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Tre Jones scored a career-high 31 points and No. 2 Duke pulled away to beat pesky Georgia State 74-63 on Friday night. Freshman Vernon Carey Jr. added season highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds and Jack White finished with 10 rebounds. Duke (4-0) overcame season-worst 34.2% shooting by outrebounding the Panthers 58-32, and the school says its 30 offensive rebounds were the most in coach Mike Krzyzewski's 40 seasons. Continue to Article

November 15, 2019 9:14:pm EST

But in the 10 years since then, Twyman has certainly learned plenty about the Panthers and the Tar Heels, and more specifically the Panthers' inability to beat the Tar Heels as members of the ACC. Twyman has been at Pitt since the summer of 2017, and in that time he has watched his team lose to UNC in a couple of maddening ways as the Panthers continued a trend that began in 2013. But on Thursday night at Heinz Field, Twyman and his teammates exorcised one of the program's longest-running and deepest-seeded curses as members of the ACC. Continue to Article

November 15, 2019 2:03:am EST

Architectural renderings revealed Thursday show a number of proposed changes for the New Orleans Superdome as part of a $450 million renovation, including the addition of standing-room only viewing areas. The Superdome Commission has already approved the first phase of renovations, which will begin after the College Football Playoff Championship Game on Jan. 13, unless the building's main tenant, the New Orleans Saints, plays host to the NFC Championship game on Jan 19. Renovations will take place through the 2023-24 season, with the first wave expected to be in out-of-sight areas like the addition of a large kitchen and food-service area, as well as the construction of alternate building exits. Continue to Article

November 14, 2019 4:07:pm EST

The state board that oversees Louisiana's Superdome approved a contract Thursday for the first phase of a $450 million renovation of the 44-year-old New Orleans landmark that became a symbol of the city's rebirth following Hurricane Katrina. The renovations will be the most extensive since 2005, when the dome became a last-resort haven for thousands of Hurricane Katrina's victims despite being heavily damaged. The upgrade is seen as a key element in getting a new long-term commitment from the Saints to keep the NFL franchise in New Orleans, and to attract future Super Bowls and other major events. Continue to Article

November 14, 2019 3:49:pm EST

A franchise's legendary player is moving upstairs, a place he rarely allowed pucks to go. After his retirement prior to this season, Roberto Luongo has been named Special Advisor to the General Manager within the Florida Panthers organization. With countless injuries piling up in his late career, Luongo was seeing less and less games, keeping him out of the action as he spent more time on the IR than on the ice. Continue to Article

November 14, 2019 9:08:am EST

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