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Your 2023
@NAIA
Football National Champions,
@KeiserFootball
🏈🏆
Final score: 31-21
#battlefortheredbanner
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Kailey Dawn Latimer, ring name Kamille, is a professional wrestler and Durham native! Signed to the
@nwa
, she became the Diamond Division Starlight Champion in her rookie year (2019). She is also the reigning NWA World Women’s Champion💪
#durhamsportswomenshistory
📸: Instagram
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Today we honor the Legendary Herman "Ike" Boone! Boone is a former football player, football coach, and graduate of
@NCCU
. His outstanding coaching career was the inspiration of Denzel Washington's blockbuster film, "Remember the Titans"!
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One trip to O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium is all you need to realize
@NCCU
is one of the best HBCUs in the nation!
📽️
@NCCUAthletics
#EaglePride
#NCFaves
#NCSports
#Durham
#Sports
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Next up for our
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
spotlight, Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree!
@femaleAD
spent 14 of her 28 years with
@NCCU
as Director of Athletics and currently serves as the Chair for the DSC Board. She was the first female to permanently hold the AD title at NCCU👏
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Congrats to
@NCCU
!
✔️
@CollegeConsens
top-10 HBCU in the country for 2018!
✔️ Top
#HBCU
in North Carolina for 2018!
🐂🏙️🦅
#EaglePride
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Congratulations to the 2022
@NAIA
Football National Champions,
@nwciowa
!! Well deserved🏆🏈
@nwcraiders
@nwc_fb
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Next up for our
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
spotlight is Rodney Rogers🔥🏀
A native of Durham, he played basketball at Wake Forest. His junior year he was the 9th overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the ‘93 NBA Draft and went on to play 12 seasons!
📸:Wake Forest
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To kickoff Black History Month, we want to celebrate former
@NCCUAthletics
@NCCU_Football
standout
@Jordan_Reid
.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#ChampionDurham
#BullCity
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We are so excited to announce that our Deputy Director,
@kmenendez22
, has been selected for the prestigious
@TriangleBIZJrnl
40 Under 40 Awards!
This recognition is well deserved and we could not be more proud of Kaila'Shea for her many accomplishments👏
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.
@NAIA
Football Championship Week!
@MsideMustangs
@MsideFootball
&
@VikingAthletics
!
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
🏈| The stage is set!
@MsideMustangs
and
@VikingAthletics
will meet in the 66th Annual
#NAIAFootball
Championship.
The event will be hosted by
@DurhamNCSports
at Durham County Memorial Stadium on December 18th.
Read More -->
#collegefootball
#PlayNAIA
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Congrats on the International League Championship! Now, let's get that National Championship. Good luck tonight! 👊⚾️🏆
#OneTeamOneDurham
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We are thrilled to announce Marcus Manning as the Durham Sports Commission’s new Executive Director!
#ChampionDurham
Read more:
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After a valiant effort, the magical season from
@DukeBASE
has come to an end.
Durham is so proud of this team and their fight!
#BlueCollar
#GoDuke
#ChampionDurham
📸:
@DukeBASE
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We'd like to introduce Dr. Louis "Skip" Perkins, who is the current
@NCCU
Director of Athletics‼️A graduate himself, his commitment to higher education has led to over 20 years of experience holding key leadership positions.
📸:
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
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#FlashbackFriday
to December - what an unbelievable
@NAIA
Football National Championship in the
#BullCity
!
@nwciowa
@nwcraiders
@KeiserFootball
@KeiserU
@NAIAFBALL
Are you interested in partnering with the DSC to plan your next event? We got you!
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Hey Durham, let's mask up and stay safe! Remember to practice good social distancing, wash your horns and together we can beat this!
📹
@DurhamNC
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Congrats to
@NCCU_MBB
Head Coach
@LeVelleMoton
, who was recently named
#MEAC
Coach of the Century by Busting Brackets!
#EaglePride
🙌🏾
📸 Whistle & A Clipboard
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#BullCityBlackHistory
: On March 25, 1989,
@NCCU_MBB
defeated Southeast Missouri State 73-46 to capture
@NCCU
's first
@NCAA
team national championship!
