Quick Hits

Sunday, December 21

Today is the first day of winter. — Rasheed Jones scored 23 points and Joshua Beadle added 19 for Coastal Carolina in a 76-74 men's basketball Sun Belt Conference win at Old Dominion on Saturday. — Howard stopped a 9-game winning streak for the UNC Wilmington men with...

Saturday, December 20

— N.C. State finished 8-5 with a 31-7 win over Memphis in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa. — Western Michigan overwhelmed Kennesaw State, 41-6, in the Myrtle Beach Bowl at Coastal Carolina. — Alabama overcame a 17-0 deficit to defeat host Oklahoma, 34-24, in the opening...

Friday, December 19

— Kennesaw State meets Western Michigan in the Myrtle Beach Bowl today (ESPN, 11 a.m.). — N.C. State takes on Memphis in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa today (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.). — The College Football Playoffs get underway tonight with ninth-seeded Alabama at No. 8...

Thursday, December 18

— Shallotte has its first middle school home wrestling match today. — Old Dominion topped South Florida, 24-10, in the Cure Bowl in Orlando on Wednesday as the Bulls had five turnovers. — Delaware topped Louisiana, 20-13, in the 68 Ventures Bowl in Mobile in the first...

Wednesday, December 17

— No. 3 Duke outscored Lipscomb, 49-28, in the second half of a 97-73 men's basketball win in Durham on Tuesday night. — Mo. 12 UNC got 24 points and eight rebounds from Henri Veesaar in a 77-58 win over East Tennessee State in Chapel Hill. — Host Clemson defeated...

Tuesday, December 16

— Ryan Beard has been named the new football coach at Coastal Carolina. Beard guided Missouri State to a 7-5 record in 2025. — The UNC Wilmington men's basketball team won its ninth straight game to improve to 10-1 with a 73-70 victory at Valparaiso on Saturday as...

Monday, December 15

— An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Carolina Panthers put host New Orleans in position for a 47-yard field goal by Charlie Smyth with two seconds left for a 20-17 Saints win on Sunday. — Minnesota took a 34-26 win at Dallas in the Sunday night NFL game. —...

Sunday, December 14

— Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy. — Navy rallied for a 17-16 college football win over Army in Baltimore on Saturday. — Washington turned back Boise State, 38-10, in the LA Bowl. — The Carolina Panthers play at New Orleans today ((FOX,...

Saturday, December 13

— West Brunswick dropped its Coast Conference varsity basketball opener at Laney, 52-40, despite leading, 15-7, after the first quarter. Matthew McKenney had 14 points and Kveon Griffin scored 10 for the Trojans (6-3). Isaac Clarida had 10 rebounds for West and...

Friday, December 12

— Shallotte Middle School will have its first wrestling match of the season on Monday at Leland. — Atlanta tight end Kyle Pitts had three touchdown receptions on Thursday night in a 29-28 win at Tampa Bay. — Nikola Jokic had 36 points and 12 rebounds for Denver in a...

Thursday, December 11

— Host South Brunswick ended a 5-game varsity boys basketball winning streak for West Brunswick with a 63-54 victory on Wednesday night despite 19 points and five assists by Kveon Griffin of the Trojans (6-2). — The Coastal Carolina women's basketball team improved to...

Wednesday, December 10

— In the first game of the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, No. 10 Brigham Young overcame a 22-point deficit to top Clemson, 67-64, on a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Robert Wright. — In the second game, No. 5 Connecticut held off No. 18...