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Bring it on!: Suburban residents, visitors enjoying first day of the states full reopening   Chuck Barrett, principal agent at the Frisch & Barrett Insurance Agency in Cary, took his office staff out to lunch Friday at The Tracks down the street to celebrate his secretarys birthday. This is only the second time the group has been out to eat together since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year. Lauren Rohr | Staff Photographer   Jaime De La Pena, a transplant nurse at Northwester...

Only one unanimous selection in this weeks staff picks, as the crew of RotoWire contributors get together to make their picks for the UFC 263 pay-per-view.

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Mark your calendar FRIDAY, 8pm ET for the Fight IQ LIVE UFC 263 Preview! Joe and Chris return with guest host Jake Letarski for an in-depth breakdown of the event from a DFS and betting perspective.

April 15, 2021 Arroyo (9-4-0) will fight Tom Breese (12-3-0) at a UFC event on June 5, Marcel Dorff of MMADNA reports. ANALYSIS Arroyo last stepped into the Octagon in December and was handed a loss to Deron Winn via unanimous decision after a layoff of over a year in between fights. The 31-year-old typically wastes little time when fighting, as a majority of his victories have come in Round 1. On paper, this bout appears to be pretty even with both fighters lining up at 6-3 and having a reach ...

268 days ago Can Alistair Overeem find his old form and be worthy of Captain consideration on FanDuel this weekend? Chris Olson is back to offer up some locks, cash plays and potential underdogs for UFC Vegas 9. More Fantasy News WelterweightUFC December 19, 2020 Pereira defeated Khaos Williams via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. ANALYSIS It may not have been Pereiras best performance to date, but Williams is a legitimately talent opponent w...

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223 days ago Two top-five bantamweights collide Saturday on Fight Island with the aim of getting a shot at champion Petr Yans belt. Jon Litterine breaks down key bouts for DraftKings players from the 13-fight card. More Fantasy News BantamweightUFC April 13, 2021 ANALYSIS Egger struggled to get much going in her UFC debut back in October, falling via unanimous decision in a fairly one-sided affair. She will need to display some improvements from that performance in order to get into the win col...

Ronnie Long and wife Ashley Long. A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for a rape he did not commit has filed a lawsuit against the city of Concord and several Concord police officers. Attorneys for Ronnie Long say he deserves answers and accountability after spending 44 years in prison. Long was released from prison last year, pardoned by the governor, and paid $750,000 by the state for his wrongful imprisonment. He had been convicted in 1976 by an all-white jury of raping a prominent white wo...

May 8, 2021 Hawes defeated Kyle Daukaus via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27) at UFC on ESPN 24 on Saturday in Las Vegas. ANALYSIS Full marks to Hawes for rebounding in a fight in which he didnt appear to have much in the first few minutes. After allowing Daukaus to take the momentum early, Hawes made a concerted effort to fight in close in an attempt to drain Daukaus gas tank and it worked. Hawes was the better man in Round 2 before dominating Round 3. Hawes kept Daukaus pinned to the m...