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Processional of U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks Jr. who died in Charlotte police shooting
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- Processional of U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks Jr. who died in Charlotte police shooting
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- 1 day ago
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- Firefighters and sheriff deputies on the Cindy Lane Bridge salute a processional for Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas “Tommy” Weeks Jr. traveling on I-77 on Wednesday afternoon May 1, 2024. The 48-year-old from Weeks Jr. of Mooresville was shot while serving a warrant in east Charlotte on Monday, April 29. 2024
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- A neighbor describes the Charlotte police shooting: 'There was so much gunfire'
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- 1 day ago
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- Saing Chhoeun was in the garage when U.S. Marshals arrived on Monday, April 29, 2024.
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- 1 day ago
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- Residents living near 5525 Galway Drive were still processing the shooting that occurred less than 24 hours earlier.
The home is the site where three members of the U.S. Marshals task force and a CMPD Officer Joshua Eyer were killed on Monday when they were serving a warrant to the suspect. Four other officers were wounded during the shooting.
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- CMPD update on Charlotte police shooting; identifies victims
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- 1 day ago
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- Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings holds back his emotion while giving an update on the shooting during a press conference in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
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- In memory of CMPD officer Joshua Eyer
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- 1 day ago
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- A CMPD officer adjusts flowers that have been placed on the hood in memory of CMPD officer Joshua Eyer, who was killed during Monday's deadly shootout in East Charlotte.
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- A shootout, a livestream, an armored vehicle: What neighbors on Galway Drive saw Monday.
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- 2 days ago
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- Witness Saing Chhoen live-streamed being locked out of his home during one of the deadliest days in North Carolina law enforcement history.
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- REBROADCAST: Dell Curry
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- 2 days ago
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- While Dell Curry is now known in public mostly for being the father of two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steph Curry, he had his own stellar NBA career.
Known for his three-point sharpshooting at a time when the NBA was far less enamored with that long-distance shot, the elder Curry had a 16-year NBA career that included 10 years as a player for the Hornets from 1988-98 -- the team's first 10 seasons. Curry earned the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award in 1994 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets’ all-time leading scorer (a record that stood for 20-plus years before it was broken by Kemba Walker). He and Muggsy Bogues both came to the Hornets via the 1988 NBA expansion draft and quickly became fan favorites in Charlotte.
Curry has served as the Charlotte Hornets’ color analyst on the team’s TV broadcasts since 2009. Now 59, Curry grew up in rural Virginia and has lived in Charlotte since his 2002 retirement from the NBA. He is the ...
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- CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings provides update on Charlotte shooting that killed 3 law officers
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- 4 days ago
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- Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles reacts to shooting that killed 3 law enforcement officers, wounded 5 others
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- 4 days ago
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- Carolina Panthers 2024 NFL Draft Preview: What Does Successful Draft Look Like For Team?
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- 10 days ago
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- Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article287870810.html
Charlotte Observer Panthers beat reporters Mike Kaye and Alex Zietlow discuss the Carolina Panthers' approach to the 2024 NFL Draft, how their free agency signings affect who they might pick, and what a successful draft looks like for the team.
By Drew Nantais / The Charlotte Observer
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- Sports Legends of the Carolinas: Muhsin Muhammad
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- 11 days ago
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- Moose, as his friends and teammates call him, remembers earning the moment he shushed the Eagles, in an incredible touchdown pass that brought the underdogs into the lead.
By Jeff Siner / The Charlotte Observer
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- Muhsin Muhammad remembers shushing the Eagles. #sports #sportslegends #panthers #nfl #football 🐆🦅
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- 14 days ago
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- Carolina Panthers: Recapping what Dave Canales, Dan Morgan Said Ahead Of Important 2024 NFL Draft
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- 14 days ago
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- Panthers beat reporters for The Charlotte Observer Alex Zietlow and Mike Kaye break down what the Carolina brass said ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft — and include thoughts on Stephon Gilmore’s possible return and what it means to surround Bryce Young with playmaking talent.
