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When Duke basketball player Rasheed Sulaimon was dropped from the team earlier this year by Coach Mike Krzyzewski, many people questioned his reasoning. The basketball program released a…

Coach Krzyzewski claimed his 999th win in the ACC on Monday night as Duke beat Pitt 79-65. The team is hoping to make that milestone by winning their next game on Sunday as Duke visits St. John’s – to make it 1,000 wins. Check out more highlights of the game HERE. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 […]

Congratulations to the graduates of St. Augustine College and William Peace College on their graduations this past weekend. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard Messaging Rates Apply Here are lists of upcoming graduations in our area: Saturday May 10th NCCU 8am OKelly-Riddick Stadium NC State 9am […]

NCSU’s win this weekend placed them in the top 10 for the ACC bracket and Duke’s win over UNC placed them above UNC in the brackets. Duke came in at #3, UNC #4 and NC State #7. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard Messaging Rates Apply […]

The unranked UNC Tarheels came from behind last night to beat the fifth ranked Duke Blue Devils 74-66. Text “LIGHT” To 37890 for your chance at ticket giveaways and news before anyone else!…Standard Messaging Rates Apply It was truly a BEAITUFUL upset. 🙂 Go Heels! LIKE The Light On Facebook To Keep Up With your […]

Duke beat MichiganState 71-61 on Friday night to advance to the Midwest Regional final in the NCAA tournament. Next up for the second-seeded Blue Devils is Louisville (32-5)….  But Duke beat Louisville 76-71 back on Nov. 24.

Congratulations to Duke and their fans as they topped Creighton yesterday in a tough game 66-50. Carolina didn’t fair so well and was ousted by #1 Kansas  70-58. Duke moves on to the sweet 16 to Michigan State.  

Three N.C. teams will have a chance at the title….. and it all begins today. Here’s the schedule: Thursday: 8. Boston College vs. 9 Georgia Tech  @ noon 5 NCSU  vs. 12 Virginia Tech        @ 2:30pm 7 Maryland vs. 10 Wake Forest   @  7pm 6. Florida State vs.  11 Clemson     @  9:30pm Friday: 1. Miami […]

  Last night No. 3 Duke Blue Devils’ fell, to the Virginia Cavaliers 73 – 68. It’s been a week where teams in the Top 5 have gone down at the hands of an unranked opponent Tuesday night No. 1 Indiana fell at Minnesota. Wednesday No. 4 Michigan fell at Penn State After the loss Coach […]

  SATURDAY GRADUATIONS:  North Carolina Central University: Date and time: Saturday at 8 a.m. Location: O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium Speaker: Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president of theNorth Carolina chapter of the NAACP   North Carolina State University: Date and time: Saturday at 9 a.m. Location: PNC Arena Speaker: Philip Rivers, quarterback for the San Diego Chargers […]