From staff reports South Rowan’s American Legion baseball team lost 19-9 to Mooresville Post 66 at home on Sunday night in a game that won’t count in the divisional standings. Offense wasn’t an issue for South (0-3), which banged out 16 hits. Dy ...Read More

By Hugh Fisher hfisher@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — On Memorial Day 2013, veterans will be honored with a new memorial in the heart of Kannapolis. Veterans Park, at the intersection of North Main Street and First Street, is adjacent to the N. ...Read More

Are you warming up and cooling down before and after your workout? I still see people just jump into a workout without warming up, or they stop working out abruptly without a proper cool-down. Let me explain why both are so important. Let’s star ...Read More

This photograph appeared in the Salisbury Evening Post March 1, 1942, under the heading, “Here is Salisbury’s Youngest Defense Group.” The pre-schoolers on the stairs had gathered the previous Thursday at the home of Mary Hanford on ...Read More

SALISBURY — When the orange golf flag goes up behind the Committal Shelter, crews silence their equipment and stop talking. On the hill above them, words of prayer and conclusion are said over the remains of a U.S. military veteran or his or he ...Read More

By Ryan Bisesi rbisesi@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan found its home field Sunday just the way it left it last year. But after visiting Rocky Mount tore up the bases in its brief stay, Rowan found out had a lot of cleaning up to do. Rocky ...Read More

Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili scored 26 points and the San Antonio Spurs won their 19th in a row to tie the NBA record for longest winning streak kept alive in the playoffs, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-98 to open the West ...Read More

Associated Press The National League roundup ... ATLANTA — Bryce Harper hit his second homer in two days, Gio Gonzalez gave up only one hit in seven innings and the Nationals beat the struggling Atlanta Braves 7-2 on Sunday night to complete a th ...Read More

Associated Press The American League roundup ... BOSTON — Sean Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Boston closer Alfredo Aceves, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday, a day after losing in ...Read More

By Jenna Fryer Associated Press CONCORD — — Kasey Kahne powered to victory in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, taking NASCAR's longest race for the third time for his first win with Hendrick Motorsports. Kahne also gave car owner Rick ...Read More

CARY — Nick Lomascolo stood for the national anthem Sunday afternoon at Coleman Park, then stood for little else. The Catawba lefthander turned in a performance that made you want to break into song. His feathery changeup teased. His upper-cru ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CARY — Southpaw Nick Lomascolo heard the roar from hundreds of Catawba fans as he handed the ball to coach Jim Gantt with one out in the ninth. Two outs from a complete game, but with 122 pitches worth ...Read More

Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Wheldon couldn't win his third Indianapolis 500. Dario Franchitti did it for him. And if it wasn't going to be Franchitti, then it would be Scott Dixon. Maybe even Tony Kanaan. No matter what, one of Wheldon' ...Read More

Scripps Howard News Service Unlike our other wars, the federal government asked nothing of the American public by way of sacrifice for the war in Iraq and the one still ongoing in Afghanistan. And there is alarmingly casual talk of a war with Iran ...Read More

By Glenn Hudson Is America really the land of the free? Does the Bill of Rights mean anything? Are all men truly created equal? Or is that just a noble ideal that some Americans cannot grasp? Consider three examples. First, it was announced May 10, t ...Read More

Pet waste DNA registration raises a howl of protest Regarding the May 27 article “DNA sample from pet will ensure owner responsibility”: I’m outraged! Where are the dogs’ constitutional rights? And a database called Poop Pint ...Read More