CIAA Announces 2022 Preseason Football All-Conference Team and Predicted Order of Finish
July 29, 2022CHARLOTTE – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) unveils the 2022 All-CIAA Preseason Football Team, as voted on by the CIAA Football Coaches Association and the Sports Information Directors Association, and the predicted order of finish as selected by the head football coaches. The preseason team and predicted order were both announced during the CIAA’s […]
Know your numbers to prevent strokes
July 29, 2022Have you ever heard the phrase, “know your numbers”? It was a popular notion a few years ago that we do not hear spoken nearly as much. It encouraged all of my patients to know certain numbers about their health. I asked patients to know what their blood pressure numbers were; what their cholesterol numbers […]
Museum Gala Salutes Civil Rights Stalwarts
July 29, 2022The International Civil Rights Center and Museum held its annual fundraising gala this week on Monday, July 25. The annual gala is typically held in February, highlighting the beginning of the F.W. Woolworth’s lunch-counter sit-ins launched by four N.C. A&T College freshmen: David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., (Jibreel Khazan) and Joseph McNeil in […]
Spearman’s NAACP lawsuit will continue after death says atty.
July 29, 2022By North Carolina law, the defamation portion of the late former N.C. NAACP Pres. Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman’s lawsuit against National NAACP Pres./CEO Derrick Johnson and other NAACP members died with him last week when his lifeless body was discovered near a huge pool of blood in his Guilford County home, according to his […]
West dominates East 33-14 in N.C. football all-star game
July 21, 2022A year ago, the North Carolina Coaches Association Football All-Star Game featured just 7 points. This year’s game was higher scoring, but the West won once again, topping the East 33-14 behind a strong night on defense and a powerful running game. The running back trio of Jabrii Carolina (Thomasville), Tre’von Hester (Page) and Akin […]
10,000 steps is a journey worth taking
July 21, 2022So many people are wearing smart trackers. Our lives are being documented right before our eyes. Daily, so many patients are able to come into the office and give me data on just how active they are, how well they are sleeping and show me an EKG of just what the rhythm of their heart […]
An analysis: What has UNC the Hannah – Jones settlement over tenure debacle accomplished?
July 21, 2022For those who thought that award-winning New York Times Magazine journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones deserved a six-figure check when she reportedly agreed to settle with UNC – Chapel Hill last week, instead of taking her race discrimination tenure case to court, the news that she only got somewhere in the neighborhood of less than $75,000 was […]
Former N.C. NAACP Pres. Spearman dies
July 21, 2022North Carolina, the AME Zion Church and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have lost an icon. Rev. Dr. Theodore Anthony Spearman has died. According to sources close to the family, Spearman was found dead inside his Guilford County home Tuesday evening. Spearman was the immediate past president of the N.C. NAACP. […]
Retired Greensboro Fire Department Chief Flowers passes
July 20, 2022Ray Kermit Flowers, son of the late James Vernel Flowers and Mattie Tillman Flowers, was born in Wadesboro, N.C. on March 25, 1939. He entered into eternal rest on July 16, 2022. Flowers graduated from Anson County Training School in 1957 where he excelled as a student, athlete, and class leader. He graduated from what […]
West teams dominate NCCA All-Star Games
July 15, 2022The West Women All-Stars rallied to defeat the East 62-55 in the 48th annual North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA) East-West All-Star game. The game was played at the Greensboro Coliseum on Monday night. The East led for three quarters before the West rallied outscoring the East 27-12 during the fourth quarter. Kate Hollifield of Shelby […]
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