📸
@NCCUAthletics
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Defending
@MEACSports
Champs ✔️
W in the Conference Opener ✔️
Congrats
@NCCU_MBB
! 🦅🏀
#EaglePride
#bullcityproud
#meac
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Former Duke Basketball Star Grant Hill teamed with sporting good company Fila to restore three outdoor basketball courts at Durham's Hillside Park!
Hill is excited to give "kids an opportunity to be active, to exercise, to learn to co-exist with others"!
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Happy Jackie Robinson Day! 72 years ago the legend made his
@mlb
debut!
📸
@DurhamBulls
#ChampionDurham
#BullsBaseball
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Originally "El Toro Park", Durham Athletic Park, was home to the
@DurhamBulls
from 1926-1994.
#ThrowbackThursday
courtesy of
@OTBaseballPhoto
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Tomorrow we will be kicking off the 12/18
@NAIA
Football National Championship! We'll start by welcoming
@KeiserFootball
&
@nwc_fb
to the Bull City with a special NAIA Student-Athlete Experience! Be sure to check back here for updates👏🏈🏆
🎟️:
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David Hackney is next up for our
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
spotlight!
David Hackney, Director of Athletics at
@DurhamPublicSch
, has spent the last 22 years in education. He is a passionate educator committed to serving the Durham community and its youth!
📸: LinkedIn
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Two programs. One goal of excellence. One city. 🐂🏙🏉
#ChampionDurham
#bullcityfootball
📸:
@NCCU_Football
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Congrats to
@MsideFootball
@MsideMustangs
@MorningsideEdu
on winning the
@NAIA
Football National Championship!
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
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Good luck this weekend to both of these champion teams and welcome to Durham!
@nwcraiders
@nwciowa
@KeiserU
@KeiserFootball
@NAIA
@NAIAFBALL
#Road2Durham
#BattleForTheRedBanner
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Congrats to
@MsideFootball
@MsideMustangs
@MorningsideEdu
&
@VikingAthletics
@GVVikingFB
@GrandViewUniv
on making the
@NAIA
Football National Championship Game!
@NAIAFBALL
We look forward to having you in
@DurhamNC
!
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
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Last night the
@DurhamBulls
wrapped up an incredible season. These Bulls are special and that's no secret, this
#Durham
community LOVES the Bulls. 2019 season is just around the corner, and we're ready.
#BULLieve
📸:
@DurhamBulls
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SO epic‼️Thank you for having us
@DurhamBulls
Don’t miss out on all the action! Get your tickets now for the
@NAIA
Football National Championship this Sat, Dec 17th:
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Last year’s champions,
@nwc_fb
, have arrived in Durham! Kicking things off with a one of a kind student-athlete experience🏆🏈
@PlayNAIA
@NAIAFBALL
@nwcraiders
@nwciowa
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Today we welcomed
@KeiserFootball
&
@nwc_fb
to the Bull City for the
@NAIA
Football National Championship! Thanks to everyone who helped give these teams an epic student-athlete experience at the
@CarolinaDurham
🏈
Get tickets for the 12/18 Championship:
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Couldn't be more excited to have the
@ACCBaseball
Championship back in the Bull City! Looking forward to the action at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Kudos to the
@DurhamBulls
!
⚾️ 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐦 ⚾️
The ACC and
@DurhamBulls
announced today that the ACC Baseball Championship will return to Durham Bulls Athletic Park in 2023! The 12-team tournament will be held next May 23-28.
📰:
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#WomensHistoryMonth
:
@NCCUAthletics
Director Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree serves as one of the few female athletics directors in the UNC system. Since her appointment in 2008, McCree has made a significant impact academically and athletically at
#NCCU
!
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Congrats to
@JordanFalcons
@JHSFalcons
&
@DurhamSouthern
on a great football season and postseason! Durham is proud. 👊🏈
#OneTeamOneDurham
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We can't wait to have both
@VikingAthletics
&
@MsideMustangs
playing the
@NAIA
Football National Championship in
@DurhamNC
!
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
Grand View and Morningside are located 200 miles apart in Iowa, but will travel to Durham, North Carolina, for the
#NAIAFootball
title game.
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@MLB
teams were in attendance for
#NCCU
Baseball's
#ProDay
!
