Weekend Preview: SEC powers ready to roll out welcome mat (USA Today)

4 September 2008, 9:49 pm

Three of the SEC's four top-10 representatives will be heavy home favorites Saturday, but none of the visitors from different leagues should be taken lightly. Headlining the slate is the renewal of acquaintances between No. 5 Florida and in-state rival Miami.... read more

Football: Around the ACC (The State)

4 September 2008, 2:35 pm

BOSTON COLLEGE Defending old-fashioned football The genius is in its simplicity, which ironically makes it complicated. Say hello to the triple option offense Boston College will encounter when it meets Georgia Tech in Saturday afternoon's home opener at Alumni Stadium. It is old-fashioned footb... read more

Prep tennis, volleyball, golf, NFL, college football (The Toledo Blade)

4 September 2008, 2:30 am

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TONIGHT SOUTH Florida A&M at Delaware St., 7:30 South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 8:30 MIDWEST Valparaiso at St. Francis, Ill., 7 Washburn at Missouri St., 8 TOMORROW EAST Wagner at Stonehill, 7 MIDWEST Navy at Ball St., 7 SATURDAY EAST Georgia Tech at Boston College, Noon Connecticut... read more

Bracing For A New Beginning (The Breeze)

3 September 2008, 7:30 pm

For the James Madison football team, it’s time to get back on track. Madison will have that opportunity Saturday against North Carolina Central University — an independent FCS team — in a game that would be considered a tune-up by some.... read more

Conviction thrown out because of delay (UPI)

3 September 2008, 1:13 pm

RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- A North Carolina appeals court reversed a conviction of a man serving a 60-year prison sentence for burglary, ruling that the state waited too long to try him.... read more

Court of Appeals slam prosecutors for delayed trial (Greensboro News & Record)

2 September 2008, 2:11 pm

RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina's Court of Appeals has dismissed all charges against a man serving at least 44 years in prison in connection with a Durham home invasion. Judges said in a ruling Tuesday that a nearly five-year pretrial delay deprived Frankie Delano Washington the right to a speedy tr... read more

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