More than half of the 65,837 seats at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa have been pre-sold for the 2008 ACC football championship game, ACC associate commissioner Michael Kelly said Tuesday.

Rules interpretations and referees' mechanics will be standardized nationwide for the first time during the 2008 football season.

North Carolina center Tyler Hansbrough can add the ACC male athlete of the year award to his well-stocked trophy case.

Despite recognition of its top players in the NFL draft, the expanded ACC has come up short on the field in competition against heavyweight conferences such as the SEC.

The ACC will look more like the NFL in one way this football season -- injury reports. The conference will adopt a standard guideline for reporting injuries during the week, associate commissioner Mike Finn said Monday at the ACC Kickoff.

Sanderson High coach Jason Tindal calls Duke's in-state football recruiting "turbo-charged."

North Carolina wide receiver Hakeem Nicks admits he thinks about the NFL. But first the junior from Charlotte wants to take his play to another level this fall -- specifically by becoming the best wide receiver in the ACC.

Freshman quarterback Mike Glennon should be well prepared when he reports to N.C. State after working out this summer with his brother, Sean Glennon, a quarterback who helped lead Virginia Tech to an ACC championship last season.

N.C. State tight end Anthony Hill and tailback Jamelle Eugene start their workouts early in the morning.

Tim Stevens:Ryan Harrow, an N.C. State basketball commitment, is a good example of a couple of truisms in the world of college basketball recruiting.

North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates has heard a few teammates grumble about training camp two-a-days. But after missing spring practice because of shoulder surgery, the sophomore starter can't wait.

With two surgically repaired shoulders, a higher release point on his passes and better arm strength, N.C. State quarterback Daniel Evans understandably is eager to get into preseason camp.

Triangle Briefs: This week, former Tar Heel basketball player Shammond Williams reported a $10,000 diamond-encrusted watch stolen from his home on Gardner Circle.

Sports Briefs:Seven-foot center Zisis Sarikopoulos has transferred from UAB to Ohio State, Buckeyes coach Thad Matta announced Thursday.

Duke coach David Cutcliffe was the new man on the dais this year and showed no signs of stage fright sitting with N.C. State's Tom O'Brien, UNC's Butch Davis and N.C. Central's Mose Rison.

East Carolina's trustees have approved a five-year contract for men's basketball coach Mack McCarthy.

Former Oregon star Ahmad Rashad to be inducted into Hall of Fame.

When Sean May was a star forward at North Carolina, he often could be found slouched in the back of his classes, just trying to get through his seminars and to the next Tar Heels practice. But now he sits front and center at UNC each summer.

East Carolina is again expected to contend for a Conference USA football championship after two straight years where the Pirates had late-season chances to win the league.

Ex-Heel happily adjusts to NBA life.

Lawyer replaces White, who left Notre Dame for Duke.

North Carolina coach Roy Williams has never had an underclassman declare for the NBA Draft with the intention of “testing the waters” — not hiring an agent and leaving the door open for a return to college.

Tyler Hansbrough scored 21 points and Marcus Ginyard added a career-high 17 in a 105-70 rout of the outmatched UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos at the Smith Center today.

According to the Boston Herald, SI, ESPN and the New York Times are all writing the life and times of Matt Ryan features.

Losing fullback Tielor Robinson was Duke's biggest loss of the season so far. Robinson leading Duke's running backs with 3.7 yards per carry. That doesn't sound like a lot until you know the team, working with a four-man rotation, is averaging about 54 yards per game.

Another dream day on the conference call.

Ex-future Wake Forest football savior Ben Mauk made his debut with the University of Cincinnati a winning one on Thursday night, throwing for 244 yards and two touchdowns — all in the first half — in the Bearcats' 59-3 win over Division I-AA Southeast Missouri State.