The ACC has lost eight straight BCS bowl games and no ACC team is considered a serious national championship contender. But the conference always is entertaining, even when it doesn’t make a splash nationally.

Expansion killed the round-robin in basketball and created an unbalanced schedule. Each team plays five opponents twice — two of which are the designated partner (i.e. UNC's partners are Duke and N.C. State) — and then three home games and three road games.

N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe won't get a contract extension as athletic director Lee Fowler tries to keep coaches' deals in line.

After 31 years at N.C. State, building Wolfpack sports programs and relentlessly promoting women's athletics, Nora Lynn Finch soon will have a new address and new challenge.

It's a record-setting holiday for Cullen Jones, the former N.C. State standout and the iconic star at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Cullen Jones, the former N.C. State swimmer, finished third in the 100-meter freestyle to assure himself a spot on the U.S. 4x100 Olympic relay team.

Cullen Jones edged closer to a spot on the U.S. Olympic swim team Wednesday, finishing fourth in the semifinals of the 100-meter freestyle to advance to the final tonight.

N.C. State point guard Farnold Degand, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Dec. 23, is on schedule to return to the court by the time practice starts in October, a team spokesman said earlier this week.

Offer football coaches anonymity and the candor flows. That's what Athlon did for its football preview magazine, which includes a scouting section from unnamed opposing coaches.

Unless you're Michigan, the easiest way to find wins — and build a program — in college football is to schedule Division I-AA teams. No one understands this better than the Big 12, specifically Kansas and Kansas State.

Les Robinson, former basketball coach and athletics director at N.C. State, is retiring as the AD at The Citadel.

J.J. Hickson, who has often said his dream was to play in the NBA, now has his chance — with the Cleveland Cavaliers and superstar LeBron James.

A misdemeanor charge of resisting, delaying or obstructing an officer was tossed out of court Wednesday when N.C. State assistant basketball coach Larry Harris paid a $15 fine for his speeding ticket, according to court documents.

J.J. Hickson, a 6-foot-9 post player who elected to leave N.C. State after his freshman year, is expected to be chosen in the first round. Where, exactly, in the first round? Good question.

N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe, taking advantage of his NBA networking, now has a better feel for where forward J.J. Hickson would be chosen in the upcoming NBA Draft. Lowe's assessment: between the 10th and 20th picks.

N.C. State baseball coach Elliott Avent, contacted this week by Auburn about its open coaching position, says he has worked out a new deal to remain with the Wolfpack.

Lorenzo Brown isn't ready to commit to N.C. State. Yet.