60 Forward wants to be closer to home. www.newsobserver.com/1075794 The battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 college baseball teams in the nation is all even. www.newsobserver.com/1075792 Buster Posey did it all for Florida State's baseball team on Friday night. www.newsobserver.com/1075791 Ryan Schlecht improved to 13-0 with a four-hitter to lead nationally top-ranked Mount Olive to a 6-2 victory over North Georgia in the second round of the NCAA Division II Baseball South Atlantic Regional Friday at Mount Olive. www.newsobserver.com/1075790 Reserve linebacker Wesley Flagg has been dismissed from North Carolina's football team. www.newsobserver.com/1075789 No. 19 Wake Forest retained the team lead in the NCAA Central Regional in men's golf Friday in Columbus, Ohio, after posting a 3-over-par 287, three shots better than its first-round score. www.newsobserver.com/1075788 On the day Leo Hart was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, it was also a day for the Kinston native to consider a future close to home. www.newsobserver.com/1074622 Whether Ovinton J'Anthony "O.J." Mayo knowingly violated numerous NCAA rules or didn't break the first one during his single season at Southern California, the more important issue at hand is the NBA policy that prohibits most high school seniors from immediately entering the league draft. www.newsobserver.com/1074621 North Carolina coach Roy Williams is used to playing the waiting game with recruits -- and now he's doing it with Tar Heels testing the NBA Draft waters. www.newsobserver.com/1074522 The Wolfpack Club in Raleigh will hold its annual meeting May 28 under a large tent on the Dail Practice Field adjacent to Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. www.newsobserver.com/1074520 Wake Forest's opening football game at Baylor has been rescheduled for Thursday, Aug. 28, in order to accommodate a national television audience. www.newsobserver.com/1074519 Miami's slugger Yonder Alonso throttled a full-count pitch by North Carolina ace Alex White in the third inning and planted it far beyond the left-field wall for a grand slam against the nation's No. 2 team in a 12-2 victory. www.newsobserver.com/1074518 Matt Payne led a 14-hit attack with three hits and three RBIs, and Eric Surkamp and two relievers combined on a three-hitter to lead the 18th-ranked N.C. State baseball team past third-ranked Florida State 12-2 on Thursday at Tallahassee, Fla. www.newsobserver.com/1074517 N.C. State got off to a good start in the NCAA East Regional Championship at Chattanooga, Tenn., shooting a 5-under-par 279 for sixth place after the first round. www.newsobserver.com/1074516 Woodrow L. "Woody" Lambeth, who died recently at 95, liked to talk about the day State College, now N.C. State, played against Babe Ruth and the Boston Braves in a game that was stopped when Fayetteville ran out of baseballs. www.newsobserver.com/1073171 Jack Jensen recruited enough talent to win national championships in two contrasting sports, basketball and golf, a rare achievement that also makes good trivia. www.newsobserver.com/1073164 The Heels and Wolfpack are in Florida for their final ACC regular-season series. While Carolina has all but assured itself of hosting an NCAA Tournament regional, the Pack is out to solidify its bid to bring an NCAA regional to Doak Field. www.newsobserver.com/1073160 The Lonnie Poole Golf Course, an Arnold Palmer design, is about 65 percent complete, on schedule and on budget. www.newsobserver.com/1073158 Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, kicked off LSU's national championship team after repeated off-the-field problems, signes with Jacksonville State. www.newsobserver.com/1073083 N.C. State's Lauren Doughtie shot a 1-under 71 Tuesday at Pinewild Country Club's Magnolia Course in Pinehurst, earning medalist honors in a local qualifier for the U.S. Women's Open. www.newsobserver.com/1071780 Duke's Konrad Dudziak has qualified for the U.S. Olympic wrestling team trials by winning the Northern Plains Regional Tournament in Waterloo, Iowa, this past weekend. Dudziak is vying for an Olympic spot at 211 1/2 pounds. www.newsobserver.com/1071779 NCAA president says he has additional information. www.newsobserver.com/1071749 Former West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez says Gov. Joe Manchin and three members of the university's board of governors pressured him into signing a new contract before the start of the 2007 season, even though it had a $4 million buyout clause he didn't want. www.newsobserver.com/1071747 Former N.C. State defensive back Miguel Scott has signed a free agent contract with the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. www.newsobserver.com/1071745 The second-ranked North Carolina baseball team received a tying home run from Kyle Shelton in the sixth inning and scored three runs in the seventh for a 4-1 win over Winthrop on Tuesday in UNC's regular-season home finale at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. www.newsobserver.com/1071744 ACC schedules will not expand to nine games in football or 18 games in men's basketball, conference officials said Tuesday. www.newsobserver.com/1071743 Kojo Mensah, a junior guard who was one of five Duquesne University basketball players shot on campus in September 2006, is passing up his final season of eligibility to enter the NBA Draft. www.newsobserver.com/1071742 Songs played as hitters step to the plate vary from heavy metal to country -- as long as hits follow. www.newsobserver.com/1070524 Indiana University tells the NCAA that its self-imposed penalties should be enough to keep the organization from having to punish the school for improper phone calls. www.newsobserver.com/1070391 The ACC hasn't played in the BCS championship game since the 2000 season, when Florida State lost to Oklahoma. But the NFL draft offers some validation. www.newsobserver.com/1070390 