Highlights for Bob Holliday

• Holliday: Sports Journalism Just as Important When The Cheering Stops

  Former WRAL-TV Sports Anchor and frequent WRALSportsFan contributor Bob Holliday penned this piece about reporting on sports when sports are not happening due to the COVID-19 pandemic: It’s a rare event that brings the sports world to a complete pause.
• Revisiting the 2018 ACC Baseball Tourney at the DBAP

  The Durham Bulls Athletic Park hosted the 2018 ACC Baseball Championship from Tuesday, May 22, through Sunday, May 27.  WRALSportsFan Contributor Bob Holliday put together a list of his favorite moments from the tournament, as the ACC’s top 12 teams
• Dreams of Gold NC Olympic Festival 1987

  After several years of dreaming, North Carolina landed the Olympic Festival for 1987. The opening ceremonies took place on July 17, 1987 in Carter-Finley stadium in Raleigh. Athletic events were held in nearby cities. Greensboro hosted figure and speed skating. Durham was the site for track and field, soccer and wrestling. Chapel Hill hosted basketball, gymnastics, and swimming. Cary was home base for archery. Raleigh was tapped to host diving, boxing, and equestrian. Kerr Lake was the site for yachting.

  WRAL Sports anchors Tom Suiter and Bob Holliday host this special broadcast, Dreams of Gold, leading up to the festival.

  Capitol Broadcasting Company was a Grand Patron sponsor of the Festival.

  Aired: July 11, 1987

• WRAL presents “Attack Of The Cardiac Pack” NCSU 1983 Champs

  1983 “March Madness” resulted NC State winning the NCAA National Basketball Championship. The team was tagged with the nickname “Cardiac Pack” after winning games that ended in heart-stopping, buzzer beater baskets.

  Watch this 30 minute program, complete with vintage commercials, that captures the excitement on campus and in the community. GO PACK!

• 1992 NCAA Basketball Final Four tournament Compilation of WRAL Sports Coverage

  Enjoy watching a compilation of newscasts featuring coverage of the 1992 NCAA Basketball Final Four and championship game. Spoiler alert! Duke University won the championship.

  WRAL sent a news and sports team to cover the excitement of the event. You’ll meet the student who was the Duke Blue Devil in 1992.