Mitchell Northam
Digital News ProducerMitchell Northam is a Digital Producer for WUNC. He was born in Iceland, but grew up eating blue crabs and scrapple on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
In addition to working at the Delmarva Daily Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, his work has also been featured at SB Nation, the Orlando Sentinel, NCAA.com, Sports Illustrated, Pittsburgh Sports Now, and the Associated Press. He is a graduate of Salisbury University and has won awards from the MD-DC Press Association and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. He is also a voter in the AP Top 25 poll for women's college basketball.
His first book — "High School Basketball on Maryland's Eastern Shore: A Shore Hoops History" — was published in May 2022.
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By beating N.C. State 55-51, Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey became the first Black woman to win an ACC tournament title.
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Two Republican races for U.S. Congress in North Carolina will advance to a second primary on May 14. Brad Knott finished second to Kelly Daughtry for the 13th Congressional District, while Mark Walker finished second in the 6th District to Addison McDowell.
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Change coming for women’s ACC Tournament, but N.C. State, Duke, UNC focused on winning in GreensboroThe ACC women's basketball tournament will experience a handful of changes over the next few seasons, adding new teams and changing venues. But for now, the focus is on the championship in Greensboro.
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Sylvan Esso, the Durham-based electronic pop duo, is bringing a new music festival — "Good Moon" — to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park this summer.
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Durham Public Schools will reduce raises given to some staff. In its place, all classified staff – nearly 1,900 employees – will get an 11% raise.
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While it comes with its critics and concerns, sports betting could benefit 10 UNC System schools, including UNC Pembroke, in a big way. Once betting begins, those schools – the 10 with the smallest athletic department budgets – will split 20% of the yearly tax revenue from legal gambling in North Carolina.
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Eric Montross, former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball star and broadcaster, dies at 52 after cancer fightThe family of former North Carolina and NBA big man Eric Montross says he has died after a cancer fight. He was 52. The school released a statement from the family Monday morning saying Montross died Sunday surrounded by loved ones at his Chapel Hill home.
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Before working at Penn State where he has coached one of college football's top defenses, Diaz was the head coach at Miami for three seasons. He succeeds Mike Elko, who left Duke for Texas A&M.
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Behind 44 points from Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, the Hawkeyes topped the Hokies 80-76 in front of a nationally televised audience on ESPN2, and an announced crowd of 15,196 fans. It could be just the beginning of Charlotte's investment in women's basketball.
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Durham and Chapel Hill are among the North Carolina cities and towns with new mayors after Tuesday's election.