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Fayetteville, NC, United States

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Past articles by Thomas:

Fayetteville Marksmen hockey's Don Olivieri chronicles places he's played, journey with tattoos

Fayetteville Marksmen hockey player Don Olivieri chronicles his journey and the places he's played with tattoos. → Read More

The Houston Astros: Six decades of baseball history

Houston was awarded a Major League Baseball franchise on Oct. 17, 1960. The Colt .45s began operation in 1962, the same year the New York Mets joined them → Read More

Woodpeckers single-game tickets to go on sale

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers, the Houston Astro's Advanced-A Carolina League team, will make single-game tickets available Monday at 11 a.m. on fayettevillewoodpeckers.com. They will also be available at a temporary ticket location at The Taphouse at Huske (411 Hay St.) from 11 am. until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.Among the tickets that will be available are those for the Segra Stadium home… → Read More

FayWHAT? Why does new Rowan Street bridge have so much arch?

If you've driven over the new Rowan Street bridge — technically, it's bridges — you can't help but sneak a peek toward the → Read More

City, Woodpeckers to announce stadium's name Thursday

The city of Fayetteville and the Fayetteville Woodpeckers plan to announce the name of the new downtown stadium Thursday in a 9 a.m. news conference.The → Read More

Dale Jarrett's NASCAR Cup Ford finds home in Eastover

A plaque on the wall in Charles Bullard's home in Eastover proclaims that life is measured 'by the moments that take our breath away.'He had one such → Read More

Dale Jarrett's NASCAR Cup Ford finds home in Eastover

A plaque on the wall in Charles Bullard's home in Eastover proclaims that life is measured 'by the moments that take our breath away.'He had one such moment Friday when he became the owner of a NASCAR Cup Ford driven by Dale Jarrett during the 1996 season. Bullard's name was on a winning raffle ticket he had purchased at a Masonic lodge meeting in Stedman in November.That $20 gambit produced a… → Read More

Dale Jarrett's NASCAR Cup Ford finds home in Eastover

A plaque on the wall in Charles Bullard's home in Eastover proclaims that life is measured 'by the moments that take our breath away.'He had one such → Read More

Ice Chips: Marksmen in full swing in training camp

The Fayetteville Marksmen aren't on their home ice yet — the Crown Coliseum is booked for events through the weekend — but the team has been → Read More

FayWHAT? Why was Muhammad Ali in Fayetteville?

Gregg Lewis was enjoying lunch one day at a downtown restaurant when a photo on the wall next to his table grabbed his attention.There, with the → Read More

Outside teams assist in rescue operations

Rescue workers from across the country are in Fayetteville to assist in Florence rescue operations. → Read More

Longtime E.E. Smith coach Ike Walker Sr. dies

Ike Walker Sr., who spent 31 years as a teacher and coach at E.E. Smith High School, died Monday. He was 87.Mr. Walker was a 1950 graduate of E.E. Smith → Read More

Marksmen hire Havoc's Jesse Kallechy as head coach

In the past four seasons, Jesse Kallechy had a hand in turning the Huntsville Havoc from a team that won the fewest games in Southern Professional Hockey → Read More

Busch blisters the field at Coca-Cola 600

CONCORD — With the Memorial Day weekend being the unofficial start of summer, it was only fitting in that Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 turned out to be a rerun. Two years ago, Martin Truex Jr. annihilated the field in NASCAR’s longest race, leading a record 392 of the 400 laps around Charlotte Motor Speedway. On Sunday night, Kyle Busch put a similar type of whuppin’ on Truex and 38 other driver… → Read More

Marksmen set to welcome new coach

Change is inevitable, it's said, but only rarely is it unsettling.That's true even for athletes such as Kyle McNeil, a pro hockey player for the Fayetteville Marksmen. He'll report for work Tuesday at the Crown Coiseum to meet Phil Esposito, the team's new coach hired after it fired Nick Mazzolini on Friday morning. Ryan Cruthers, the team's Director of Operations, filled in as coach over the… → Read More

Marksmen set opening-night SPHL roster

The Fayetteville Marksmen open on the road Friday at Roanoke. → Read More

Mazzolini ready to lead Fayetteville Marksmen as head coach

The mid-day heat and humidity were stifling as Nick Mazzolini emerged from the Crown Coliseum on Tuesday. It will take some time for the native of Anchorage, Alaska, to get accustomed to those normal summer conditions in Fayetteville.While the weather isn't conducive for playing ice hockey in southeastern North Carolina at the moment, it's the future that occupies Mazzolini's mind from the time… → Read More

Star-studded field set for Lucas Oil race at speedway

The top-level Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series returns to Fayetteville Motor Speedway on Thursday night for a 50-lap, $10,000-to-win main event. It promises to provide a star-studded cast of champions and major-event winners in the field, the only nationally touring dirt-racing team from the region, father-son competitors, and a dash of track regulars from the Carolinas. Here's a closer look at… → Read More

Mavericks say Dennis Smith Jr. slated for NBA Summer League action

Fayetteville's Dennis Smith Jr., the ninth overall pick in the NBA Draft last week by the Dallas Mavericks, is scheduled to take part in NBA Summer League → Read More

Marksmen hire Mazzolini as coach, Cruthers to run operations

Nick Mazzolini has been named as head coach of the Fayetteville Marksmen of the Southern Professional Hockey League, the team announced Friday morning. It → Read More