Sports

The start of Sunday's Daytona 500 belonged to Danica Patrick, but Jimmie Johnson stole the show at the end edging out Dale Earnhardt Jr. Sunday was a fairly busy sports day at UNCW. It included the final home women's basketball game of the season for the Seahawks and a baseball doubleheader. Plus more! Full story...

Wilmington is the first stop for James "Bonecrusher" Smith's book signing tour. The former WBA heavyweight champion of the world will kick off the tour on March 1. Full story...

East Bladen High School retired Desmond Bryant's football jersey earlier this month in Elizabethtown. Sunday morning the Oakland Raiders defensive lineman was arrested in Miami on a misdemeanor charge. Full story...

Former New Hanover Wildcat Cari Blalock snared an individual title on Friday night in the 400 women's individual medley at the ACC Swimming & Diving Championships. On Saturday night Blalock topped that off by winning the 200 women's butterfly. It's Blalock's second ACC title in as many nights. Full story...

The high school basketball state playoffs will start on Monday all across the state. The brackets have been posted. Let the games begin! Full story...

Conference championship tournament night is in the books. The New Hanover boys won a tournament title, along with the Laney girls, the East Columbus boys, the East Columbus girls, the Whiteville boys and the Whitevile girls. State playoff action will start on Monday. Full story...

The Hoggard boys basketball team will be in the Mideastern Conference championship game for the fifth year in a row. It'll be the Vikings vs. the New Hanover Wildcats on Friday. In the Waccamaw Conference slowing the game down worked for the West Brunswick boys. They'll be in the finals on Friday. The East Bladen girls knocked off arch-rival West Bladen on Friday. Plus more! Full story...

Keith Rendleman is now the all-time leading rebounder at UNCW. Rendleman broke Brian Rowsom's record in a setback against Old Dominion. In high school hoops conference tournament week continues with a come from behind victory for the Whiteville boys and a decisive win for the Whiteville girls. Full story...

Conference tournament action continued on Tuesday night throughout the region for high school basketball. The Ashley boys had an impressive win over Laney. Plus more! Full story...

The United States Olympic Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to the mayors of 35 U.S. cities inviting them to throw their names into the ring as a potential host for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Full story...

Jimmy Fletcher has been named the new director of athletics at West Brunswick High School. Current athletics director John Floyd recently announced his retirement effective March 1. Monday marked the first night of conference tournament play in high school basketball. Player of the week honors for CAA basketball go to two different UNCW players: Keith Rendleman and Karneshia Garrett. Full story...

It was video you saw ONLY ON 3 Friday night: police using a taser on a fan at a Whiteville High School basketball game. Today we're learning more from police about exactly what happened. Full story...

Michael Jordan turned 50 years old on Sunday. UNCW basketball coach Buzz Peterson was Jordan's college roommate in Chapel Hill. On Sunday coach Peterson shared stories with WWAY as they both celebrate Michael's big day. Full story...

The regular season is now over. Conference tournament week in high school basketball is here. Tournament action tips off on Monday all around the region. The state playoffs will begin on February 25th. Full story...

On Friday night the Mideastern Conference took a back seat on the Full Court Press. We still had lots of high school hoops. In fact Friday was the final night of the 2012-2013 regular season. We showcased games from the Waccamaw Conference, Tri County Conference and Three Rivers Conference along with independent schools playoff action. Full story...