Democratic members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation are asking the U.S. attorney general to investigate a South Carolina sheriff’s office weeks after a bus full of Shaw University students was stopped and searched on the way to Georgia. A g…
Panthers’ Holcomb once coached Carolina legends, now he’s overseeing Wilks’ defense
Al Holcomb doesn’t want to be in the comfy confines of the press box on Sundays. Instead, he wants to be where the action is — on the sideline. Holcomb, 52, yearns to feel the energy coming from his players. More importantly, he wants to know what they…
UNC star Phil Ford on Dean Smith, overcoming addiction and the Four Corners
Phil Ford, one of the best players in UNC basketball history, is this week’s guest on “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.” Ford was a lot of things for UNC — the 1978 National Player of the Year, for one, as well as a longtime assistant basketball coach …
Gordon Hayward healthy and doing it all for the Hornets
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tucked over at the same corner hoop he’s almost turned into a second home, Gordon Hayward is working up a second lather while the Novant Health Training Center slowly empties out. Most of the noise reverberating around the Charlotte H…
A team that isn’t tanking: What we learned from the Panthers’ win against Tom Brady, Bucs
Listen to the oblivion the Carolina Panthers sent the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into after winning 21-3 on Sunday at Bank of America Stadium. “We are going to see what we’re made of. How many people can handle adversity? It’s about as dark as it’s going to …
No LaMelo? No Terry Rozier? No big deal. What we learned in Hornets’ win at Atlanta.
ATLANTA — The doors hadn’t even popped open on the Charlotte Hornets’ charter buses yet Sunday afternoon and it was evident this wasn’t going to be a fun evening in the very place their season burned into a pile of ashes back in April. Missing three ke…
After Coach K’s retirement from Duke, the ACC, and college basketball, seek new voice
On the day before what turned out to be the final game of his 47-year head-coaching career, Mike Krzyzewski wanted to make something clear. His thoughts shifted from the task at hand, and his Duke team’s challenge of playing against North Carolina in t…
QB change to Cade Klubnik sparks Clemson to home win over Syracuse
College football, meet Cade Klubnik. Clemson’s true freshman quarterback has authored his first signature moment in leading the No. 5 Tigers to a thrilling, come-from-behind 27-21 win over No. 14 Syracuse on Saturday. Klubnik, a five-star recruit in th…
‘Trump has created a cult,’ North Carolina’s Cooper says in campaigning for Democratic governors
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper chairs the Democratic Governors Association and has been making the rounds promoting campaigns of Democratic candidates for governor. On Wednesday, he was interviewed by Pluribus News, a national legisla…
Scott Fowler: Wait, wasn’t that supposed to be better? Panthers lose again, more controversy blooms.
Meet the new Carolina Panthers; same as the old Carolina Panthers. After firing Matt Rhule on Monday, the Panthers put on a performance that looked almost identical to those of the Rhule era Sunday in a deflating, 24-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Co…