Questions still linger about how and why NC State supported ACC expansion, allowing it to happen. Records NCSU released provide the most complete accounting yet. On four weeks in August that changed State's position, and the ACC's future (with Korie Dean): newsobserver.com/sports/college…

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As a UNC player, Eric Montross was a hero to a dying teen. But it was the teen, a 15-year-old named Jason Clark, who taught Montross what a hero is. Upon Montross' death on Sunday, a story of a legacy that extends well beyond basketball: newsobserver.com/sports/college…

Why Duke’s Birmingham Bowl trip brought David Cutcliffe back to the Blue Devils newsobserver.com/sports/college…

Trophies have evolved and evolved and we have now reached the apex:

2024... The Last Dance Jaxson Dart | #HottyToddy

UNC System board considers empowering itself to veto athletic conference realignment newsobserver.com/sports/college…

Approaching UNC-Duke, went out in search of Tobacco Road - the literal and metaphorical. It’s a place North Carolinians know; the basketball and rural roadside barns. Yet it’s a place that’s disappearing, for better or worse. Along what’s left of it: newsobserver.com/sports/article…

And one more time for the ACC as we know it – before the further dilution of the conference; before it becomes even more unrecognizable – it's State-Carolina in the ACC Tournament final. Amen. On a fitting finale to the last ACC Tournament of its kind: newsobserver.com/sports/college…

The NCAA Tournament kicks off today on the men’s side and tomorrow for the women. We’ve got N&O journalists and photographers across the country covering our Triangle college basketball teams.#MarchMadness

Our N&O sports team and photographers are settling in Los Angeles, Dallas and Portland to cover our Triangle men’s and women’s college basketball teams in the #Sweet16 #MarchMadness

The NCAA basketball tournament is in full swing. Get a commemorative cover of your favorite Triangle team in The News & Observer’s digital e-edition, free with a subscription. subscribe.newsobserver.com/beinformed

Ethan Hyman of The News & Observer of Raleigh won first place in the 2023 Associated Press Sports Editors contest in the Division B Feature Photo category. apsportseditors.com/ethan-hyman-of…

For a long time I told myself if NC State ever made a Final Four I'd write about the biggest State fan I know, and how I came to call him "Dad." So here we are. A personal essay on family and hope and a man who gave me a chance – and never gave up. newsobserver.com/sports/college…

NC State Cardiac Pack basketball team, a March Madness icon, sues NCAA for NIL earnings newsobserver.com/sports/college…

More than a bat boy: How UNC baseball pays tribute to late fan at College World Series newsobserver.com/sports/college…

David McKenzie, a Triangle-based lawyer, sued UNC after an X post caught his attention. His complaint led to a $25k settlement and a UNC commitment to transparency. McKenzie: "If they’re gonna take the public’s money, they gotta do things in public." bit.ly/3Wkbqky