BOONE — The Freedom cross country teams became the first from Burke County to participate in high school sports since the COVID-19 shutdown mo…
With high school football now off the table in Burke County in 2020, The News Herald sports staff takes a look back at the best games they’ve …
STATESVILLE — Josh Moore and the Hickory Hawks spoiled Statesville Christian’s home opener Friday night and showed little mercy in doing so.
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Patton High 2020 graduate Jackson Vance will call Montreat College home for the next four years after recently signing with the NAIA program t…
For the past 132 years, baseball fans around the world have been regaled with the poem of the Mudville Nines and their mighty Casey.
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The Freedom volleyball team hosted undefeated Hickory and kept things competitive for a set, but couldn’t maintain that momentum in a sweep lo…
ICARD — The East Burke volleyball team still hasn’t claimed an opening set yet this season through five matches, but it didn’t matter on Tuesd…
The Freedom girls golf team’s recent success was in the spotlight again as the second Lady Patriot in the span of a week signed to continue he…
CHAPEL HILL — Athletes, coaches and trainers at NCHSAA schools will have to wear masks during skill development workouts, whether those are he…
ICARD — There’s been a learning curve for a youthful East Burke volleyball team so far this season, with experience being built through four m…
Draughn junior cross country runner Reed Farrar is The News Herald’s Farm Bureau high school county athlete of the week for Nov. 23-28.
The 20th-ranked Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns have already secured a spot in the Sun Belt Conference championship game for the third strai…
Ninth-ranked Miami is finally set to play again.
The NCAA recently announced the latest Academic Success Rates (ASR) report data as well as Federal Graduation Rates (FGR) for student-athletes…
Florida Gators star Kyle Trask doesn't like to talk about the Heisman Trophy race, but he did notice last week when someone put a Kyle Trask p…
North Carolina State and Georgia Tech are proving it's possible to find positive results in a season made difficult by the coronavirus pandemic.
North Carolina is finally playing the nonconference game that coach Mack Brown believes could have given him a chance to develop more young Ta…
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It's fascinating, and a bit frightening, to monitor football during the pandemic. Every week, we keep count of how many college games have bee…
While the NBA opened training camps Tuesday and plans to start its season Dec. 22, the NHL is taking a more cautious approach.
The Daytona 500 will run with limited fan in attendance, Daytona International Speedway announced Wednesday. The race to open the 2021 NASCAR …
Early in the conference call, a couple of hours before Wednesday afternoon's kickoff and a day after the San Francisco 49ers became the Arizon…
The Daytona 500 will have limited spectators for NASCAR’s season-opening race on Feb. 14.
ATLANTA — Power-hitting outfielder Adam Duvall is a free agent after the Atlanta Braves declined to offer him a contract for the 2021 season.
CHARLOTTE — Hornets owner Michael Jordan and general manager Mitch Kupchak had no intentions of spending money on a big-name free agent this o…
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