Livingstone College reigned in the rain during the 25th Down East Viking Football Classic Saturday in Rocky Mount.

Week one of the college football season is in the rear view mirror, and I have some thoughts.

As much as I would love to, I’m not going to write about UNC Football every week, but I am going to this week.

I used to love summer as a kid. School was out and the weather was warm so I could go outside and play.

A.J. High won’t have to go far to continue his baseball career.

I remember being able to enjoy coach fights without fear that it could somehow turn deadly. That’s exactly what happened last week in Texas when a youth football coach was shot and killed by an opposing coach.

North Carolina Wesleyan University Head Men’s Basketball Coach John Thompson has been named by the National Basketball Coaches Association to Chair the NABC (North American Basketball Coaches) Division III Outstanding Service Award Committee.

Tis the season for cautious optimism. Others refer to it as football season, but they aren’t fans of the Tar Heels and Dolphins.

In an attempt to whip up excitement in the news conference Tuesday morning, Dr. Karrie G. Dixon shouted “Viking Pride; Viking Pride; Viking Pride” as she approached the podium in one of the Rocky Mount Event Center’s conference rooms.

When the Premier Collegiate League’s (PCL) All-Stars take the field at 7 p.m. Saturday at Edenton’s Historic Hicks Field, 13 members of the Tarboro River Bandits will be on the South squad. The PCL All-Star Weekend gets underway at 7 tonight.

I’m hoping everyone enjoyed their Fourth of July weekend and that my niece had an amazing birthday. I worked some, I played some, I rested some. It was a really nice weekend aside from one thing: no sports to watch.

Lennie Rosenbluth passed away last week. If you don’t know who that is, you’re not alone, but I’m here to tell you why he mattered to so many of us.