Los Angeles Kings make history in NHL draft
Quinton Byfield became the highest-drafted Black player in NHL history (Chris Seward/Raleigh News & Observer/TNS)
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Deacon Spotlight: Anne Van Hoof
Van Hoof is looking forward to what she hopes will be her team’s most successful season yet (Photo courtesy of @WakeHockey Twitter)
CFB remains lively, unpredictable
College football, much like 2020, has gone exactly as…no one planned (Tom Fox/Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Four teams remain in MLB postseason
After a strange regular season, the MLB Playoffs will soon reach their zenith (Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS)
Previewing the 2020 NBA entry draft
The 2020 draft class has as much potential, if not more, than that of years’ past
David meets Goliath in Major League Baseball
With their victory over the Bronx Bombers, the Tampa Bay Rays flipped the salary-cap script
Rafael Nadal dominates at French Open once again
World No. 2 Rafael cruised past World No.1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images/TNS)
Men’s Soccer Team continues dominant streak
The downpour didn’t slow the Deacons as they extended their win streak to three (Photo courtesy of GoDeacs.com)
Lakers win NBA title in dominant fashion
The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Finals with a 106-93 game six victory
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Football: Wake Forest routs Campbell
The Deacs found their stride on the gridiron Friday night, beating Campbell 66-14
Wake men’s soccer rolls over NC State
In their first in-conference game, the Demon Deacons won comfortably (Photo Courtesy of Wake Forest Men’s Soccer Twitter page)
NFL: Injuries, fireworks continue in week four
Browns RB Nick Chubb and Jets QB Sam Darnold suffered injuries this week (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/TNS)
The state of college football…take two
Only a couple of months later, and collegiate football’s in a much different spot
Making the Jump: American stars, European clubs
Americans playing soccer for Europe’s top clubs bodes well for the national team (Aileen Perilla / Orlando Sentinel)
The NFL bubble, or lack thereof, just burst
Through three weeks, football looked normal…now, COVID-19 has arrived (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images/TNS)
Women’s Soccer goes 1-1 over the weekend
The past weekend was a mixed bag for Wake Forest Women’s Soccer (Photo courtesy of @WakeWSoccer/Twitter)
Men’s Basketball: new roster offers promise
A combination of talented youngsters and seasoned veterans will round out the 2020 roster
King Henrik, the New York Rangers part ways
Bought out of the final year on his contract, Henrik Lundqvist becomes unrestricted free agent (Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images/TNS)
MLB’s Wild Card Series lives up to hype
In its first iteration, the expanded playoff format has provided the action baseball fans spent months dreaming about
October’s back, welcome to post-season baseball
More than half of MLB’s 30 clubs will compete for the Commissioner’s Trophy
Deacon Spotlight: Dominic Peters
Pictured in the front right here, senior Dominic Peters will look to make his final season as a Demon Deacon as memorable as possible, even amidst a variety of new COVID-19 regulations (Photo courtesy of Wake Forest Athletic Communications)
SEC season begins with a shocking upset
The SEC began their season Saturday while the Pac-12 still looks to the future (Nick Wagner/Austin-American Statesman/TNS)
Wake Forest men’s soccer cruises in season opener
The team began their 2020 campaign with a win over ACC-rival Louisville (Norm Hall/Getty Images/TNS)
NFL: Mahomes shines under the lights
NFL’s week three was filled with dazzling performances and highlight reel plays (Rob Carr/Getty Images/TNS)
Two teams remain as NBA season reaches zenith
The Heat look for poetic justice against Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers (David Santiago/Miami Herald/TNS)