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In Duke basketball’s opener, Kon Knueppel was the Maine event, not Cooper Flagg
This is what everyone came to see, the jaw-dropping debut of Duke’s latest freshman phenom, a player who immediately commanded the attention of everyone in Cameron from almost the first … Cli...
Anticipation blooms as college basketball season begins, a promising one for Triangle
The basketball season we’ve all been waiting for begins Monday night. A freshman phenom. An old-school fifth-year star. A double banner-raising. Two top 10 teams and another hoping to prove …...
The Carolina Hurricanes — and their Lenovo sellout streak — keep gathering momentum
Multiple Waldos sat along the glass, not far from Ricky Bobby. The Dumb and Dumber guys didn’t look out of place. Patrick Star left Bikini Bottom to spend the night … Click to Continue »
This wasn’t the season UNC football wanted, but there’s a reason Mack Brown was here
It would be both fitting and ironic, in this season when so very little has gone right for North Carolina, if this is the year Mack Brown finally successfully pursues … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article294828724.html#storylink=rss
The ACC hoops world, according to Luke DeCock: Promising outlooks for NC’s Big Four
If the ACC wants the respect on Selection Sunday it tends to retroactively deserve with its play in the NCAA tournament, it needs to win more big nonconference games and … Click to Continue »
Bryce Young still isn’t ready, and Panthers’ QB plight remains a hot mess after Denver loss
I was curious. Maybe you were too. I wanted to know if Bryce Young would look any different after a forced five-week sabbatical. I wrote that Young should start the … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article294271999.html#storylink=rss
7 quick thoughts on Charlotte Hornets after they lost their home opener to Miami Heat
The Charlotte Hornets had the sellout crowd you want for the home opener. And they had a top-flight opponent. And they had a stirring halftime tribute to their former public … Click to Continue...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlotte-hornets/article294272414.html#storylink=rss
How Carolina Hurricanes roster continues to be shaped by former GMs Rutherford, Francis
It’s old-faces weekend for the Carolina Hurricanes, as the tail end of their State Fair road trip takes them to the Pacific Northwest and the current domiciles of former general … Click to Co...
After Helene, App State football returns to Boone as Western NC searches for normalcy
Shortly after Hurricane Helene devastated much of Western North Carolina in late September, Appalachian State football coach Shawn Clark decided to see what the damage looked like in Boone. Going...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article294271889.html#storylink=rss
For NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, TV network’s new name is the only change
What was once red is now blue, right down to Mike Maniscalco and Tripp Tracy’s ties. When the Carolina Hurricanes last played on Saturday, the game was televised on Bally … Click to Continue ...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article294359144.html#storylink=rss
Hello again, Bryce: After latest loss, it’s time for Panthers to make another change at QB
It’s time for the Carolina Panthers to make a change. Again. Andy Dalton is looking very much his age, and Carolina’s offense looks like a car on blocks that needs … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article293834884.html#storylink=rss
Florida State’s ACC betrayal no laughing matter, but first-ever loss to Duke sure is
Haha. Haha haha haha haha. (Deep breath.) Haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha. Haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha … Click to Continue »
NC State may pay for its expansion vote this week, but Cal brings something new to ACC
If N.C. State makes the long trip to California and comes back clinging desperately to very thin hopes of bowl eligibility, mired in the ACC cellar, the Wolfpack has only … Click to Continue »...
Carolina Hurricanes, a work in progress, show forward movement with still a long way to go
If it wasn’t clear on opening night, it is now. The past few years, it felt like the Carolina Hurricanes came storming into the season, picking up where they left … Click to Continue »
When you are both a journalist and a firefighter, which comes first when a hurricane hits?
Many journalists have covered the damage that Hurricane Helene wrought in Western North Carolina when it devastated much of the area in late September. Very few of them, though, have … Click to...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article293834284.html#storylink=rss
First Zion, now Cooper Flagg. Let the ride be as wild with this generational freshman
It doesn’t feel like six years have passed since Zion Williamson electrified Duke, the Triangle and all of college basketball simultaneously, somehow managing to eclipse all of the hype that ...
