Big investments in professional soccer could reshape North Carolina’s sports landscape and its biggest cities. In Charlotte, success depends on combining Hispanic and white fan bases—and their two very different soccer cultures.
December 2021
Posted inSports
N.C. State’s Band of Brothers
Fifty years ago, as the number of Black athletes began to grow rapidly at Southern universities, a group of young men joined forces in Raleigh in a quest for a national college basketball championship. Now, after the death of an irrepressible teammate, they look back on the bond they still share.
Posted inHigher Education
Tensions Rise Within the UNC System Board of Governors
Three board members are lodging a strong complaint against a mandated move of the System Office to Raleigh by the end of 2022, revealing internal tension over how the heavily Republican Board is run and led.