By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – This is an open letter to the Chatham County Board of Education to unmask our student-athletes during competition. The Chatham County School board has a meeting on January 10 where they can make a…
By Alec MacGillis ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Everything looks the same on either side of the Texas-New Mexico border in the…
By Donna King, Dallas Woodhouse Raleigh, NC – The N.C. legislature passed the Accountability and Fair Play in Athletics on Wednesday, November 17. The conference report for this bill is one of several policy measures working its way quickly through committees…
Sanford, NC – Central Carolina Community College has announced its athletic award recipients for the 2020-2021 school year. Here is a list of all award winners: Men’s Basketball – JT Conwell – Sanford, N.C. (Cougar of the Year), Montell Moore…
Greensboro, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference will conduct its annual ACC Football Kickoff virtually July 21-23, 2020. The event will include live coverage available on ACC Network with ACC Commissioner John Swofford, the league’s head coaches and select student-athletes.…
Greensboro, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the 2019-20 Honor Roll on Thursday, recognizing a record 5,609 student-athletes for classroom excellence during the most recent academic year. The ACC Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a…
At its meeting this week, the Board of Governors supported rule changes to allow student-athletes to receive compensation for third-party endorsements both related to and separate from athletics. It also supports compensation for other student-athlete opportunities, such as social media,…
Greensboro, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today a list of 52 student-athletes who have been selected as 2018 Weaver-James-Corrigan Award recipients. This year’s list includes three student-athletes who will receive the Thacker Award and nine student-athletes who plan…
Winston-Salem, NC – Wake Forest student-athletes will be assisting the student body in moving into their residence halls on the Wake Forest University Reynolda Campus on Friday, August. 21. Representatives of the football, volleyball, and women’s soccer teams will assist…