TOM FOREMAN Jr.

2 days ago | greensboro.com | TOM FOREMAN Jr.

At no point in my life have I ever claimed to be an outstanding athlete, or a good athlete. Never even said I was an athlete. My former high school football coach, David Bumgarner, who lives in the Triad, reached out to me when I became the sports editor and congratulated me, calling me one of the "fine athletes" at J.H. Rose High School in Greenville. In my junior year, I took the field maybe five times-and one of those was the team photo.

1 week ago | journalnow.com | TOM FOREMAN Jr.

HIGH POINT — Getting your hands on a foul ball at a High Point Rockers game this summer can get the owner more than just a souvenir. The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball has become the first league to place a QR code on the baseballs it will use when the season opens on Friday, April 25. The baseballs are manufactured by Drake Official Baseballs.

1 week ago | journalnow.com | TOM FOREMAN Jr.

It was a sharply hit grounder to the shortstop that re-opened the hopes of Carlos Amezquita to continue pursuing his baseball dreams. The former West Forsyth player was among more than 100 candidates hoping to continue their bid to reach the major leagues. Their field of dreams, as it were, was Truist Pointe, the home of the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League. Amezquita was thrown out by the shortstop, but just barely, as his speed turned the grounder into a bang-bang play.

2 weeks ago | journalnow.com | TOM FOREMAN Jr.

John Legend had every intention of being a star and an instrument for change. It started with an essay contest for Black History Month sponsored by McDonald's. It gained momentum with the emergence of "Ordinary People" as an overwhelming hit and reached its apex when he became the first Black man to achieve EGOT, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Born John Roger Stephens, Legend was the final speaker on Tuesday for the fourth season of Wake Forest University's "Face to Face" series.

2 weeks ago | journalnow.com | TOM FOREMAN Jr.

"Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo, NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson and former Utah senator and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will headline the fifth season of Wake Forest University's "Face to Face" series, the school announced Tuesday. Also on the schedule for the next season is retired Army Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster. Romney, who will speak at Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest campus on Nov. 6, served as a senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025.