Zoe Brooks had 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists, Madison Hayes added 18 points and nine boards, and No. 20 NC State closed on an 11-0 run to beat Syracuse 74-66.

Barring an absolute miracle run, the story about the 2024-25 Notre Dame men’s basketball team appears to have been set. It’s a team with some talented players but one that cannot close the deal. The latest example was their 77-69 loss to Syracuse in a game they led by as much as 17.

New York ranked No. 47 in the nation in a new ranking on migration from U-Haul, a do-it-yourself moving company. U-Haul ranks states by their net gain or loss of one-way movers using the company’s equipment in each calendar year. The rankings include data from 2.5 million transactions involving U-Haul trucks and trailers.

Notre Dame basketball is back on the road this weekend to try this ACC travel thing again after coming up short in its previous trip to Tobacco Road.

No. 20 NC State faces the Syracuse Orange after Aziaha James scored 20 points in the Wolfpack's 73-68 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers.

In North Carolina, the president pledged “the support ... the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Chris Cameron Zolan Kanno-Youngs ...

Syracuse will play three of this year's College Football Playoff participants during the first half of the season next year.

The Carolina Panthers selected six prospects from college all-star games last season. With the college all-star game season starting with the 100th East-West Shrine Bowl, The Observer previews the annual showcase.

Cicero-North Syracuse tops Fayetteville-Manlius: Cicero-North Syracuse’s Miy’Jon McDowell Reid (23) dribbles against a Fayetteville-Manlius defender during a boys basketball game at Cicero-North Syracuse High School on Thursday. C-NS won, 66-48. (Scott Schild photo)

The 2025 college lacrosse season is nearly upon us. Inside Lacrosse unveiled its Preseason Media Poll for the 2025 Division I Men's Lacrosse season and Virginia

CCSU at Le Moyne, 7 p.m. Chicago St. at Stonehill, 7 p.m. LIU at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at N. Kentucky, 7 p.m. St. Bonaventure at VCU, 9 p.m.

Tabb’s Kira Trader and Nansemond River’s Anyia Woods make the second team, and several local competitors earn third-team awards.