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- Carolina Panthers 2024 NFL Draft Choice Needs To Have Certain Characteristics
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- 14 days ago
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- Carolina Panthers general manager Dan Morgan and head coach Dave Canales met with the media on Thursday, April 18, 2024 in advance of the NFL draft.
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- Muhsin Muhammad
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- 16 days ago
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- As the NFL Draft approaches, the Carolina Panthers can only hope to hit a second-round home run like they did with Muhsin Muhammad.
The Panthers hold two high second-round picks — the 33rd and 39th overall — in the draft that starts April 25. In 1996, Muhammad was a promising wide receiver out of Michigan State that Carolina nabbed with the 43rd overall pick.
“Moose,” as most everyone calls him, went on to play 14 NFL seasons, including 11 with Carolina, and was known for his physicality, great hands and knack for making the biggest plays in the biggest games, He still owns the Super Bowl record for longest touchdown catch, at 85 yards (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9eHAzNt3lA) against New England in the 2003 postseason.
Now 50 years old, Muhammad and his wife Christa have raised their six kids in the Charlotte area, and those kids have produced numerous college diplomas and athletic accolades. The Panthers, mean...
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- REBROADCAST: Dawn Staley
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- 1 month ago
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- Ahead of the Women's Final Four, in this special rebroadcast episode (originally aired on October 5th, 2022), Scott Fowler sits down with legendary USC coaching legend Dawn Staley.
Dawn Staley, star of this week’s episode of “Sports Legends of the Carolinas,” (https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/sports-legends) has had one of the most sensational careers in women’s basketball history. Currently the head women’s basketball coach at South Carolina, Staley’s Gamecock squads won national titles in both 2017 and 2022 and lead the nation in women’s basketball attendance every year. Under Staley, USC has also made the Final Four in four of the past seven seasons, and will be favored to repeat as national champions during the 2022-23 season.
Before her standout coaching career, Staley, 52, was the ACC Player of the Year in 1991 and 1992 at Virginia; a three-time WNBA All-Star for the Charlotte Sting; and a three-time Olympic gold ...
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- Meet the 2023-224 Charlotte Observer girls’ basketball all-star team
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- 1 month ago
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- Here is the 2023-24 All-Observer girls' basketball team, the best high school players in the Charlotte region.
Full story: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article286143666.html#storylink=mainstage_card
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- Alonzo Mourning
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- 1 month ago
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- Alonzo Mourning would have become the greatest player in Charlotte Hornets history — if he had only stuck around.
Mourning played his first three NBA seasons with Charlotte after the Hornets drafted him No. 2 overall in 1992. He quickly turned into an intimidating, 6-foot-10 star for a Charlotte team on the rise. His scowl could scare you. His dunks could dent the hardwood. But a salary dispute led to the Hornets trading Mourning in November 1995 to Miami, where he became an even bigger star, won an NBA title in 2006 and eventually made the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2014.
For his “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” (https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/sports-legends) interview, we met Mourning in Miami, where he still lives and works for the Miami Heat, now as the team’s vice president of player programs.
Mourning, 54, discussed his years in Charlotte in detail and said he...
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- NC Tenants Have A Choice: Take Settlement Money Or Face Corporate Landlords Solo? #housingmarket
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- 1 month ago
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- A class action lawsuit against one of the nation's largest corporate landlords was settled last year. Now, tenants have a major decision. #landlord #lawsuit
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- North Meck celebrates winning its third state boys’ basketball title Saturday
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- 2 months ago
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- North Mecklenburg beat Wilmington New Hanover 57-47 to win the NCHSAA 4A state championship Saturday in Winston-Salem
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- Central Cabarrus celebrates winning the state title
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Central Cabarrus celebrated winning its second straight state title Friday night in Winston-Salem
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- North Meck celebrates winning the NCHSAA 4A Western Regional championship game Thursday
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- North Meck celebrates after beating Lake Norman in the NCHSAA 4A state semifinals Thursday night
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- Charlotte Catholic girls win NCHSAA Western regional title
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Charlotte Catholic's girls beat Watauga in a NC 4A high school basketball regional championship game at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem
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- Antawn Jamison unplugged: UNC legend on Duke, kissing the floor and HS star Isaiah Evans
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Former North Carolina Tar Heels’ legend Antawn Jamison sits down with The Observer and talks Charlotte Hornets, Cormac Ryan, UNC, Duke and much more.
