The 2014 additions to the NC State roster are starting to take shape – Caleb and Cody Martin have signed the Letters of Intent to play for NC State. 247sports.com has State’s class ranked at #12, with three major inbound players: Trevor and Cody Martin, two four-star small forwards from Oak Hill Academy, and […]
Hoops: The Young Pack Faces Its First Road Test Early Against Cincinnati
Basketball season has just begun, and the Wolfpack has played but one game so far in its 2013-14 campaign, but tomorrow they are leaving the friendly confines of the PNC Center and their home floor for a game against the Cincinnati in the Bearcats’ arena. Not only is it a road game, it’s also a […]
The Feel-Good Story of This Week In The NFL Has To Be Former Wolfpack RB Andre Brown
One of the most talented running backs in recent NC State history has got to be Andre Brown. Brown had it all in college — power, speed, good football IQ and the mentality to succeed. While he was here, he backed up that talent too, rushing for 2,539 yards and 22 TDs on 523 carries […]
For NC State Football, There’s No Place To Go But Up
With all due respect to Duke and its rising football fortunes, NC State’s football program probably hit rock bottom yesterday in Durham. After having taken the lead in a close game midway through the fourth quarter, the Wolfpack proceeded to implode with a ferocity rarely seen in major division college football: the defense gave the […]
UNC’s Eric Ebron Is A One-Man Bulletin Board Machine
Apparently buoyed by their first conference win in four tries and their second win overall after seven games, Eric Ebron of UNC has become a one-man trash talking unit for his fellow Tar Heels. The garrulous Ebron first threw down the gauntlet Saturday, when in his post-game chat with reporters he said: “It’s not a […]
Is Jordan Vandenberg The Wolfpack’s “X-Factor” This Season?
One of the most pleasant surprises from last night’s Primetime With The Pack “Midnight Madness”-style practice had to be…Jordan Vandenberg. The Redshirt senior has lost around forty pounds, is in the best shape he’s ever been since coming to NC State from Australia, and was a definite contributor in the White Team’s 39-38 victory over […]
You May Not Want To Play Cards With Tommy Burleson, World Series of Poker Event Winner
There are few players in the history of NC State athletics as storied as Tommy Burleson: the seven-footer from Newland was part of the legendary 1973-74 Wolfpack basketball team that won the national championship, he was part of the 1972 Olympic basketball team that was cheated out of a gold medal in Munich, and he […]
Jarvis Byrd Tears ACL, Done for 2013
Injury-plagued safety Jarvis Byrd, has suffered his third torn ACL of his career and will miss the rest of the season. Byrd was injured during the Wolfpack’s game at Wake Forest on Oct. 5. Byrd had earned a starting job as a true freshman in 2009 before suffering his first torn ACL in a win against […]
Bowl Games Are Going International
What’s old is new again, and while it may be a very long time until the Bacardi Bowl marks the return to college football to Havana, the sport will indeed be returning to the Caribbean in the form of the Bahamas Bowl, which is scheduled to kick off its inaugural game in 2014. “The Mid-American […]
Best Wishes To Sylvia Hatchell For a Speedy Recovery
Rivalries are all fun and games, but there’s a point where rivalries end and simple human decency remains. When a coach or player of any sport at any school is facing a deadly disease or serious injury, that obviously is that point, and in that spirit, we’d like to wish UNC Women’s Basketball Coach Sylvia […]
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