Kyle Busch won his first career pole at Bristol Motor Speedway with a track record qualifying lap.

The ECU women's basketball team cruised into the semifinal round of the Conference USA Tournament with an easy 89-60 win over Southern Miss.

ECU gets a game high 24 points from Maurice Kemp but the Pirates fall in the quarterfinal round of the Conference USA Tournament 79-72 to host team Tulsa.

Dez Wells scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half and Maryland beat pesky Wake Forest 75-62 on Thursday night in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Julian Washburn led six UTEP players in double figures with 20 points and the Miners defeated Houston 80-69 on Thursday in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals.

Richard Howell scored 22 points with 12 rebounds while Lorenzo Brown led the defensive effort on league player of the year Erick Green to help North Carolina State beat Virginia Tech 80-63.

Neil Watson scored 23 points and Dwayne Davis scored 20 to lead second-seeded Southern Mississippi to an 81-66 victory over UAB on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA tournament.

Olivier Hanlan set an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament record for freshmen with 41 points and Boston College beat Georgia Tech 84-64 on Thursday in the first round.

The No. 2 seed East Carolina women’s basketball team will take on No. 10 seed Southern Miss on Thursday, March 14, at 8:30 p.m. (ET) in the Conference USA Quarterfinals.

Quarterback Derek Anderson says he has agreed to a one-year contract to remain with the Carolina Panthers as Cam Newton's backup.

Riley Nash scored twice, Joe Corvo put one in off the goaltender's mask, and Justin Peters got his second career shutout Tuesday night as the surging Carolina Hurricanes beat the slumping Washington Capitals 4-0.

Rocky Mount Prep senior Deshawn Freeman is our newest WITN Pepsi Player Of The Week.

Brandon Smith got out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth helping Old Dominion skip town with a 5-3 win over East Carolina Tuesday.

Freshman Trent Thornton fell four outs shy of UNC's first no-hitter since 1978 on Tuesday as he combined with Reilly Hovis and Luis Paula on a one-hitter in a 12-0 win over Gardner-Webb.

Notre Dame is joining the Atlantic Coast Conference a season earlier than expected.

The agent for Carolina Panthers linebacker James Anderson says his client has been informed that he's been released by the team.

ECU’s Shala Hodges and Katie Paschal made it a point to volunteer their time at the “School is Cool Pep Rally Presented by Bank of Oklahoma” Tuesday morning.

The New York Jets have signed quarterback David Garrard to back up — and provide a challenge to — starter Mark Sanchez.

Heather Macy was tabbed the Coach of the Year while ECU's Kristine Mial was named C-USA Sixth Player of the Year.

Investigators in North Carolina say a Georgia-based sports agent violated sports agent laws by sending cash payments to former Tar Heels football players.

Campbell says Robbie Laing is out as men's basketball coach.

East Carolina senior Maurice Kemp is league's second-leading scorer with an average of 18.4 points per game and ranks among the top 50 nationally.

Gonzaga is no one-week wonder at No. 1.

Duke's Mason Plumlee, Virginia Tech's Erick Green and Miami's Shane Larkin headline the all-Atlantic Coast Conference first team.

Cornerback DeAngelo Hall has been released by the Washington Redskins, a casualty of the team's NFL-imposed salary cap penalty on the eve of the start of free agency.