Forward wants to be closer to home. www.newsobserver.com/1075794 The battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 college baseball teams in the nation is all even. www.newsobserver.com/1075792 Buster Posey did it all for Florida State's baseball team on Friday night. www.newsobserver.com/1075791 Ryan Schlecht improved to 13-0 with a four-hitter to lead nationally top-ranked Mount Olive to a 6-2 victory over North Georgia in the second round of the NCAA Division II Baseball South Atlantic Regional Friday at Mount Olive. www.newsobserver.com/1075790 Reserve linebacker Wesley Flagg has been dismissed from North Carolina's football team. www.newsobserver.com/1075789 No. 19 Wake Forest retained the team lead in the NCAA Central Regional in men's golf Friday in Columbus, Ohio, after posting a 3-over-par 287, three shots better than its first-round score. www.newsobserver.com/1075788 On the day Leo Hart was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, it was also a day for the Kinston native to consider a future close to home. www.newsobserver.com/1074622 Whether Ovinton J'Anthony "O.J." Mayo knowingly violated numerous NCAA rules or didn't break the first one during his single season at Southern California, the more important issue at hand is the NBA policy that prohibits most high school seniors from immediately entering the league draft. www.newsobserver.com/1074621 North Carolina coach Roy Williams is used to playing the waiting game with recruits -- and now he's doing it with Tar Heels testing the NBA Draft waters. www.newsobserver.com/1074522 The Wolfpack Club in Raleigh will hold its annual meeting May 28 under a large tent on the Dail Practice Field adjacent to Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. www.newsobserver.com/1074520 Wake Forest's opening football game at Baylor has been rescheduled for Thursday, Aug. 28, in order to accommodate a national television audience. www.newsobserver.com/1074519 Miami's slugger Yonder Alonso throttled a full-count pitch by North Carolina ace Alex White in the third inning and planted it far beyond the left-field wall for a grand slam against the nation's No. 2 team in a 12-2 victory. www.newsobserver.com/1074518 Matt Payne led a 14-hit attack with three hits and three RBIs, and Eric Surkamp and two relievers combined on a three-hitter to lead the 18th-ranked N.C. State baseball team past third-ranked Florida State 12-2 on Thursday at Tallahassee, Fla. www.newsobserver.com/1074517 N.C. State got off to a good start in the NCAA East Regional Championship at Chattanooga, Tenn., shooting a 5-under-par 279 for sixth place after the first round. www.newsobserver.com/1074516 Woodrow L. "Woody" Lambeth, who died recently at 95, liked to talk about the day State College, now N.C. State, played against Babe Ruth and the Boston Braves in a game that was stopped when Fayetteville ran out of baseballs. www.newsobserver.com/1073171 Jack Jensen recruited enough talent to win national championships in two contrasting sports, basketball and golf, a rare achievement that also makes good trivia. www.newsobserver.com/1073164 The Heels and Wolfpack are in Florida for their final ACC regular-season series. While Carolina has all but assured itself of hosting an NCAA Tournament regional, the Pack is out to solidify its bid to bring an NCAA regional to Doak Field. www.newsobserver.com/1073160 The Lonnie Poole Golf Course, an Arnold Palmer design, is about 65 percent complete, on schedule and on budget. www.newsobserver.com/1073158 Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, kicked off LSU's national championship team after repeated off-the-field problems, signes with Jacksonville State. www.newsobserver.com/1073083 N.C. State's Lauren Doughtie shot a 1-under 71 Tuesday at Pinewild Country Club's Magnolia Course in Pinehurst, earning medalist honors in a local qualifier for the U.S. Women's Open. www.newsobserver.com/1071780 Duke's Konrad Dudziak has qualified for the U.S. Olympic wrestling team trials by winning the Northern Plains Regional Tournament in Waterloo, Iowa, this past weekend. Dudziak is vying for an Olympic spot at 211 1/2 pounds. www.newsobserver.com/1071779 NCAA president says he has additional information. www.newsobserver.com/1071749 Former West Virginia football coach Rich Rodriguez says Gov. Joe Manchin and three members of the university's board of governors pressured him into signing a new contract before the start of the 2007 season, even though it had a $4 million buyout clause he didn't want. www.newsobserver.com/1071747 Former N.C. State defensive back Miguel Scott has signed a free agent contract with the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants. www.newsobserver.com/1071745 The second-ranked North Carolina baseball team received a tying home run from Kyle Shelton in the sixth inning and scored three runs in the seventh for a 4-1 win over Winthrop on Tuesday in UNC's regular-season home finale at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary. www.newsobserver.com/1071744 ACC schedules will not expand to nine games in football or 18 games in men's basketball, conference officials said Tuesday. www.newsobserver.com/1071743 Kojo Mensah, a junior guard who was one of five Duquesne University basketball players shot on campus in September 2006, is passing up his final season of eligibility to enter the NBA Draft. www.newsobserver.com/1071742 Songs played as hitters step to the plate vary from heavy metal to country -- as long as hits follow. www.newsobserver.com/1070524 Indiana University tells the NCAA that its self-imposed penalties should be enough to keep the organization from having to punish the school for improper phone calls. www.newsobserver.com/1070391 The ACC hasn't played in the BCS championship game since the 2000 season, when Florida State lost to Oklahoma. But the NFL draft offers some validation. www.newsobserver.com/1070390