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UNC Greensboro tips off season at home against FGCU

Nov. 04, 2024 03:49 AM EST

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at UNC Greensboro Spartans Greensboro, North Carolina; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spartans -6.5; over/under is 135.5 BOTTOM LINE: UNC Greensboro begins the season at home against FGCU. UNC...

UNC Greensboro opens season at home against FGCU

Nov. 03, 2024 03:06 AM EST

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at UNC Greensboro Spartans Greensboro, North Carolina; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UNC Greensboro hosts FGCU in the season opener. UNC Greensboro finished 11-3 at home a season ago while going 21-11 overall. The Spartans...

Harris and Trump focus on Sunbelt states during final weekend push for votes

Nov. 02, 2024 23:12 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump zeroed in on the Sun Belt on Saturday as they embarked on one last weekend quest to sway every undecided voter in the battleground states. They pitched rival agendas on the economy — and more — that each insisted is...

North Carolina's historically Black colleges are mobilizing for Nov. 5, tapping an activist history

Oct. 31, 2024 15:15 PM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Strewn across the coastal plains and backroads of North Carolina lie institutions that could be pivotal in the battleground state in Tuesday's elections — 10 historically Black colleges and universities steeped in a history of activism. Now, local student...

Kontoor: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 31, 2024 07:01 AM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kontoor Brands Inc. (KTB) on Thursday reported net income of $70.5 million in its third quarter. The Greensboro, North Carolina-based company said it had profit of $1.26 per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs, were...

Unifi: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 30, 2024 17:35 PM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Unifi Inc. (UFI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $7.6 million in its fiscal first quarter. The Greensboro, North Carolina-based company said it had a loss of 42 cents per share. The polyester and nylon yarn maker...

Qorvo: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 29, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Qorvo Inc. (QRVO) on Tuesday reported a loss of $17.4 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Greensboro, North Carolina-based company said it had a loss of 18 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs and...

Many top players from one-bid leagues left for bigger schools. Here are some of the best who stayed

Oct. 29, 2024 05:17 AM EDT

Identifying the top returning players in the era of the transfer portal is trickier than ever. Now that players can transfer without having to sit out a season, mid-major and low-major programs have essentially become farm systems for power-conference teams. Players who earn...

1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared

Oct. 25, 2024 15:01 PM EDT

Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn't going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black Benedict College student sat at a whites-only lunch counter in South Carolina and got himself arrested. Finally on Friday, that arrest and the records of six of his friends were...

Trump hurls a string of insults at Harris including 'lazy,' a racist trope against Black people

Oct. 23, 2024 08:42 AM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unleashed a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina. ...