Manny -- Accolades nice, but wins better

RALEIGH -- North Carolina State senior defensive end Manny Lawson posted the first tackle, then later the first sack of Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick -- making his first collegiate start on Sunday night. Sure, Lawson -- an Eastern Wayne...

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Holtz the right man for the job at ECU

GREENVILLE -- Saturday afternoon's postgame celebration at East Carolina prompted one single question: Who enjoyed the victory more -- the players, the coaches or the fans? Consider it a tie. First-year Pirate head coach Skip Holtz got washed away in...

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Mount Olive cross country

BUIES CREEK - Tim Insley finished fifth out of 11 runners in the men's competition and Ashley Baldridge placed eighth out of 27 runners in the women's competition among non-Division I schools in the Campbell University Cross Country Invitational Saturday...

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Warren makes Pittsburgh roster

PITTSBURGH -- Southern Wayne and University of North Carolina graduate Greg Warren made the Pittsburgh Steelers' final, 53-man roster heading into the 2005 regular season. The 6-foot-3, 252-pound long-snapper joins a Pittsburgh team that won the AFC North Division last...

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