Rocky Mount native Clifton Barnes, who was sports editor at the Rocky Mount Telegram in the 1980s, has won a national writing award for an online post promoting high school classmate Buck Williams for inclusion in the basketball hall of fame. Writing for his CapitalSportsNC.com website, Barnes won an Award of... read full story
"wasn't a brash, trash-talking jerk of a player; he was overlooked and underappreciated."