by Shawn Krest | Mar 19, 2017 | Personal Stories, Sports
On Sunday, as Greenville prepared to host second round games in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002, a flag was raised over Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Anchored in the back of a pickup truck, parked atop the garage adjacent to the arena, four...
by Shawn Krest | Mar 10, 2017 | Personal Stories, Sports
012 Late in the first half of UNC’s ACC Tournament Quarterfinal game against Miami, Hurricanes guard D.J. Vasiljevic drives the lane and lays the ball off the backboard. Whistles sound as the ball drops through the hoop. “Foul on Isaiah Hicks, his first,” a baritone...
by Shawn Krest | Mar 10, 2017 | Personal Stories, Sports
The winter hits me in the face as I step out of the brownstone. Snow immediately fills my hair and my jacket is soaked. This is going to be a long walk, but no one said a pilgrimage is supposed to be easy. I turn onto Bedford Avenue and head south, staying close...
by Shawn Krest | Mar 9, 2017 | Editor's Choice, Personal Stories, Sports
The Brooklyn Nets’ trampoline dunk crew brought down the house in the first game of the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals at Barclay’s Center, but in game two, they were fans in the crowd just like everyone else. As the clock counted down to the start of play, the dunk...
by Shawn Krest | Mar 5, 2017 | Sports
3710When NC State decided to cut ties with Mark Gottfried, local media spent a week debating whether the Wolfpack coaching gig was still considered one of the elite jobs in the nation. Even before national media chimed in with their opinion, Triangle fans and media...
by Shawn Krest | Feb 10, 2017 | ACC Hall of Fame, Sports
100 It’s tough to make an argument against any of the six members of the inaugural ACC Hall of Fame class. David Thompson, Ralph Sampson, Dean Smith, Christian Laettner, Mike Krzyzewski and Everett Case all had legendary careers and helped make the conference what it...
by Shawn Krest | Feb 7, 2017 | ACC Hall of Fame, Editor's Choice, Sports
Since 1953, the Atlantic Coast Conference has been the standard of excellence in college sports. It’s time to honor the people who took the conference to that level and kept it there for more than six decades. Each season, a blue-ribbon panel of longtime...
by Shawn Krest | Feb 6, 2017 | Sports
001 The Atlantic Coast Conference turns 64 years old this year. Somehow, over all that time, no one has ever assembled an ACC Hall of Fame. Sure, there have been attempts to honor great players of the past. Each year, the ACC names a class of ACC Legends, who are...
by Shawn Krest | Jan 24, 2017 | Going Out
The Academy Award nominees were unveiled on Tuesday morning. While the big stories were the six nominations for La La Land and Meryl Streep extending her record number of nominations, at Raleigh & Company, we’re taking a closer look at a talent-packed but...
