Don Moore | May 30, 2008
Greensboro, N.C. — Guilford College’s men’s golf team was ranked 14th in the fifth and final Division III Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll of the spring season. The Quakers dropped two places from their position in the April 23 rankings. Voting for the final poll took place prior to the NCAA Division III Championships, which …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 30, 2008
Andy, Thank you for e-mailing WFMY News 2 and digtriad.com(I contacted them earlier today asking if they would consider dropping the movie and would they look into showing us the fight.) CBS has given the program to WGSR Channel 39, a low power station in Reidsville. Even if we were to change our minds about …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | May 30, 2008
The Greensboro Sports Commission is proud to announce three headline events for this weekend. First, the NCHSAA 1-A and 2-A State Baseball Championships will be held at UNCG Baseball Stadium beginning today at 5:00 pm. 1-A plays at 5:00 pm today, 11:00 am tomorrow and 5:00 pm tomorrow if necessary- Topsail vs. Cherryville. 2-A plays …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 30, 2008
Greensboro, N.C. – Miss Babe Ruth’s new brother Yogi Berra will be making his first public appearance tonight as the Hoppers take on West Virginia beginning at 7:00 p.m. Fans overwhelmingly selected Yogi Berra in the online voting for what the name of Babe’s brother should be; it trumped JoJo DiMaggio and Hammerin’ Hank Aaron …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 30, 2008
Backstops Paint Backdrop of Hoppers 4-3 Loss Bullpen Extends Streak to 22 2/3 Innings; Babe’s Baby Brother to Make First Public Appearance on Friday Greensboro, N.C. – Thursday’s starting catchers combined to go 6-for-7 from the plate, but West Virginia’s Jonathan Lucroy had one more RBI than the Hoppers’ Jameson Smith; it turned out to …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 30, 2008
Channel 2 has responded to the blog article we ran yesterday about them refusing to show the Kimbo Slice fight this Saturday night. One of our readers forwarded the GREENSBOROSports.com story to them and they have responded. CBS out of New York and the Charlotte Observer have also picked up this story from GREENSBOROSports.com.(CBS and …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | May 30, 2008
Greensboro College’s Christopher “Kit” Mock was picked to North Carolina Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) College Division All State baseball team. A native of Clarks Summit, Pa., Mock had a 7-4 record and a 2.79 earned run average before being injured near the end of the regular season. He holds the career record for most starts …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | May 29, 2008
The Greensboro Grasshoppers produced this video promoting Greensboro for the upcoming All-Star Game that the Grasshoppers are hosting. It’s a great video and we hope you enjoy it.
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Don Moore | May 29, 2008
Greensboro, N.C. — Guilford College’s Mary Hutchins (West Lebanon, N.H./Lebanon) will compete in the 2008 Division III North-South Senior All-Star Game June 14 in Downingtown, Pa. One of 40 students selected from a field of 76 seniors, she will play for the South team and joins Caryn Stone ’07 as the second Guilford student so …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | May 29, 2008
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – Twelve student-athletes, representing nine institutions, make up the fifth annual North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) College Division All-State baseball team released Thursday. Belmont Abbey College infielder Alex Castellanos highlights this year’s team as the lone repeat honoree, having also garnered recognition in 2007. Catawba College led all schools with …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 29, 2008
You won’t be able to see the fight anywhere around the Triad unless you want to move into the Extended Stay Hotel up in Reidsville or maybe it’s Viva Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia and our old buddies at Channel 7. You won’t get this FREE programming at a Sports Bar or a Sports Restaurant, or on satellite …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | May 28, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Eleven student-athletes, representing six different schools, comprise the 2008 North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) College Division All-State Softball Team released Wednesday. The fifth-annual team consists of non-NCAA Division I student-athletes from North Carolina colleges and universities. North Carolina sports information professionals submitted the nominees and NCCSIA members voted for the …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 28, 2008
I was reading an article today in ESPN the Magazine and they were talking about this new MMA fighter Kimbo Slice whose family lost their home back when Hurricane Andrew came through Miami. The ESPN piece was by Dan LeBetard and he gave the inside on Slice who is due up in the ring for …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 28, 2008
Hey Andy, See if you can get more info on what happened at the Grimsley/Dudley colt game the other day. Keep hearing something about a player yelling and cursing at the coach then pushed him. Haven’t been able to confirm if it was a Grimsley player or Dudley player, but whichever one, we don’t need …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 28, 2008
No game tonight for the Proehlific Power. The contest scheduled for 7pm at Northern Guilford versus Person County has been postponed due to wet grounds caused by the recent rain from Tuesday night and Wednesday, off and on all day long. The Power will be in action again on Thursday evening facing Ronnie Pugh’s Asheboro …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | May 28, 2008
I caught the news first on WSJS in the car at lunch and later at the News & Record, when I returned home. Wiley collapsed Tuesday during a supervised spring practice. He was immediately treated and transported to Moses Cone Hospital, where he later passed away from complications of heat illness. Football as we have …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 28, 2008
Here’s a visit to the mailbag for Wednesday May 28 and few of the notes from our readers and listeners at GREENSBOROSports.com etc….. From the Whitaker family: Andy, The low to the floor point guard NiNi Whitaker will be signing with Virginia Intermont College on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 4:00pm in the media center …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 28, 2008
from pwtorch.com: Former WCW Nitro color commentator (and previously former PWTorch Newsletter columnist) Mark Madden was “permanently removed” from his highly-rated Pittsburgh-based ESPN radio show this week for making a controversial statement about Sen. Ted Kennedy. Just days after Sen. Kennedy was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, Madden said on live radio: “I’m very disappointed …Read the Rest…
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Don Moore | May 28, 2008
Greensboro College’s Christopher “Kit” Mock, and Daniel Poindexter have earned ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA National Baseball Academic Team recognition. Mock was picked to the first team and Poindexter was named to the second team. A native of Clarks Summit, Pa., Mock has a 4.0 grade point average. He majors in biology and has a double minor …Read the Rest…
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Andy Durham | May 27, 2008
Linebacker Ricky Dowdy from High Point Central was back in class today after he was injured in the 7 on 7 scrimmage at Grimsley on Saturday. Dowdy was hurt in the championship game with Dudley vs. High Point Central. Ricky Dowdy suffered his injury when he collided with a teammate while playing pass defense and …Read the Rest…
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