[tabs style="default"] [tab title="Home"] During the 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial campaign, former Charlotte mayor and Republican candidate Pat McCrory ran on several platforms in which he promised to “help turn North Carolina around.” The state had been suffering from tough financial times, among other issues. One that McCrory mentioned prominently was the poor education system in the state. “I have a passion for education.
There is quite a history of Japanese baseball players in Major League Baseball. Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui are a few of the greats while newcomers like pitchers Koji Uehara and Yu Darvish are just beginning to make a name for themselves. In 2014, however, there will be a new sheriff in town, and he also hails from Japan. It will be Masahiro Tanaka. After much uncertainty regarding Tanaka’s status as a free agent, Rakuten Golden Eagles’ president Yozo Tachibana has officially posted Tanaka.
They’re fifth in the nation with an average of 87.2 points per game. They grab 42.8 rebounds per game, good enough to be slated 10th nationally.
There aren’t many days that ESPN takes a break from its seemingly nonstop coverage of LeBron James and the Dallas Cowboys to air some NCAA volleyball. This past Saturday, Dec.
In yet another dramatic finish, the Elon University men’s basketball team narrowly avoided a second-half collapse on Sunday, Dec.
Sophomore Autumn Carter and senior Kelsey Harris who combined for 47 points and 18 rebounds today led the Phoenix offensive attack as the Elon University women's basketball team secured a compelling 84-68 win over the Mount Olive College Trojans. The game remained close throughout the entire first half.
With just two weeks of regular season games remaining in the NFL season, many division races are just heating up. All four divisions in the NFC have yet to be decided, and with many divisional matchups yet to be played, the couch seems like a great place to be for the next two Sundays. Each team has faced their fair share of unforeseen circumstances this season, but none more than in the NFC North. The NFC North is used to stellar quarterback play. Well, at least in Green Bay, Detroit and Chicago. Behind the arms of Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford and Jay Cutler, these three teams have regularly been involved in the playoff discussion over the past few seasons. But, this season, Rodgers and Cutler have missed significant time due to injury. Cutler missed five games due to groin and ankle injuries while Rodgers hasn’t played since Week 9 when he suffered a broken collarbone. Cutler returned this past week to play the Browns and led his team to a crucial 38-31 victory. Rodgers, on the contrary, remains on the shelf for the Packers, but hopes to play this week against the Steelers, a must win for Green Bay. The biggest storyline, though, may not even be the injuries to Cutler and Rodgers, but instead the collapse of the Detroit Lions. The Lions (7-7) have all but squandered the golden opportunity presented to them in the Cutler and Rodgers injuries, having lost four out of their last five games.
University of North Carolina fans have seen the last of McDonald’s All-American shooting guard P.J.
The Elon University women’s basketball team capitalized on clutch plays down the stretch and finished with an impressive 11-0 run that gave them a 56-49 win over Campbell University’s Lady Camels Friday night, Dec.
Two Elon residents were arrested Tuesday in the Brookside Mobile Home Park as a part of a six-month-long joint drug investigation led by the Elon Police Department. Elon Police executed a search warrant and arrested Kionne McLaughlin, 24, and Scott Beatty, 25, both of 660 Manning Ave., Lot 9. According to a press release from the Elon Police Department, McLaughlin and Beatty are both affiliated with the "Crips" gang and are traced back to a string of residential break-ins. Elon Police recovered several stolen items including two Elon Baseball championship rings. Police also seized marijuana and drug paraphernalia from McLaughlin and Beatty.
Early on, it was clear that Elon University and Central Pennsylvania College would be playing in a fast-paced, up-tempo game on Dec.
The Hogs. Coach Joe Gibbs and his three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks. “Hail to the Redskins.” One of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports, the Washington Redskins, has devolved from a regional and national symbol of a unified fan base supporting a successful team into a dwindling fan base losing its passion for an on-and off-field debacle. After qualifying for the NFL playoffs eight times in an 11-year span between 1982 and 1992, the Redskins have only played meaningful January football four times since.
Elon University's associate head coach of women's soccer, Stuart Horne, has been named the head coach of the Campbell University women's soccer program. His hiring was announced on Wednesday, Dec.
WASHINGTON--The Georgetown men's basketball team used a hot start to the second half to overcome a strong shooting night for the Elon University men's basketball team, leaving the Verizon Center with an 85-76 win on Tuesday, Dec.
Coaches have been known to get, well, a little bit tense following losses. Each coach talks to the media in their own unique way.
Elon University’s Men’s Basketball team has long preached the concept of “Elevate Elon,” the idea that the Phoenix would be a competitive team capable of winning games in the NCAA Tournament.
After winning its first Southern Conference game Saturday against Samford University, the Elon University women’s basketball team dropped its second conference contest, 66-43, against the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs Monday night, Dec.
Sports commentator and 1977 French Open Winner Mary Carillo, parent of Elon student Rachel Bowden '14, will be speaking at this year's Commencement exercises. Carillo played four years of professional tennis, winning the French Open Women's Doubles competition in 1977.
Elon University men’s basketball head coach Matt Matheny has said numerous times that he schedules non-conference games based on the hometowns of his players.
