Basketball

Raleigh's Veronica Fraley will throw the discus in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games. She joins a long list of Olympians with North Carolina ties that includes Steph Curry, Bam Adebayo and Anna Cockrell.

The 39-year-old Lee joins the Hornets after serving as the Boston Celtics top assistant coach. Lee will complete the Celtics’ playoff run before joining the Hornets on a full-time basis. Lee spent five seasons under Mike Budenholzer before joining the Celtics last summer.

Wolfpacks of all ages gathered this week to cheer on NC State's men's and women's basketball teams as they headed to the Final Four.

North Carolinians can now bet on sporting events online. Eight online and mobile sports betting platforms launched Monday at noon.

The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold five straight men's basketball tournaments in North Carolina starting in 2025.

In honor of Sickle Cell Awareness month, a UNC program is holding a special event on Saturday to raise money for the disease that impacts thousands.

Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall officially acquired the majority stake of the Hornets from six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan on Thursday, bringing new thoughts and ideas on how to rebuild a franchise that hasn't been to the playoffs in the last seven seasons.

The Hornets chose Miller, the Southeastern Conference’s player of the year as a freshman, over NBA G League Ignite star Scoot Henderson despite some potential character questions.

He will be present next week at the league’s general managers meeting in Chicago, coinciding with the draft lottery and combine there. Krzyzewski retired after the 2021-22 season with five national championships.