Baseball

Last year, the Durham Bulls joined The Nine Initiative, a program launched by Minor League Baseball to uplift the legacy of Black baseball history. Youth Reporter Olivia Haynie takes a look at the history of the Black Sox, one of Durham’s Negro Minor League teams, and their impact on Durham culture.

The stories of hundreds of Negro Leagues players have largely gone untold until now. And Derek Ham, the department head of art and design at North Carolina State University, wants to change that. The virtual reality experience "Barnstormers: Determined to Win" tells the story of the Negro Leagues.

The Demon Deacons are now in control of their bracket and a win away from the best-of-three finals. Their next game is Wednesday against the winner of a Tuesday elimination game between SEC rivals LSU and Tennessee.

Brock Wilken hit three of Wake Forest’s record-tying nine home runs, and the Demon Deacons routed Alabama 22-5 to win the Winston-Salem Super Regional.

The Durham Bulls won another Triple-A National Championship this weekend in Las Vegas, topping the Reno Aces.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has had a setback and was removed from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham due to ongoing hand soreness.

East Carolina's baseball team faced Texas in a decisive Game 3 of the NCAA Super Regional on Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville. Rain and lightning delays, lasting more than six hours total, pushed the game's finish into Monday morning. But much of the Pirates' fanbase stuck around for the whole thing.

In all, five college baseball teams from North Carolina will be playing in the tournament. Joining the Tar Heels of UNC and the Pirates of ECU are Campbell, Wake Forest and UNC-Greensboro.

The High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Grasshoppers have played in Greensboro since 1979.

North Carolina State baseball players who were one win away from playing for a national championship reacted with anger and confusion to their team’s removal from the College World Series because of COVID-19 protocols.