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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the third straight game to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. Jordan Staal, Jackson Blake, Shayne Gostisbehere and Seth Jarvis also scored for Carolina, which won for the fourth time in five games. Timo Meier and Evgenii Dadonov scored fo...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Isaiah Evans scored 25 points, Caleb Foster provided a lift in his return, and top-seeded Duke rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to outlast fifth-seeded St. John's 80-75 and advance to the Elite Eight. The Blue Devils extended the nation's longest active winning streak to 14, but not before ...

LSU has fired fourth-year coach Matt McMahon and has rehired former Tigers coach Will Wade from N.C. State. Wade says "the opportunity to return to Louisiana State University is deeply personal. It's a chance to go home - to a place that means a great deal to me and my family." Wade's return to LSU comes four...

GENEVA (AP) - Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee says "eligibility for any female categ...

North Carolina and men's basketball coach Hubert Davis have parted ways after five seasons leading the tradition-rich program. The school announced the decision Tuesday night, saying it had made "a leadership change" to end Davis' tenure as successor to retired Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams. That run featur...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida is looking to sign coach Todd Golden to a third contract extension in as many years with potential job openings looming at college basketball blue bloods Kansas and North Carolina. Athletic director Scott Stricklin says "we're going to do everything in our power to make sure he alw...

WILSON, N.C. (WPTF) - Before the Wilson Warbirds fans see the first pitch at the team's new home, changes are coming in team ownership. According to the team, The Milwaukee Brewers and John A. Canning, Jr. confirmed that the Canning family is currently in discussions to purchase a controlling share of the Wilson Warbir...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes and Seattle Kraken are set to play two games in Finland next season as part of the NHL's Global Series. The league and the players' association announced Monday that Carolina and Seattle will face off Nov. 12 and 14 in the Finnish capital of Helsinki. The Kraken are heading abroa...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (NCN News) - The longtime leader of the state's high school athletics sanctioning body will retire later this year. Que Tucker has announced she will retire as Commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, effective October 1, 2026. A native of Reidsville, Tucker has dedicated...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Most of the teams that have reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament have done so behind starting lineups that have a vested interest in their coaches and their programs. That's not necessarily what one might expect in the era of free transfers and name, image and likeness in college basketball. Yet...

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...

Veteran quarterback Andy Dalton is heading to the Philadelphia Eagles to provide depth behind Jalen Hurts, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn't been announced, said the Carolina Panthers will receive a seventh...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers added a familiar face in the passing game for quarterback Bryce Young. The Panthers announced on Wednesday they've agreed to terms with free agent wide receiver John Metchie, who played with Young at the University of Alabama and brings a potential deep threat to Carolina's ...

Edge rusher Jaelan Phillips and the Carolina Panthers have agreed on a four-year, $120 million contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. The person, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract can't be finalized until the start of the new league year on We...

Ready, set, negotiate multi-million contracts. The NFL's free agency period opens Monday with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year Wednesday. Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III head the list of hig...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales announced that he's handing over offensive play-calling duties to coordinator Brad Idzik for the 2026 season. Canales had called plays for the past two seasons for the Panthers offense, but said it was his idea to make a change. Canales said the move allows ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the third straight game to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils. Jordan Staal, Jackson Blake, Shayne Gostisbehere and Seth Jarvis also scored for Carolina, which won for the fourth time in five games. Timo Meier and Evgenii Dadonov scored fo...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes and Seattle Kraken are set to play two games in Finland next season as part of the NHL's Global Series. The league and the players' association announced Monday that Carolina and Seattle will face off Nov. 12 and 14 in the Finnish capital of Helsinki. The Kraken are heading abroa...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Seth Jarvis scored on a power play and assisted on two other man-advantage goals as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1. Sebastian Aho and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored on power plays for the Hurricanes, who beat the league's best penalty kill team for three goals. Jalen Chatfield an...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov each had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Saturday night. Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour coached his 600th career game for the franchise and picked up his 367th career win, the most for a head coach at the 600...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes. Snuggerud scored a tying goal in the second period and added a go-ahead score in third for the Blues, who were coming off an overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Tues...