20 years ago, Raleigh opened a new home for entertainment in the Triangle, dubbed the Entertainment and Sports Arena (E.S.A.) before becoming the RBC Center and, now, PNC Arena. I've experienced so many amazing things at the E.S.A. throughout the past 20 years and narrowed it down to my top five. Needless to say, it [...]
1. Hurricanes Back in the Playoffs 10 years. That's how long this area has waited for its NHL franchise to return to the playoffs - and it finally happened on Thursday night. By virtue of a 3-1 win against New Jersey and Montreal's 2-1 defeat to Washington, there will finally be playoff hockey in Raleigh [...]
1. Pack Men's Turn in Austin The N.C. State Men's Swimming and Diving team is competing at the 2019 NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas this week. The Pack has already earned some hardware in just two days of competition. Highlighted by the team of Andreas Vazaios, Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek, and Justin Ress earning silver [...]
1. March Madness Has Arrived It's time, friends. The NCAA Men's Basketball Championship is here! While I'm excited that UNC is in the tournament as a one seed, I wasn't too thrilled with the committee sending the Heels to Columbus, Ohio while Virginia and Duke get to play in Columbia, S.C. Columbus is double the [...]
1. Pack Swim/Dive Champs...Again N.C. State Swimming and Diving completed a sweep of the men's and women's ACC Championships in dominant fashion the past couple weeks. In case you missed it, I wrote a piece on my first ever experience at the ACCs supporting the team and my friend Justin Ress. Check it out here! [...]
In the words of J.Cole: Count it up, count it up, count it! N.C. State Swimming and Diving had a whirlwind of a couple weeks, racking up a sweep of the ACC Championships in dominant fashion. The Pack women's team brought home a program record 11 event titles to claim its second ACC crown in [...]
1. I'm Seeing John Mayer! I (finally) will cross this item off my bucket list: I get to see John Mayer live! Mayer announced dates for a 2019 solo tour, which includes a stop at Spectrum Center in Charlotte on August 9. I have always wanted to see him in concert but timing and/or finances [...]
