- Jim Clark
In one of the most exciting halves of soccer all season, the Wilmington Hammerheads out-scored the Richmond Kickers 3-2 to capture the first of three matches between the two teams this year.

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UNCW’s Bobby Leeper, Daniel Cropper and Thomas Pope were named to the Coastal Plain All-Star rosters this week and will play in the midseason classic on July 20 in Wilmington, N.C., at Legion Field, the home of the Wilmington Sharks and Daniel Cropper.
Cropper stayed in Wilmington after UNCW’s season concluded to play for the Wilmington [...]

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By Jim Clark
If you like drama, the Wilmington Hammerheads season has had its share.  From the highs of getting to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup to the lows of losing forward Chris Bagley for the year to an injury, this season has had a little of everything.  And it is only going to [...]

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JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Wednesday, July 15, 2009) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 28, has claimed the 2009 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) surf over Damien Hobgood (USA), 30, strengthening his stranglehold on the ASP World Tour ratings lead.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Tuesday, July 14, 2009) – Hurley has just made the unprecedented announcement that first place in the upcoming Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star U.S. Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach will now be $100,000, the biggest prize purse in professional surfing’s history.

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNC Wilmington rising freshman Tyler McSwain was named Coastal Plain League Pitcher-of-the-Week after shutting down the hometown Sharks last week at Legion Field for the Peninsula Pilots.

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Guest Column By NASCAR.com’s Cathy Elliott
NASCAR provides some really cool information to the media, falling somewhat outside the boundary of traditional statistics, called “Loop Data.”
Loop Data analyzes all sorts of racing-related things you probably never think about or even realize you might need to know, like which of the forty-three drivers on the track [...]

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNC Wilmington veteran coach Jim Sprecher has announced the signing of 20 track and field athletes for the 2009-10 season.

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Florida’s Aaron Cormican claimed his second title at the Reef-Sweetwater Pro-Am this weekend at Wrightsville Beach, but as WB local legend Ben Bourgeois, the unofficial host, put it, “Win or lose, it’s about having a good time with friends and family, that’s it.”
2009 Final Results

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Three Wilmington High School Lacrosse Players were selected as adidas High School All-Americans and competed in the annual adidas All-American National Lacrosse Championship held in Germantown, Maryland July 8th, 2009.
Jay Desnoyers (Ashley High School, class of 2011 - Attack & Middie) Grayson LeCompte (Ashley High School, class of 2011 - Defenseman),  and Cameron Gossett (Hoggard High [...]

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By Jim Clark

The calendar said “July 10th” but it was “Father’s Day” for Jamie Watson. The Hammerheads forward recorded a goal and three assists as Wilmington got back to its winning ways with a 4-0 victory over the Western Mass. Pioneers.

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – Seven home games and contests against six teams that qualified for the 2008 NCAA Tournament highlight the 2009 UNC Wilmington women’s soccer schedule.

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Three local ties to MLB All Star Game, a NHL farewell, and a UFC prediction… all that and more, according to Jim Clark.

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Spectacular Adventures! Trailer from Spectad on Vimeo.
The Annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro Am Surf Fest begins today at Wrightsville Beach. Some of the best surfers on the East Coast will be battling for their share of the $20,000 prize purse.
Tonight is the movie premier of Spectacular Adventures! featuring WB’s Ben Bourgeios. Check out the trailer [...]

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Nike has built an empire with successful advertising. There are other brands that put out sneakers and apparel that are comfortable and good looking, yet it is Nike that has been on top of the industry’s ladder for decades.  But this time, it was more like Nike Airror.

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (July 8, 2009) - Head men’s basketball coach Fred Hill announced today that junior college point guard James Beatty (Wilmington, N.C.) has signed a scholarship agreement to attend Rutgers University and compete for the Scarlet Knights. A two-time All-Southern Conference selection at Miami-Dade (Fla.) College and former North Carolina Class 4A State High [...]

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