CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Voters who are concerned or just curious about the accuracy of North Carolina’s voting machines can watch Wednesday as state elections officials randomly choose precincts, early voting sites and absentee-by-mail ballots to be counted …
Early start, early struggles as Hornets fall to Wizards. What we learned in Charlotte’s loss.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Maybe the Hornets’ struggled began with the earlier tip off time, which came 10 minutes quicker than normal because the NBA purposefully staggered its games on the eve before election day. Perhaps Charlotte’s tough start stemmed from …
Panthers to start PJ Walker at QB Thursday; coach Steve Wilks explains staff changes
PJ Walker will start Thursday night against the Atlanta Falcons, Panthers coach Steve Wilks said on Monday. The decision comes less than 24 hours after Walker was benched in Sunday’s 42-21 blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. “PJ will be the startin…
A champion again! Joey Logano outlasts Ross Chastain to win NASCAR Cup Series title.
Joey Logano is a champion again. The driver of the No. 22 car sat on the pole, dominated Stage 1 and never trailed any Championship 4 driver at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday en route to a huge victory and his second NASCAR Cup Series championship. Logano, …
Hornets fall hard in Memphis. How close are LaMelo and Terry Rozier to returning?
Those good vibes that were hovering around the Charlotte Hornets a week ago have faded, replaced by a tough stretch that has them eager to get healthy. Injuries to four of their top rotational players left the Hornets shorthanded once again, this time …
Scott Fowler: ESPN’s Jay Bilas on hoops, Duke-UNC and tangling with Barney the Dinosaur
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Bilas, ESPN’s leading college basketball analyst, is this week’s interview subject for “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.” In many ways the conscience of college basketball, Bilas has long advocated that college athletes be paid fo…
Hornets free agent Miles Bridges pleads no contest to domestic violence
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After months of postponements, Miles Bridges’ domestic violence case has finally come to a resolution. On Thursday, the Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent pleaded no contest to a felony count of injuring a child’s parent, agreein…
NC early voting is beating 2018 midterms. Which generations are leading the way?
In-person and mail-in absentee ballots in North Carolina are outpacing 2018 midterm election numbers despite having one fewer day in the early voting cycle. Mecklenburg County, meanwhile, is quickly approaching 100,000 early votes cast in person with t…
HBO Max’s ‘Low Country’ documentary on SC’s Murdaugh murders: What to expect, how to watch
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “Every time you think it’s finished,” WSAV-TV reporter Andrew Davis says of South Carolina’s Murdaugh saga, “there’s another turn.” No statement better sums up the twists and turns laid out in “Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty,” a ne…
The ‘meteors of Halloween’ are back this year. What to know about spotting a fireball
You might catch a glimpse of fireballs in the sky this week. The“meteors of Halloween” are back for the first time since 2015, according to NASA astronomers. Tens of thousands of years ago, a large comet broke up, creating a stream of cometary debris, …