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- Central Cabarrus postgame after Tuesday's regional championship win over Hickory
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Central Cabarrus beat Hickory in Tuesday's NCHSAA 3A Western Regional championship game and met the media
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- Central Cabarrus celebrates winning NCHSAA Western Regional championship Tuesday night
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Central Cabarrus beat Hickory in Tuesday's NCHSAA 3A Western Regional championship game
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- Leonard Hamilton
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- 2 months ago
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- In Gastonia, Leonard Hamilton remembers restaurants he wasn’t allowed to come inside due to his skin color. He sat in the balcony of a movie theater because Blacks weren’t allowed to sit downstairs. He drank from one water fountain; whites drank from another.
With the help of faith and family, Hamilton rose from those circumstances to a coaching career that has now spanned more than 50 years. At age 75, Hamilton has directed the Florida State basketball program since 2002 and will lead the Seminoles in the ACC tournament, which begins Tuesday in Washington, D.C. He previously was the head coach at Miami, Oklahoma State and, for one season, with the NBA's Washington Wizards. A major gospel music fan, Hamilton also has his own gospel music recording label.
In his “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” (https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/sports-legends) interview, the three-time ACC Coach of the Year opened up about Gastonia, segregation...
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- Talking Preps: The NCHSAA Regional Championship preview show
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- A complete recap of the NCHSAA regional semifinals and a look ahead to regional championship week at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem
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- Sights and sounds from North Meck’s memorable state quarterfinal win at Myers Park
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Led by Duke recruit and McDonald's All-American Isaiah Evans, North Mecklenburg beat national No. 4 Myers Park on the road Friday to advance to the N.C. 4A Final Four
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- Isaiah Evans, North Meck win at Myers Park, advance to regional final. Sights and sounds
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- 2 months ago
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- Friday's Myers Park-North Mecklenburg boys' basketball game sold out in literally seconds. Then a sold out crowd watching Duke recruit Isaiah Evans score 48 points to lift the Vikings to a win.
Story: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article286144206.html
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- North Meck’s Isaiah Evans had 48 points against Myers Park Friday #basketball #duke #acc #nchsaa
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- 2 months ago
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- Duke recruit and McDonald's All-American Isaiah Evans had 48 points to lead North Meck to a win at nationally ranked Myers Park Friday.
#NCHSAA #Duke #McDonaldsAllAmerican #McDaag #CMS #IsaiahEvans
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- Talking Preps: Previewing Round 3 of NCHSAA playoffs
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- 2 months ago
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- On the latest Talking Preps, we introduce the players of the week, reveals the finalists for Mr. and Ms. Basketball, the NC player of the year and preview this week's Round 3 and Round 4 of the NCHSAA state basketball playoffs.
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- Talking Preps: Previewing Round 3 and 4 of NCHSAA playoffs
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- 2 months ago
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- We preview Tuesday's third round of the NC High School Athletic Association playoffs and look ahead to Friday's state quarterfinals, plus players of the week, Mr.and Ms. Basketball finalists named
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- Mallard Creek’s Olivia Robertson: “This game was all about teamwork.”
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Mallard Creek center Olivia Robertson had 17 points, 8 blocks in an 80-45 win over Mount Tabor in the second round of the NCHSAA 4A playoffs Friday
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- Bobby Cremins
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- 2 months ago
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- The siren song of a bouncing basketball led Bobby Cremins all over the Carolinas.
Cremins crisscrossed both states during his hoops journey. He played basketball under Frank McGuire at the University of South Carolina in the late 1960s. He left for North Carolina to become the head coach at Appalachian State at age 27. At the end of his career, he would coach at the College of Charleston.
It was in between those two jobs where Cremins made his greatest mark nationally. Cremins coached Georgia Tech from 1981 to 2000 while earning multiple ACC championships, winning three ACC Coach of the Year honors and directing the Rambling Wreck all the way to the Final Four in 1990.
