The SouthWest Edgecombe boys’ basketball team finished second in the Eastern Plains Conference tournament after Friday’s 98-58 loss to Farmville Central in the championship game.

The Cougars (14-13) lost each of their three meetings this season with the undefeated Jaguars (26-0), who…

SUNRISE, Fla. — Justin Williams had two goals and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.

Nino Niederreiter had a goal and an assist, and Justin Faulk also scored a goal Florida, which has won seven of its last nine games.…

The Big East Conference and Eastern Plains Conference held their semifinals on Wednesday and, after an overtime game and a couple of upsets, the championship matchups are set and will begin Friday.

The Big East Conference will plays its boys’ and girls’ title games at the Rocky Mount…

At the seven-minute mark of the fourth quarter on Wednesday night for the Northern Nash girls’ basketball team against Wilson Hunt, the game was either team’s to win.

A 3-pointer by NNHS’s Jadaysia Hedgepath had just tied the Big East Conference tournament semifinals at 40, but…

The top senior high school basketball players in the eastern part of the state are returning to Rocky Mount.

The success of last year’s Tri-Counties All-Star basketball games has encouraged event organizers to host another game, this one with an expanded reach.

The game, now dubbed the…

For Rocky Mount High basketball, it was a different game but the same story.

Entering Monday, the Gryphons (13-10, 3-8) had lost seven of their 10 conference games, with six of those being by six points or fewer, including one- and two-point losses to Big East opponent Wilson Hunt.

Looking to break…

The USA-South Conference released its All-Conference teams on Thursday, with three N.C. Wesleyan players from the men’s team being honored along with one from the women’s team.

A.J. Frye, who averaged 18 points and eight rebounds per game this season for the Bishops, was named to the…

DURHAM, N.C. — Soon after Zion Williamson’s shoe ripped apart, Nike’s stock price took a hit.

The freak injury during one of the college basketball season’s marquee games immediately sparked debates about everything from the shoe manufacturer to insurance issues and whether…

DURHAM — It was the busted shoe heard ‘round the world on Wednesday night. 

Only 36 seconds into No. 1 Duke’s rivalry game with No. 8 North Carolina at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Williamson’s night — and his left shoe — went up in flames, his left foot…

Retired heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, along with his son, Evan, will be in Roanoke Rapids on March 2 for an event sanctioned by USA Boxing, the governing body for the sport in America.

Holyfield, who last boxed professionally in 2011, will be speaking at Roanoke Rapids Theatre about his…

Todd Gurley’s special season ended on Sunday night in the Super Bowl, with a 13-3 loss to the New England Patriots.

With Gurley on the field and Jeff Craddock in the stands, it was a momentous night for Tarboro football and the town as a whole, but the Los Angeles Rams’ gameplan, which…

Carolina Mudcats manager Joe Ayrault, who has been at the helm for the Mudcats for the last two seasons, will return for a third year, the Milwaukee Brewers announced on Thursday in a press release detailing the team’s 2019 coaching staff.

Ayrault has a 138-138 record in three seasons in…