Police charged a city man Wednesday with causing a March crash that killed a former Winston-Salem State University basketball player and injured another student.
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Coach Bobby Collins of Winston-Salem State and his staff savored the school's first CIAA title in men's basketball for a while.
Bobby Collins, the men's basketball coach at Winston-Salem State, is a candidate for the head-coaching vacancy at N.C. A&T, athletics director Bill Hayes of WSSU confirmed Friday.
Bobby Collins, the men's basketball coach at Winston-Salem State, is a candidate for the head-coaching vacancy at N.C. A&T, athletics director Bill Hayes of WSSU confirmed Friday.
In the end, coach Bobby Collins coaxed about all he could out of his Winston-Salem State men's basketball team.
Winston-Salem State's basketball season came to a crashing halt Saturday night in the first round of the Division II Atlantic Regional.
Winston-Salem State's basketball season ended abruptly Saturday night as West Virginia Wesleyan won 57-54 in the first round of the Division II Atlantic Regional.
Winston-Salem State hopes to carry its CIAA championship momentum north to West Virginia.
Plenty of love was heaped on the West Virginia-bound Winston-Salem State men's basketball team Thursday afternoon outside the Gaines Center.
It happens often toward the end of a long season — players hear their coaches, but they're not really listening.
Point guard Marcus Wells has become the face of Winston-Salem State men's basketball, and it's hard for him to go unrecognized on campus.
The Winston-Salem State men will play their NCAA Division II tournament opener at 8:30 Saturday night, taking on West Virginia Wesleyan at West Liberty, W.Va.
Winston-Salem State's Division II men's tournament game Saturday against West Virginia Wesleyan will be at 8:30 p.m. at West Liberty (W.Va).
It didn't take long for coach Bobby Collins of Winston-Salem State to come down from his natural high of winning the CIAA title.
It didn’t take long for coach Bobby Collins of Winston-Salem State to come down from his natural high of winning the CIAA title.
With the CIAA celebrating its 100-year anniversary, it was appropriate that one of its history-building schools won the whole shooting match.
Winston-Salem State survived again, this time by upsetting fifth-ranked Shaw on Friday night in the semifinals of the CIAA men's tournament.
John Dell of the Winston-Salem Journal was named the CIAA sportswriter of the year Friday night, winning the award for the seventh time.
Winston-Salem State took the survive-and-advance method to the extreme on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the CIAA Tournament.
Winston-Salem State spent five years in CIAA exile, nurturing a Division I rose that never bloomed before returning to the league's signature basketball tournament last March.
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Point guard Marcus Wells bristled at the memory of Winston-Salem State's short stay in last season's CIAA tournament.
Coach Steve Joyner Jr. of the Winston-Salem State women's basketball team could only look at the postgame statistics and shake his head. On paper, the Rams had every advantage — except one. That one made all the difference in a 75-70 loss to Johnson C. Smith on Wednesday in the CIAA tournament quarterfinals.
Now they can start thinking about Johnson C. Smith.
For the Winston-Salem State women to win the school's first CIAA tournament title in basketball, solid defense will be critical.
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