#Durham
is proud of its amazing
#athletes
moving on to the next level! 📸
@NCCUBaseball
🐂🌆💪
#BullCityStrong
#Baseball
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Let's have a day
@NCCUAthletics
@NCCU_Football
@NCCU
! Good luck in tonight's
@DukesMayoBowl
Classic! 👊🏈
#OneTeamOneDurham
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In partnership with
@WomenLeadersCS
and presented by
@BlueCrossNC
, the DSC is thrilled to announce the first-ever Emerging Women in Sports Leadership Summit!
🗓: Wed, April 19
⏱: 1:00-5:30PM
📍: Durham Convention Center
🔗:
#WeAreWomenLeaders
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The DSC would like to congratulate all of the exceptional students who will be graduating from
@NCCU
this weekend! What an accomplishment to graduate from one of the top-ranked HBCU’s in the country. Congratulations, NCCU Class of 2023👏🎓
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BIG NEWS for the BULL CITY! 03.17.19 Durham will host the inaugural Durham Women’s Half Marathon and 8K, finishing at
@ATCDurham
! A $1,000.00 prize purse awaits the top finishers in the half marathon.
#DurhamWomensHalf
#WomenRunDurham
#RunWithHeart
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Touring the amazing
@DurhamBulls
Athletic Park today with both of these all-star teams!
@nwcraiders
@nwciowa
@NAIA
@NAIAFBALL
#Road2Durham
#BattleForTheRedBanner
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The 2023
@NAIA
Football National Championship will be returning to Durham! Save the date for the December 18th championship at
@DCoStadium
🏈🏆
#Road2Durham
#BattleForTheRedBanner
Continue to check back here for more information.
@NAIAFootbal
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Kara Lawson was named Head Coach of the
@DukeWBB
Team in '20!
She has an impressive career, both as a player and as a coach. Among her many other career successes, she played in the
@WNBA
for 13 seasons & went on to win gold in the '08 Olympics👏🏀
#durhamsportswomenshistory
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Special s/o to
@NCCUAthletics
@NCCU
@NCCU_Football
! Good luck in the
@CelebrationBowl
today! Let's have a day! 👊🏈
#OneTeamOneDurham
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#BullCityBlackHistory
:
@NCCU
alum and coaching legend Herman “Ike” Boone is best remembered for coaching TC Williams High School to a 13-0 season while navigating the early days of desegregation. Boone’s story served as the basis for Denzel Washington’s “Remember the Titans”.
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Congrats to
@MsideFootball
@MsideMustangs
on advancing to the next round of the
@NAIA
Playoffs!
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
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The DBAP isn’t the only place for baseball today! Down the street, the historic Durham Athletic Park will host
@NCCUBaseball
as they go for the single season win record tonight at 6pm!
🦅⚾️
Admission is free and only 2 games remain this season!
#EaglePride
#breakingrecords
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Durham is Dancing! Welcome to the City of Champions where three
#durhamnc
teams have received bids to the
#ncaatournament
!
🏆🐂🌃
#ChampionDurham
#CityofChampions
📸:
@DukeATHLETICS
&
@NCCUAthletics
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This just in — the
@NCCUTrack_Field
women's 4x100-meter relay squad is FAST!
Congrats to Akia Morris, Erin Johnson, Bethany White & Tyresha Alexander for finishing 6th in the finals at the
@pennrelays
!
#EaglePride
#WeSoar
#ChampionDurham
📸:
@NCCUAthletics
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@NCCU_MBB
Head Coach
@LeVelleMoton
in
#American
Red, White, and Blue but covered with
#Championship
#Gold
🥇🏀
📸
@LeVelleMoton
#USABasketball
#GoldMedal
#WorldCup
#Basketball
#BullCity
#Durham
#DURM
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.
@NAIA
Football National Championship Saturday!
@MsideFootball
@MsideMustangs
@VikingAthletics
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
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Next up for our
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
spotlight is
@NCCU
's epic 2022 HBCU National Championship win!
On Dec 17,
@NCCU_Football
defeated Jackson State University in overtime in the Cricket Celebration Bowl. Let's go Eagles!🏈🦅
#eaglepride
📸:
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👏👏👏
Well deserved for
@DukeBASE
Coach Chris Pollard! This team is just getting started! 🔵😈⚾️
Historic season earns Duke coach Chris Pollard a new contract
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The Durham Bulls are proud to welcome you to their home stadium for the 2019 ACC Baseball Championships! May 21-26 enjoy the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the reigning back-to-back Governor's Cup Championships!
