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SportsASHEVILLE, N.C. — UNC Asheville's women's basketball team carries its best start in six seasons into a noon road game at Samford on Monday, Nov. 9, in Birmingham, Ala. The Bulldogs are 2-0 for the first time since the 2019-20 season after beating Georgia State…
SportsASHEVILLE, N.C. — Western Carolina left Kimmel Arena with an 83-75 men's basketball win Saturday after UNC Asheville had erased an early 13-point deficit and even briefly gone in front. The Catamounts improved to 1-1 behind 19 points from Jaxon Prunty, who was most effective…
SportsKERNERSVILLE, N.C. — Asheville High's Judah Hall crossed the line first Saturday at the NCHSAA 6A boys cross country state championship, winning the individual title with a time of 15:48.34 on the state course in Kernersville, at the Ivey Redmon complex. Hall finished about six…
From the HERE City State DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State is closing in on a homecoming for one of its most famous players, with the university working to finalize a contract that would make former Wolfpack quarterback Philip Rivers its next head football coach. Nothing is official yet. Any contract…
From the HERE City State DeskCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The North Carolina women ran into the nation’s top-ranked team Sunday night and never found an answer, falling 84-39 to No. 1 South Carolina at the Ally Tipoff in Charlotte. The 12th-ranked Tar Heels dropped to 0-2. South Carolina improved to 2-0…
From the HERE City State DeskWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — It took less than a minute of extra time for NC State to end two long droughts. Austin Bush scored 52 seconds into overtime Sunday afternoon, and the 11th-seeded Wolfpack knocked off third-seeded, 15th-ranked Wake Forest 1-0 in the ACC men’s soccer…
From the HERE City State DeskEAST HARTFORD, Conn. — North Carolina beat UConn 38-21 on Saturday at Rentschler Field, using three takeaways for 21 points and snapping a two-game slide in front of 36,901 fans. Billy Edwards Jr. finished 29 completions in 38 attempts, piled up 255 passing yards, threw…
From the HERE City State DeskWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — No. 16 Wake Forest rolled past Merrimack 77-0 on Saturday at Allegacy Financial Stadium, posting its highest modern-era point total against a nonconference visitor on Saturday afternoon. Steele Pizzella made his first career start and piled up 495 yards of offense, completing…
From the HERE City State DeskFAIRHOPE, Ala. — Philip Rivers said after a 42-35 loss to Glenwood on Friday night that he recently interviewed with North Carolina State about becoming the Wolfpack’s next head coach, and that there is nothing further to announce. The former Wolfpack quarterback and longtime NFL…
From the HERE City National DeskOXFORD, Miss. — No. 2 Georgia raced to a 28-0 lead by the break and handled Ole Miss 42-7 on Saturday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, with quarterback Gunner Stockton responsible for five touchdowns, four through the air and one on the ground. The Bulldogs scored…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON, Texas — Center back Lukas MacNaughton waited until the last attack of the MLS regular season to deliver, scoring in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time Saturday night as St. Louis CITY SC edged the Houston Dynamo 1-0 at Shell Energy Stadium and…
From the HERE City National DeskHONG KONG — American Claire Liu captured the first WTA Tour singles title of her career Sunday, closing the Hong Kong Tennis Open final with nine straight games to beat second seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-3, 6-0 at Victoria Park. The opening set…
From Merger Monday
Monday’s deal tape had a pattern. Nearly every buyer already owned a piece of what it was buying. Crédit Agricole holds 29.6% of Banco BPM and wants to reach about 45% by folding its Italian bank into the Milan lender, structured so that it never has to make a tender offer…
From Merger Monday
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has hired Mizuho Securities and BofA Securities to arrange its first yen-denominated bond sale since April, returning to a market where it has borrowed about twice a year to fund its Japanese investments. The planned benchmark offering of senior unsecured notes is expected in the near future, subject…
From Merger Monday
Onodrim Industries, an Amsterdam company that plans to buy and hold European defense and industrial suppliers, raised $300 million in a Series A round led by Lux Capital that values it at $1.3 billion, nine months after its seed financing. General Catalyst, Lakestar, Altimeter, Strike Capital, 137 Ventures, 8090 and Expeditions…
From HERE Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Members of the Charlotte City Council take up a long-term airline lease for Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Monday night, a contract that would shape how the city-owned hub grows for the next decade. The proposed agreement with the major carriers runs ten and a half years.…
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