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Dan Spears

Wilmington

Sports Editor at StarNews

Deputy Sports Strategist, CCJ/@usatodaysports Network; @APSE_sportmedia President; @nuunhydration 2024 ambassador; #CAAHoops #ilm 🏳️‍🌈👟⛳🏐

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  • 1 week ago | fayobserver.com | Dan Spears

    The East Carolina baseball team was out, until the Pirates were in. And now, they've got a shot to prove their surprise run in the AAC Tournament was no fluke. After losing six of its final seven conference series, the Pirates righted the ship at the always-chaotic conference tournament, winning all four games for an American championship and a no-doubt bid to the NCAA Tournament.

  • 1 week ago | gastongazette.com | Dan Spears

    FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — From the inaugural faceoff in February to the final buzzer on championship weekend, UNC women’s lacrosse never took its foot off the gas. The Tar Heels were the gold standard for 2025, and on Sunday, May 25, at Gillette Stadium, they left no doubt they were the best team in the country, storming past Northwestern 12-8 to claim their fourth national championship.

  • 2 weeks ago | gastongazette.com | Dan Spears

    FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When Chloe Humphrey walked into the UNC women's lacrosse camp for the first time as a sixth grader, her eyes lit up.  “That was when I decided I wanted to win a national championship for the University of North Carolina,” Humphrey said.

  • 1 month ago | apsportseditors.com | Dan Spears |Julie Jag

    By Julie Jag | The Salt Lake TribuneAt so many forks in the road, as he navigated his path as a professional and a person, Erik Hall found support from the Associated Press Sports Editors organization. Now, as its newly elected second vice president, Hall will be able to help lead APSE into its own successful future. Since his days working at the the Daily Illini student newspaper, Hall recognized APSE contest winners as being at the top of their craft.

  • 1 month ago | apsportseditors.com | Dan Spears

    Olivia Janik will hop on I-94 West this June for the 270-mile drive from Madison, Wis., to Minneapolis and arrive at the 2025 APSE Summer Conference as the Naila-Jean Meyers Grant recipient. The APSE and Minnesota Star Tribune are pleased to honor both Janik, a first-year sports reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal, and Meyers, the 2023-2024 APSE President and Deputy Sports Editor at the Star Tribune. Janik was chosen from a pool of finalists by a group of Star Tribune editors.

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Dan Spears
Dan Spears @DanSpears
6 May 25

Tremendous list of finalists for this award, congrats to everyone who entered, and has moved to the last round of judging.

APSE
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Finalists announced for second annual Billie Jean King Award contest https://t.co/OJKOcQA2i8

Dan Spears
Dan Spears @DanSpears
30 Apr 25

RT @GeneFrenette: Personal news: After 44-year run at T-U, I will be retiring at end of week. Thanks to my readers and all following me on…

Dan Spears
Dan Spears @DanSpears
28 Apr 25

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derek guy @dieworkwear

bookstores are profit-seeking enterprises and will sell what the local community purchases. if you go to a conservative community, you will find conservative authors, self-help books, and business books