by David Henderson | Apr 12, 2017 | Editor's Choice, Going Out, Personal Stories
101 Eighty-four national flags jut out from the back wall of King’s Park International Church in Durham, North Carolina. Each flag represents the nationality of a church member, or a country where King’s Park engages in long-term ministry. Pastor Ron Lewis mentions...
by R.L. Bynum | Apr 3, 2017 | Editor's Choice, Sports
001 GLENDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA likes to say that it’s all about helping student-athletes. But when it comes to the students who aren’t athletes at the Final Four, the help is limited. About the only good part of the deal for UNC students who spent hundreds of dollars...
by Staff | Mar 31, 2017 | Editor's Choice, Personal Stories, Sports
021Scott Odom, one of the first 10 people to play on the Final Four floor at University of Phoenix Stadium, brought the ball upcourt, wearing his black number 17 jersey. Odom dribbled between his legs a few times, a bit of unnecessary showmanship for which he could be...
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 | 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 Frances Castillo | Dec 1, 2016 | Editor's Choice, Humor
226 Ah, the idyllic holiday. The turkey is an Instagram, #nofilterneeded glory. The children aren’t sticky faced crying monsters. Everyone has on their matching sweaters and perfectly crisp jeans lounging on the grass looking into the camera for the holiday card...
by Marilyn Payne | Nov 29, 2016 | Editor's Choice, Humor, Sports
It started as a verbal guarantee a couple years ago: Brian Gorman knew he could make a 35-yard field goal barefoot. It ended as the community event of Thanksgiving Weekend, if not the entire holiday season. “A bet was made two years ago, no one ever went...
by Tony Castleberry | Nov 23, 2016 | Editor's Choice, People
It’s almost Thanksgiving Day, and some of you are dreading it. The food and the football should be fine, but you still feel anxiety and we know what’s causing it. At some point, the turkey and dressing, the green beans and candied yams, the booze and the games...
by Shawn Krest | Nov 23, 2016 | Editor's Choice, Going Out, Humor
001 If you’re one of the people that starts complaining at Halloween about how early Christmas decorations are up, we have some bad news for you. Time has passed you by. It’s now officially The Holiday Season! Embrace it or stand aside. The soundtrack for the holidays...
