
Elon Football’s Terrell Hudgins wins TWO NCAA statistical awards – on the web.
High Point Mens Basketball beats Radford on the road – on the web.
High Point Womens Basketball travels to Liberty tonight – on the web.
High Point Womens Basketball – Mackenzie Maier was named the [...]

Read The Complete Article - Around The Piedmont – Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The News and Record is reporting in this morning’s edition that Asheboro High School Wrestling Coach Dennis Johnston has been fired after an alledged hazing incident involving members of the school’s wrestling team. The incident has also led to the arrest of nine Blue Comets wrestlers who were charged Monday with misdemeanor assault. According to [...]

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Wake Forest Red Shirt Freshman Luke Caparelli has been dismissed from the team after writing on his Facebook page that he would “blow up campus.”
What drives a person to throw away a scholarship worth over $300,000? Did he not hear about athletes at Elon or Guilford last year?
Athletes are very well rewarded for their [...]

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Legendary high school football coach Herman Boone, on whose story the 2000 Disney film Remember the Titans was based, will speak at Guilford on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. in Sternberger Auditorium.

Guilford’s Africana Community, Multicultural Education Department and Athletics Department are co-sponsoring Boone’s talk as part of the campus’s observance of Martin Luther King [...]

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