By Beck

The picks are in. Welcome to Pulse Picks, where we put our predictions on the record for the biggest games, matchups and events we’re talking about on the Daily Pulse and across the Triad Talk Network. Some picks are easy. Some are probably going to look terrible by the time this is over. That’s part of the fun. Here’s what we like for WEEK 4 OF THE NFL. 🔴 THE PULSE PICK NC STATE HOLD HOME SERVICE The Pick: I really like Wake has going. I felt like they deserved top 25 last

I was riding with UNC football pretty hot and heavy before the weather delay in Clemson. Off to the best start in the Belichick era, and succeeding on the field amidst all the distractions. I don't know what happened during that delay, but does it roll over to this weekend's game against Notre Dame? Coming out of the BYE, we welcomed Jones Angell from the Tar Heel Sports Network to join the show and help preview this Saturday's game, plus get early thoughts on Tarheel basketb

Duke is off to a 3-0 start. Just quietly plugging along. Should be 4-0 after William & Mary come to town this weekend. Could they be 5-0 when they face the Heels? To help review their start to the season, talk about their offensive leader Nate Sheppard, and answer who the best football coach in the Triangle is - We welcomed Dave Shumate to the Daily Pulse:

A doozy of a game in our TTN High School Football game of the week! Both teams undefeated. Grimsley holding their opponents to just 3 points through two games. Going on the road to East Forsyth. The Eagles come into the game undefeated as well. Dave Polaski, our TTN play-b-play man for HS Football, joined the show this AM to help preview that game, plus some thoughts on Reagan and Reidsville.

Duke football looked to build off last season's ACC Championship winning season. But then a lot has changed since then. Presents a lot of questions. Looking ahead to the Blue Devil's kick-off to their season, against Tulane on Saturday pm in Durham, we plugged into the broadcast team to get a preview. Joining this morning's Daily Pulse, Dave Harding, the analyst for Blue Devils football. He helped attempt to answer some of my questions going into this year:

Turning to Fall is never a bad thing for me. For local, Triad, racing fans -- it's gotta feel a little depressing. It means another Summer of Bowman Gray racing season has come and gone. After a wild weekend at the Madhouse: that included championship racing, an honorary night to remember a racing icon, and an announcement of future Nascar action to come in 2027 -- we knew we needed to get Peter Stratta back on the Daily Pulse to fill in all the blanks for us.

Every once in awhile, it's important in showbiz to have one "in the can". In other words, have a recorded show that you can put in-place if you're not able to be live. You try to keep these shows "evergreen", pre-plan, and surprisingly it's often more work than if you just did the show live. Short of being in two places at once, it was important to me to be available to my family for the first day of a new school year. So, we got to work on putting together a show that would

Both Charlotte Football Club and the Carolina Panthers get wins over the weekend. We turn to CFC play-by-play man, Will Polaszczuk, who joined us on the Daily Pulse this AM to help recap both.

Kind of puts a damper on the first week of high school football in the Triad, when they get bumped up for weather. But our team was LIVE from Reagan and Mt. Tabor for week one's High School Football GOTW. Dave Polaski jumped onto the Daily Pulse to help recap that game, plus some other results:

With the NBA schedule released last week, we got Sam Farber on the Daily Pulse to discuss. As play-by-play announcer, Sam helped to preview the biggest match-ups and the top storylines for the Charlotte Hornets 26-27' season. What are the biggest games? What's the biggest storylines? Did Sam get invited to lasagna night?!?!?

What did you take away from the Carolina Panthers' second pre-season game from the weekend? If you're like me, more questions than answers. Charlotte Observer beat reporter Alex Zietlow joined me on the Daily Pulse to react. Is it all Zavala's fault? What did he make of Brooks and Bryce? What's with this defense giving up 59 points in two pre-season games?

When I spoke to Mike Jones after he had recently been let go by UNCG, he made it seem rather clear that there wasn't tons of support for the program to be successful. But there's no doubt the type of investment it appears the Spartans have made by hiring a guy like Jerod Haase. Think about it through a college hoops lense: Kansas, UNC, & Stanford.... When Joey Dwyer, with Basket Under Review, posted his deep dive into Haase and the way he likes to manage a program -- We welco

For the 2027 Nascar season, Winston Salem was dealt some uncertain news. The cup series decided to move it's kick-off the season, February exhibition, to warmer weather -- The Clash is moving from NC to Daytona. With that, I'm biased -- I want to know what happens to Nascar racing at Bowman Gray? Nascar's Communication Director at the track, Peter Stratta, joined the Daily Pulse to discuss: