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Mike Fox was part of almost every major milestone North Carolina has achieved in baseball either as a player or coach. All that eluded him was a national championship.

Owen Hull had a triple and two doubles among his four hits, Gavin Gallaher had four hits and four RBIs and UNC beat West Virginia 12-7 to advance to the College World Series finals for the first time since 2007.

Olympic bronze medalist and world champion 1,500-meter runner Jenny Simpson collapsed after suffering a medical episode while pacing a mile group at an event in Raleigh.

The NHL says the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring were the most-watched on record in the U.S. with an average of 1.8 million viewers.

We're learning more now about the celebration and parade planned for Raleigh Saturday (June 20) to celebrate the Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup Final victory.

A World Cup video review official says his hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign was caused by an involuntary twitch.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night, using a suffocating defense in Game 6 to shut down the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 and winning three straight games of a thrilling final filled with momentum swings and spectacular offense. Brandon Bussi, who ent...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Gavin Gallaher's two-run triple gave North Carolina the lead in the seventh inning to help send the Tar Heels to a 5-2 win over West Virginia in the College World Series. The Tar Heels opened a CWS with two straight wins for the first time in eight appearances since 2006 and need one more win to reac...

Denny Hamlin is still planning to retire at the end of next season but won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway for his third consecutive victory.

Colin Hynek's three-run homer broke open a close game in the eighth inning and sent North Carolina to a 6-2 win over Mississippi in the College World Series.

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Bill Belichick won six Lombardi Trophies as a head coach with the Patriots, two as an assistant with the Giants and has more Super Bowl rings than anyone in NFL history. Yet somehow he's not a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer. Belichick didn't get the required votes in his fi...

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick didn't get voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, according to a report from ESPN. Citing four unidentified sources, ESPN reported Tuesday that Belichick didn't receive the necessary 40 votes ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Bobby Petrino was named North Carolina's new offensive coordinator for coach Bill Belichick on Friday. Petrino joins the Tar Heels after spending the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Arkansas, where he was also the interim head coach for the final seven games this season for the...

Gio Lopez is moving from one Atlantic Coast Conference school in North Carolina to another. The quarterback who worked as the starter for Bill Belichick's first college team at UNC has signed with Wake Forest ahead of Jake Dickert's second season there. The Demon Deacons announced Lopez's signing in a social-media post...

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference's transition to a nine-game football schedule will feature 12 of 17 football-playing members playing nine games next fall while the remaining five stay at eight. The league announced details of the new model Tuesday, including the league matchups for each sc...

A person familiar with the situation says the Carolina Panthers agreed to terms with wide receiver Jalen Coker on a three-year, $35 million contract extension keeping him with the team through 2019.

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young had seen enough after several wet footballs were dropped by his receivers at OTAs on Tuesday following a heavy rainstorm in Charlotte. And he let his teammates have it, reminding them it wasn't acceptable. "It isn't rai...

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL and the NFL Referees Association agreed Friday on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement that avoids a potential work stoppage and use of replacement officials. The agreement, which was approved by the union's board of directors and ratified by a vote of the member...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have officially signed the fifth-year option on quarterback Bryce Young's contract, keeping the 2023 No. 1 pick with the team through the 2027 season. General manager Dan Morgan repeatedly has said the goal is to sign Young to a long-term deal, although the team still has pl...

Quarterback Will Grier is returning home to the team that drafted him. The Carolina Panthers announced they've agreed to terms on a contract with Grier, whom they selected in the third round (100th overall) in 2019.

By Aaron Beard MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) - At first glance, Carolina Hurricanes general manager Eric Tulsky doesn't have a ton to do with the roster as the Stanley Cup champs head into the offseason. Then again, the Hurricanes have never been the type to just sit back, either. They're fresh off beating the Vegas Golden Kn...

The NHL says the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring were the most-watched on record in the U.S. with an average of 1.8 million viewers.

We're learning more now about the celebration and parade planned for Raleigh Saturday (June 20) to celebrate the Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup Final victory.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night, using a suffocating defense in Game 6 to shut down the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 and winning three straight games of a thrilling final filled with momentum swings and spectacular offense. Brandon Bussi, who ent...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Sebastian Aho added a second-period goal in a breakout game for Carolina's top-line performers, helping the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night to move within a victory of winning the Stanley Cup. Captain Jordan Staal added his fifth goa...