After 31 years as a college basketball head coach, Cremins now lives in Hilton Head, S.C., not far from the beach, with his wife, Carolyn. At age 76, he’s as charming as ever and surrounded by memorabilia from his career. His pickleball paddles are stowed by t...
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- Ardey Kell High’s Brett Freeman’s game-winner
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- 2 months ago
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- Ardrey Kell junior point guard Brett Freeman hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer in a 62-60 win over Southwest Guilford in the first round of the NCHSAA 4A playoffs
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- North Meck’s Isaiah Evans, a Duke recruit, receives his McDonald’s All-American jersey Tuesday
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- North Mecklenburg High School's Isaiah Evans received his McDonald's All-American jersey before Monday's NCHSAA 4A playoff game
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- North Carolina has a girls basketball problem.
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- At Hopewell High School near Charlotte, the Titans are on their third coach in four years and trying to fight some of the trends that are currently plaguing the girls basketball game in state
Observer investigation: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/high-school/article284923492.html#storylink=mainstage_card
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- Talking Preps: The NCHSAA state playoffs preview show
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- We break down the first round of the NCHSAA playoffs and highlight an idea that could make the NCISAA playoffs even better, plus players of the week and a major court storming discussion during Coach vs. Coach
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- Myers Park celebrates winning the SoMeck conference championship Friday
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Ardrey Kell girls upset Myers Park in SoMECK 4A tournament final
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Duke recruit Isaiah Evans leads his North Meck team to final: ‘Not a lot of teams want to see us’
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- McDonald's All-American and Duke recruit Isaiah Evans led his North Mecklenburg High basketball team to a conference tournament final Friday. He's not worried about who's next.
"Not a lot of teams want to see us."
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- Talking Preps: Should Charlotte replace conference tournaments with a city championship?
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- On the latest Talking Preps, we reveals the final 8 Mr. and Ms. Basketball finalists and discuss whether Charlotte should replace three conference tournaments with a city championship.
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- Mallard Creek’s Cameron Stinson wins a fourth straight state wrestling title
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Mallard Creek's Cameron Stinson wins his fourth state championship and finishes his career 205-0.
Video courtesy: Mallard Creek wrestling
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- Cannon School’s Austin Swartz made six 3-point shots in a state quarterfinal win over Cary Academy
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Cannon School's Austin Swartz, an ACC recruit to Miami Hurricanes, had 28 points to lead his Concord, NC, team to win over Cary Academy from the Raleigh-area
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- Charlotte Christian softball’s Anna Hinde, a Florida State recruit, is the top junior in America
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Charlotte Christian’s Anna Hinde has committed to NCAA power Florida State. She is the No. 1 ranked softball player in America in the class of 2025
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- Richard Petty
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Richard Petty is 86 years old now, and his seven NASCAR Cup championships and record 200 wins at the sport’s highest level came long ago. But Petty is still going strong in Level Cross (pop. 3694), which sits right in the middle of Charlotte and Raleigh. Petty lives a stone’s throw from the house where he was born, and that house sits right next to the Petty Museum that houses an incredible amount of his stuff.
Nicknamed “The King” and a member of the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Petty long ago developed a signature look that is all his own: cowboy hat, black sunglasses, oversized belt buckle and cowboy boots. He showed up wearing exactly that to our interview.
Honestly, I would have been a little disappointed if he didn’t.
This interview with Petty serves as the Season 3 kickoff for the “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” multimedia project. Petty and I sat inside his museum, on two high-back chai...
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- Providence High’s Jack Siegel led his team to a win over Garinger High in Charlotte, NC Tuesday
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Providence High's Jack Siegel has helped his team turn around its season after a 1-9 start.
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- Providence High’s Delanie Hill talks career high
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Providence High's Delanie Hill scored a career-high 33 points in a win over Garinger High School in Charlotte, NC, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024
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- Talking Preps: Are conference tournaments necessary, and what's bst way to pick postseason teams
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- On the latest Talking Preps, we highlight top players of the past week, this week's big games, discuss the best and wrong way to pick postseason all-star teams; plus are high school conference tournaments still necessary.
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