Panthers coach Dave Canales takes pride in his Hispanic heritage, which fueled NFL rise
In June, just after a Carolina Panthers practice had wrapped up, head coach Dave Canales gave the longest locker room pep talk of his life. It took five hours. No … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article293834039.html#storylink=rss
Panthers have an embarrassing defense, and nothing will get better until that’s fixed
Just as the Carolina Panthers’ offense has started to look more lively, their defense has turned a corner, too — and quickly fallen into a gaping hole. There was more … Click to Continue »...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article293565399.html#storylink=rss
Hurricanes newcomers played well, but one shined brighter than the rest in opening loss
Of all the new faces on display Friday night — six in all in the Carolina Hurricanes’ lineup — none looked better or needed less time to make his introduction … Click to Continue »
Who are the Carolina Hurricanes, really? As NHL season begins, it depends who you ask
If you listen to the hockey cognoscenti, the sometimes legitimate and sometimes self-ordained experts, the Carolina Hurricanes are taking a step back this season. The New Jersey Devils are the ...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article293709599.html#storylink=rss
Hurricanes rookie wasn’t expected to make the NHL roster this season — until he did
After one drill at Wednesday’s practice, the opening of the season only two days away, Rod Brind’Amour pulled Jackson Blake aside. The conversation was so brief that neither actually came …...
Triangle college sports have identity greater than the sum of flailing football teams
If you’ve been disappointed by this college football season, where not only the thrill of victory but the bare minimum of drama and excitement seem to lurk everywhere but the … Click to Conti...
Requiem for a newspaperman: Ron Green’s funeral a fitting tribute to a Charlotte legend
Ron Green’s funeral began Monday afternoon in Charlotte with the national anthem. It was a fitting tribute for the longtime local sports columnist, and not just because he once served … Click...
The Panthers showed promise vs. Bengals, but it wasn’t enough on ‘a day of near misses’
The home fans at Bank of America Stadium saw another loss Sunday for the Carolina Panthers, and there was nothing unusual about that. But the way the Panthers lost? That … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article292990324.html#storylink=rss
Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz on his deep NC roots and the origin story of ‘Hello friends’
You may know that Jim Nantz is one of the most famous sports broadcasters in America. Since being hired by CBS Sports in 1985 at age 26, he’s become a … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/sports-legends/article292458614.html#storylink=rss
Panthers wideouts finally got going in Sunday’s win. But change may still be on the way.
The wide receiving corps for the Carolina Panthers had what was by far its best day of the 2024 regular season Sunday in the team’s 36-22 win over the Las … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article292877359.html#storylink=rss
When Andy Dalton subbed in for Bryce Young on Sunday, did Panthers’ entire season change?
The Panthers benched Bryce Young two games into the 2024 season and inserted Andy Dalton into the starting lineup. Also subbing in for Carolina alongside Dalton? Hope. With Dalton, the … Click ...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article292459054.html#storylink=rss
Ron Green Sr. would make you put the newspaper down, shake your head and smile
The game ended, fans left, lights were turned off, doors closed. But to thousands of readers of the Charlotte News and later the Charlotte Observer, the result wasn’t official until … Click t...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article292762799.html#storylink=rss
The Panthers benched Bryce Young for Andy Dalton. It’s absolutely the right thing to do
Well, that didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales said repeatedly that “Bryce is our quarterback,” he benched Bryce Young on Monday. This … C...
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article292569924.html#storylink=rss
Overwhelmed Panthers QB Bryce Young got booed Sunday. He should have been benched
I’ve covered the Carolina Panthers for 30 years, and I’ve never heard boos at the home opener like these. They came so early and so often, from a fan base … Click to Continue »
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article292087650.html#storylink=rss