Yesterday, the Minor League Baseball season was cancelled which means no baseball for the Charlotte Knights, the Kannaoplis Cannon Ballers, and the Hickory Crawdads. And more than just baseball players will be hurt by this.
“If changes don’t come into place, it’s going to be very hard for us to put any of our fall sports seasons together.” That quote coming from South Carolina High School League commissioner Jerome Singleton as the league starts to look into alternative plans for fall sports seasons
With the news of former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton signing with the New England Patriots, it’s time to completely close that chapter in the Charlotte book of great sports eras for Panthers fans. Something the Panthers have already done with new starting QB Teddy Bridgewater in house
The Patriots have turned to former Panthers quarterback Cam Newton to replace Tom Brady, who defected to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after 19 years, six Super Bowls and three NFL MVP awards.
Chase Briscoe held off Ross Chastain in overtime to win the crash-filled Xfinity Series at Pocono Raceway. It’s the second of three NASCAR races at the track on Sunday.
Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule said he is considering kneeling alongside his players during the national anthem this season in support of the movement against racial injustice.
The FBI has concluded that NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace was not a victim of a hate crime as a “noose” found in his garage stall had been there since last year.
Federal authorities on Monday confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver.
Ryan Blaney held onto the lead after a restart with two laps to go, earning his second straight win at Talladega Superspeedway on a day that began with NASCAR drivers throwing their support behind Bubba Wallace.
Christian McCaffrey and Shaq Thompson of the Carolina Panthers have announced a program to unite the Charlotte community and support underserved youth.
Two of college basketball’s most recently successful programs stand united in opposing prejudice, bigotry and racism as the Liberty and Winthrop men’s basketball programs will come together for an exhibition game in an effort to bring awareness to our united pursuit of equity and inclusion.
It was a gloomy, rainy day at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Tuesday and that matched the mood inside the track as the thought settled in that the NASCAR All-Star Race was being moved from Charlotte to Bristol.
Carolina Panthers legend Julius Peppers is among several former Panthers, including former coach Ron Rivera, named to the official ballot for the 2021 College Football Hall of Fame class.
Even though, the Charlotte Hornets won’t be a part of the NBA season restart on July 30th, there is a lot to look forward to. Crazy to think that when the all-time leading scorer in Kemba Walker leaves the previous off season but the young Hornets in this post Kemba era can really play.
The sport announced Wednesday its ban on the rebel flag, which has maintained a consistent presence atop trailers parked around speedway infields during NASCAR races for over half a century.
The 4,500-pound statue of Carolina Panthers founder Jerry Richardson will never return to its perch at Bank of America Stadium, two sources told The Observer on Thursday.
Johnson tweeted that he “decided to end (his) relationship with Beam Designs” shortly after Bubba Wallace posted a picture on Twitter showing comments from the company’s Twitter account that called Wallace’s Black Lives Matter car paint scheme “garbage.”
NASCAR driver Ray Ciccarelli announced on his Facebook Wednesday that he intends on leaving the sport at the end of the season. His biggest issue appears to be a disagreement with the direction that things are heading.
Redskins’ head coach Ron Rivera says he is proud of his community and members of his team for the way they’ve responded to the death of George Floyd and the recent protests.
The N.C. High School Athletic Association is lifting its dead period June 15. In an email to its schools Monday afternoon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools informed coaches that CMS athletes won’t start until July 6.
Kevin Harvick turned in another dominating run at Atlanta Motor Speedway, cruising to victory over Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. in the NASCAR Cup race.
Carolina Panthers players Shaq Thompson and Juston Burris were among a group that met with CMPD Chief Kerr Putney today to discuss ways to create change.
For many years in the NFL, players speaking their minds when it comes to social injustice often came with consequences like being release. But the Carolina Panthers are one of the teams doing something to change that.
As part of NASCAR’s release of the updated 2020 schedule, officials announced that the NASCAR All-Star Race will return to Charlotte Motor Speedway on Wednesday, July 15.
We have seen Carolina Panthers players at peaceful protest in Charlotte and today we heard strong word from head coach Matt Rhule as he spoke out against racism. And Panthers owner David Tepper is behind all of them 100%.
For the first time in the 26 year history of the Carolina Panthers, the team will not hold their training camp in Spartanburg, but it is not by their doing.
The NBA is working on plans to start their season back up and to get the players ready, they started opening up practice facilities around the league on a limited basis last week.
Professional athletes and coaches using their voices to protest and speak out in this time of injustice, but a local high school football coach is using his platform as well to evoke change.
As people continue to protest racism and police brutality all over this country, some Carolina Panthers joined in making their voices heard here in Charlotte in the Justice Walk for George Floyd. Linebacker Shaq Thompson and safety Tre Boston
Noah Gragson squeezed past JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier with four laps remaining in a move that caused Allgaier to crash and opened the door for Gragson to win at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Brad Keselowski inherited his second win of the season when Chase Elliott and Joey Logano collided as they raced for the victory Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
As the country continues to protest the death of George Floyd, pro athletes and teams also express their outrage and on Sunday, Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan released a statement in part saying “we have had enough.”
On Tuesday, the NCHSAA extended their dead period from June 1st to June 15th, but that doesn’t mean the start of the football season will be pushed back as well.
Rain washed out the Cup Series race Wednesday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway - a slight break for NASCAR teams taxed by a grueling return to racing.
Chase Elliott snapped Kyle Busch’s seven-race Truck Series winning streak and collected a $100,000 bounty for beating NASCAR’s most successful truck driver with a victory Tuesday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
It was a special night for Gander Truck Series driver Angela Ruch as she honored her father-in-law Bob Ruch tonight in the North Carolina Educational Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Many parents, instead of screaming and cheering for their teams, are screaming for a refund. They tell WBTV they’re getting the runaround from their kids’ sports leagues.
NASCAR on Monday suspended three critical crew members for Denny Hamlin’s team because a piece of tungsten fell off his car on the pace lap before the Coca-Cola 600.
Cam Newton has taken several shots at the Carolina Panthers this offseason, suggesting his former team not only twisted his words about a potential trade out of town but then gave up on him by cutting him loose.
