North Carolina State University

The war for mobile messaging is on

2013-05-11 08:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp is one of Silicon Valley's most buzzed-about companies, yet it actively avoids the spotlight, operating out of a small office in Mountain View, Calif., with no sign on the building entrance or on the office door. Unlike...

States in a race to secure drone testing

2013-04-08 03:30:00

WASHINGTON — Although the prospect of drones flying over U.S. cities is generating cries of spies in the skies, groups from California to Florida are fiercely competing to become one of six federally designated sites for testing how the remotely...

Watch wheelchair court stormer get knocked over after victory

2013-01-14 07:43:00

� North Carolina State student Will Privette refused to let the fact that he is in a wheelchair stop him from celebrating the Wolfpack's 84-76 victory over No. 1 Duke on Saturday. And he has no regrets, even after being knocked over by a swarm of...

Which college coach that won't get fired, should get fired?

2012-11-26 11:06:00

Several college football coaches were fired this weekend, including Auburn's Gene Chizik and North Carolina State's Tom O'Brien. Others remain on the hot seat, such as USC's Lane Kiffin, who was given a vote of approval by Athletic Director Pat Haden...

UCLA football: Osweiler-to-UCLA rumor forgets the rules

2012-01-05 16:34:10

College football: Michigan unlikely to add QB transfer

2013-05-23 02:21:00

With every day that passes, Michigan appears less likely to add a transfer quarterback for this fall. There have been only a few players briefly associated with U-M, and both have chosen other schools. Florida State’s Clint Trickett went to West...

Wolf Suspension Over, But Transfer Student Will Take His Scholarship

2013-05-21 17:50:56

UConn has juggled its roster to open a spot for a new player for next season, and perhaps retain an old one. Enosch Wolf, having passed all the university's requirements, is no longer suspended from the team. Wolf, arrested in February following an on-...

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Mark Wiedmer column

2013-05-20 01:54:03

New University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director David Blackburn has been on the job exactly 30 days today. A bronze plaque celebrating his hiring should be commissioned anytime now. Or maybe it should go to the search committee that...

The Anniston Star, Ala., Joe Medley column

2013-05-19 04:34:02

For one day in this work-a-day scribe's life, I got to feel like a part of a college sports team. In particular, it was Jacksonville State's baseball team, and let me clarify what I mean about feeling like a part of the team. I happened to have a pair...

McKiver, Simmons prove dynamic duo

2013-05-18 00:34:02

Move over, Batman and Robin. Make way, Laverne and Shirley. Another dynamic duo grabbed the spotlight on Friday at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2A track and field championships at Irwin Belk Track on the N.C. A&T campus....

Cabarrus County Schools expand STEM offerings

2013-05-17 12:04:02

Even though Cabarrus County Schools' STEM program is only two years old, school leaders say the problem-based learning approach has positioned the district at the cutting edge of education. Jason Van Heukelum, 36, has been the assistant superintendent...

UConn's Rodney Purvis To Take Practices Very Seriously

2013-05-16 15:15:21

Rodney Purvis is in his first week at UConn and his first game is 18 months away, but he is already in attack mode. "I kind of reframed everything in my mind," Purvis said Thursday after a one-hour workout with new teammate Ryan Boatright and assistant...

UCF athletic director Keith Tribble, left, congratulates players following the UCF at North Carolina State college football game at Carter-Finley Stadium on the NC State campus on Saturday, September 1, 2007. UCF won the game 25-23.

2007-09-01 00:00:00