📸
@DurhamBulls
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Congrats to
@MsideMustangs
@MsideFootball
@MorningsideEdu
on advancing to the
@NAIA
Semifinal Round!
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
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#Congrats
to our
#soaring
#NCCU
#student
#athletes
who
#graduated
this past weekend!
#DurhamProud
📸
@NCCUAthletics
👨🏾🎓👩🏽🎓👩🏾🎓👨🏿🎓
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#NCCU
Baseball's Corey Joyce has been drafted by the Detroit
@tigers
in the 2019
@MLB
Draft! Corey is the highest draft selection in
#NCCUBaseball
history!
#BullCityBaseball
#MLBDraft
#BullCity
#ChampionDurham
📸
@NCCUAthletics
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Congrats & good luck to both Bull City teams advancing to the
#NCAATournament
! 🎉🐂🌃🏀🎉
@NCCUAthletics
will take the court Wednesday &
@DukeMBB
hits the hardwood on Thursday!
#ChampionDurham
#BullCityProud
#EaglePride
#GoDuke
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Head Coach of the
@NCCU_Football
team,
@CoachTOliver
, transitioned from distinguished NCCU student-athlete to 2022 HBCU National Champion!🏈
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
Our friends at
@DurhamNC
sat down with Coach Oliver to discuss his remarkable journey:
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The sports world is all World Cup right now! Did you know a
#Durham
star helped the US clinch the
#United2026
Bid?
Local phenom Brianna Pinto addressed the entire soccer world yesterday!
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Next is John B McLendon! His contributions to the sport of basketball are immeasurable. As a coach at North Carolina College (
@NCCU
), he pioneered the full court game. He also orchestrated "The Secret Game," the first interracial college 🏀 game.
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
📸NCCU
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Hey
#BullCity
... you have 2 DI Men’s Basketball Tournament Champions 🏆 and 2 guaranteed
@marchmadness
teams...
@DukeMBB
@NCCU_MBB
@DukeATHLETICS
@NCCUAthletics
@CityofDurhamNC
@DurhamCounty
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In his time at North Carolina College (
@NCCU
), Leroy T. Walker served as a multi-sport coach, as well as Chancellor. He also made history as the first Black coach of a US
@Olympics
team and the first Black President of the US Olympic Committee in 1992💯
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
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@KeiserFootball
in the
#BullCity
for the December 18th
@PlayNAIA
Football National Championship‼️
@KUSeahawks
@NAIAFBALL
@KeiserU
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❤️ seeing our
#football
coaches from
@DukeFOOTBALL
and
@NCCU_Football
chatting prior to the Durham Sports Club meeting.
#championdurham
@DukeATHLETICS
@NCCUAthletics
@DavidCutcliffe
@CoachTOliver
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It's an
#EagleEra
! Former
@NCCU_MBB
player Stanton Kidd signs with the
@NBA
's
@utahjazz
!
📸
@NCCUAthletics
#DurhamPride
#EaglePride
#NBA
#Basketball
#CollegeAthletics
#StudentAthetle
#BullCityPride
#Durham
#DurhamCounty
#BullCity
#NCCU
#NCCUBasketball
#BullCity
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#BullCityBlackHistory
:
@HillsideHS
alum Willie Bradshaw was an outstanding athlete who played on the 1943 Hillside HS football team that went unbeaten and unscored on! Bradshaw went on the play for
@NCCU
and was inducted to the
@NCCUAthletics
Hall of Fame in 1985.
#ChampionDurham
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🚨PROUD ORGANIZATION ALERT 🚨 We’re lucky to have Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree as one of our board members. Amazing impact on not just
@NCCUAthletics
, but the whole
#BullCity
!
#nonprofit
#athletics
#ourboardmemberisbetter
CONGRATS!
#NCCU
Director of Athletics Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree
@femaleAD
has been recognized as a winner of the
@NACDA
Under Armour AD of the Year Award.
