JJ Hickson’s monster dunk viewable in the highlights at this link was ESPN Sportscenter’s top play of last night. NC State did not get a mention during the Sportscenter broadcast that I saw but we are mentioned in the highlight reel linked above. This serves as a pretty good follow-up to this entry from Wednesday.
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Your annual Adrian Wilson entry, III
I’m really not kidding about the title of this entry. See last year’s entry and corresponding videos. It really is time for our annual spotlight on Wolfpack great, Adrian Wilson. Since the Arizona Cardinals were in town battling the Carolina Panthers last weekend, this year’s entry is primarily brought to us by this article in […]
NBA season tips-off with a decided Wolfpack flavor
The 2008-2009 NBA season tipped-off with three games last night that each had a very prominent NC State-related storyline when: (1) JJ Hickson began his NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers who lost to the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics. (2) Hickson wasn’t the only former NC State big man to take the court last […]
Checking in with Eddie Goines
Jackson Native Stars in New Beyoncé Video Former NFL Seattle Seahawks player and television reporter Eddie Goines has a newfound passion – acting. The Jackson native recently starred as the romantic lead in Grammy Award-winning singer Beyonce’s black and white music video for “If I Were a Boy,” the first single to be released off […]
N&O: ACC in the NFL
Joe Giglio at the N&O’s ACCNow has a fantastic blog entry analyzing the ‘ACC in the NFL’. Very comprehensive. Very insightful.
Mario Williams on Cover of ESPN the Magazine
Want to talk about making an impact in the BIG TIME? I hope that someone from the football program is taking note of this since our embarrassment of a Sports Information Director would never get this. NC State’s Mario Williams was featured on the cover of ESPN’s Magazine 2008 NFL Preview Issue. That stands alone […]
Hauschka in Vikings Camp
The Fort Mill Times (Fort Mill has a newspaper? Really?) has a nice write-up on former Wolfpack kicker Steven Hauschka. Stuck behind steady, strong-legged Ryan Longwell on the depth chart, it’s unlikely that he’ll be in a Viking uniform this year. Still, it sounds like he is at least getting notice in camp: Longwell and […]
NBA Draft Picks by ACC School (1988-2007)
Since we are in the middle of the NBA Championship series…and the Tim Donaghy mess…and JJ Hickson’s inevitable departure to the NBA draft… …I thought that it was an appropriate time to share the following stat of the day. ACC Schools by number of NBA Draft selections since 1988 (1) Duke – 28 (2) North […]
DaJuan Morgan joins Tank Tyler in Kansas City; D Pressley to New Orleans
NC State’s DaJuan Morgan was chosen by Kansas City with the 82nd selection (3rd round) in today’s NFL Draft. See Morgan’s page on NFL.Com by clicking here. Ironically, Tank Tyler was chosen by the Chiefs with the 83rd selection last year. Analysts widely praised the Chiefs’ selection on the first day of the NFL draft […]
DT Lifted ACC Sky High
What else did you think that NC State fans had to discuss the week of the 2008 ACC Tournament? The early 1970s, of course! All sarcasm aside, the Charlotte Observer‘s Ron Green ran a great piece today calling David Thompson “The Best Ever” in the best basketball league in America. Green’s piece can be read […]
