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Duke Looks For Answers With UNC Next
Last Updated: 5:15 PM 02/06/12 - Mike Krzyzewski says the 10 minutes he had on Monday's ACC coaches' teleconference wasn't nearly enough time to explain what the Blue Devils need to fix.
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Super Bowl XLVI Most Watched TV Show Ever
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Last Updated: 4:30 PM 02/06/12 - The Nielsen Company says 111.3 million people watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots, 21-17. (Full Story)
Duke Falls In Poll, Kentucky Remains #1
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Last Updated: 3:18 PM 02/06/12 - Duke dropped three places to 10th following an overtime loss to Miami. (Full Story)
Giants Beat Patriots 21-17 To Win The Super Bowl
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Last Updated: 5:59 AM 02/06/12 - The New York Giants won Super Bowl 46 21-17 against the New England Patriots. (Full Story)
Johnson Leads Miami Past No. 7 Duke 78-74 In OT
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Last Updated: 5:56 PM 02/05/12 - Reggie Johnson scored five of his career-high 27 points in overtime and Miami upset No. 7 Duke 78-74 on Sunday. (Full Story)
ECU Women Drop Contest At Southern Miss
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Last Updated: 5:12 PM 02/05/12 - A quick start for Southern Miss proved too much for East Carolina Sunday as the Pirates dropped a 67-57 decision to the Golden Eagles at Reed Green Coliseum. (Full Story)
Skinner Leads Hurricanes To 2-1 Win Over Kings
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Last Updated: 10:34 PM 02/04/12 - Jeff Skinner scored 3:02 into the third period to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. (Full Story)
Newton Voted AP Offensive Rookie Of The Year
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Last Updated: 9:10 PM 02/04/12 - Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. (Full Story)
East Carolina Pulls Away Late To Beat Rice 82-68
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Last Updated: 7:59 PM 02/04/12 - Darrius Morrow scored 16 points and Maurice Kemp had a double-double to help East Carolina to an 82-68 win over Rice on Saturday. (Full Story)
Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers Wins MVP Award
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Last Updated: 8:13 PM 02/04/12 - Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. (Full Story)
Saints QB Brees Wins Offensive Player Of Year
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Last Updated: 7:50 PM 02/04/12 - Drew Brees' record-setting season has earned the New Orleans quarterback the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year award. (Full Story)
Ravens LB Suggs Wins Defensive Player Of Year
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Last Updated: 7:41 PM 02/04/12 - Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs, the most dynamic player on the Ravens' staunch defense, has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. (Full Story)
No. 5 North Carolina Outlasts Maryland 83-74
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Last Updated: 6:41 PM 02/04/12 - Tyler Zeller scored 22 points, John Henson had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 5 North Carolina rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half to squeeze past Maryland 83-74 Saturday. (Full Story)
Curtis Martin, 4 Linemen Make NFL Hall Of Fame
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Last Updated: 6:47 PM 02/04/12 - Running back Curtis Martin and four linemen have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with one senior committee choice. (Full Story)
49ers' Jim Harbaugh Wins Coach Of Year
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Last Updated: 6:43 PM 02/04/12 - San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the playoffs. (Full Story)
Wood Leads NC State Past Wake Forest, 87-76
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Last Updated: 3:47 PM 02/04/12 - Scott Wood had season highs of 23 points and six 3-pointers to lead North Carolina State past Wake Forest 87-76 on Saturday. (Full Story)
Friday High School Basketball Scores
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Last Updated: 4:49 PM 02/04/12 - Scores from high school basketball games on Friday night across the WITN viewing area. (Full Story)
North Carolina High School Coach Apologizes For Confrontation
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Last Updated: 6:54 AM 02/03/12 - A Winston-Salem high school coach has apologized, after a 15-year-old student recorded him and another official during a profanity-laced confrontation over text messages that the coach sent to a 16-year-old female student, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. (Full Story)
 ECU Women Fall Again Losing 12th Straight Game
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Last Updated: 10:05 PM 02/02/12 - A 19-5 Tulane run in the first 10 minutes of the second half proved the difference Thursday night as the Green Wave posted a 63-49 victory over East Carolina at Minges Coliseum. (Full Story)
J.H. Rose High Graduate On Super Bowl Giants Practice Squad
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Last Updated: 10:03 PM 02/02/12 - Andre Brown graduated from J.H. Rose High School in Greenville in 2004 and is now part of the Superbowl this weekend as a member of the New York Giants practice squad. (Full Story)
Ward's Shutout Completes Canes Sweep Of Bruins
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Last Updated: 9:52 PM 02/02/12 - Cam Ward made 47 saves and Carolina beat Boston 3-0 on Thursday night. (Full Story)
Rivers Leads No. 7 Duke Past Virginia Tech, 75-60
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Last Updated: 9:25 PM 02/02/12 - Austin Rivers scored 18 points and No. 7 Duke cruised to a 75-60 victory against Virginia Tech on Thursday night. (Full Story)
Still Trying To Land A Team, Kinston Faces New Competition
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Last Updated: 9:45 AM 02/02/12 - The city of Kinston has its work cut out if it wants to land another minor league baseball team now that the city of Wilmington hopes to build a 35 to 40-million dollar stadium to land a team. (Full Story)
Pirates Pick Up Second C-USA Win
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Last Updated: 10:17 PM 02/01/12 - Robert Sampson scored 13 points and Maurice Kemp added 11 for East Carolina in a 62-43 win over SMU. (Full Story)
Fedora Announces First Signing Class
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Last Updated: 4:46 PM 02/01/12 - Larry Fedora announced Wednesday his first signing class as head coach at North Carolina. (Full Story)
Local Player Becomes Charlotte's 1st Ever Recruit
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Last Updated: 4:27 PM 02/01/12 - Will Thomas, a wide receiver from Topsail High in Hampstead, N.C., has etched his name into Charlotte 49ers' history: He is the school's first football player. (Full Story)
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