#EaglePride
#WeSoar
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The
@ACCBaseball
Championship is coming back to the
#BullCity
! May 25th, check out ACC Fan Fest and the Semi-Final of the ACC Baseball Championship! Food from
@CMLobsterRAL
food truck and dessert from
@jamicecream
!
#ChampionDurham
#ACCBase
#FanFest
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.
@femaleAD
is one of the best Athletic Administrators in the industry.
@NCCUAthletics
#GameChanger
#ChampionDurham
#BullCity
GAME BALL:
@NCCU_Football
head coach Trei Oliver presents the game ball from
#NCCU
’s season-ending overtime victory to longtime AD Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree.
#EaglePride
|
#EagleEra
@CoachTOliver
@femaleAD
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#ICYMI
, this weekend
@NCCU_MBB
Head Coach
@LeVelleMoton
's "Velle Cares Foundation" served over 1000 families in the
#Durham
community!
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Good luck
@kwucoyotes
in the next round of the
@NAIA
Playoffs!
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
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The Durham Sports Commission Celebrates Women’s History Month with Panel Discussions
Check out the first DSC Bull Sessions panel featuring
@USABaseball
Ashley Bratcher today!
#ChampionDurham
#ChampionWomen
#WomensHistoryMonth
#DSCBullSessions
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No filter needing when a ballpark looks this good. Tonight we’ll add fans and our Champion
@DurhamBulls
and we’re ready to Play Ball!
⚾️🐂🌃
#ChampsReturn
#OpeningDay
#ChampionDurham
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Tune in at 10:30 am to ESPN3 to watch your Durham War Eagles compete for the Pop Warner National Championship!
📸 Durham Eagles
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Ever wonder what the DBAP looks like from the sky? At night? On the 30th anniversary of Bull Durham?
Thanks
@courtneyjay7
for sharing such an incredible 📸!
#ChampionDurham
#BullDurham30
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Hey
@RyanMiller999
, congrats on being named
@NCCUBaseball
1st All-American!
#ChampionDurham
#BullCity
@NCCUAthletics
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.
@NAIA
Football Quarterfinals today! Good luck to
@LWCAthletics
@kwucoyotes
@CUAACardinals
@MUKnights
@KUSeahawks
@nwcraiders
@VikingAthletics
@MsideMustangs
!
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
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The force was strong with the
@DurhamBulls
on
#StarWars
night. Congratulations and keep the wins coming. 6 more home games during this homestand... be sure to check them out!
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Congrats to
@LWCAthletics
on advancing to the next round of the
@NAIA
Playoffs!
@NAIAFBALL
#NAIAFootball
#Road2Durham
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#DYK
:
@DukeWSOC
assistant coach Carla Overbeck was a member of the US team that won the first ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991!
#WomensHistoryMonth
Photo:
@BusinessInsider
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#Durham
hoops is in good hands. Jordan High School hires
#NBA
Legend Rasheed Wallace as it's new Head Men's
#Basketball
Coach!
#ChampionDurham
#JordanHighSchool
#RasheedWallace
📸
@DurhamPublicSch
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Hey
@DukeATHLETICS
, Wallace Wade is looking FRESH! Ready for
@NCHSAA
State Championships!
#statechampionship
#football
#duke
#wallacewade
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👏👏 Thank you
@NCCUAthletics
for being such an integral and connected piece of our
#Durham
community!
#EaglePride
#ChampionDurham
🦅🎄🎁
SEASON OF GIVING:
#NCCU
AD Dr. Ingrid Wicker McCree donates toys collected at Dec. 15 WBB game to Shana Carignan, Development Director for Families Moving Forward, a Durham-based organization that offers a temporary home to families with children in the crisis of homelessness.
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$40,000! That's how much money the
@DurhamBulls
are pumping back into 4 local athletic fields. Read more about the promotion and growth coming to
#Durham
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While at
@NCCU
, Margratha Chambers served as President of the Women’s Athletic Association! In 1971, she was named the NCCU Women’s Athletic Association Athlete of the Year! She was Head Coach of the girl's varsity basketball team at
@RiversideDPSNC
🏀
#DurhamSportsBlackHistory
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@NCCU_MBB
🏀 posing with their 2019 – 2020 MEAC regular season championship trophy! 🏆
📸
@NCCUAthletics
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