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LaMelo Ball has won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year honors
By Chase Whitney June 16, 2021 Photo: Jacob Kupferman / AP It’s been a long time coming, but Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball has been named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year for the 2020-2021 season after averaging 15.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists...
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New Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame event will host Charlotte, Wake Forest, NC State, and East Carolina at Spectrum Center
By CLTure News June 3, 2021 The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the first-ever Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout to be held at Spectrum Center on Friday, December 17, 2021 with four games featuring regional college men’s basketball programs. The one-day quadruple-header...
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The forgotten history of Black baseball in Charlotte
By Michael Turner Webb June 1, 2021 Photo: Inez Moore Parker Archives Photo Collection at JCSU On June 20, 1890, The Wilmington Messenger reported on a game between their local Black baseball team, the Fowler Base Ball Club of Wilmington, against the Quicksteps of Charlotte....
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Crippled by injuries and lack of frontcourt depth to end the season, the Hornets have some big decisions ahead in the offseason
By Chase Whitney May 24, 2021 Photo: Nell Redmond / AP The dust has had time to settle in Charlotte, and the Hornets’ blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the play-in tournament is far enough in the rearview to where...
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Hornets stumble into first postseason game since 2016, earning nationally-televised play-in game against the Pacers
By Chase Whitney May 16, 2021 Photo: Nell Redmond / AP With Sunday afternoon’s season-ending loss to the Washington Wizards, the Charlotte Hornets finish the season in 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings and will match up against the Indiana Pacers on the road...
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Hornets will play in first postseason game since 2016, but it’s all uphill from here
By Chase Whitney May 12, 2021 (updated) Photo: Chris Carlson / AP There are but three games remaining in the 2020-2021 regular season for the Charlotte Hornets, and while their play-in tournament seed hasn’t been locked, fans have a general idea of where the team...
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LaMelo Ball is back, just in time for a playoff run and a shot to claim Rookie of the Year
By Chase Whitney May 3, 2021 Photo: Nell Redmond / AP The moment that Charlotte Hornets fans have been patiently waiting for since the dreadful night of March 20 is finally here; LaMelo Ball has returned to play, and Malik Monk came back right alongside...
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Charlotte Knights baseball returns to Uptown, here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming season
By John Bauman April 30, 2021 (updated) Dan Rajkowski, the Knights’ Chief Operating Officer, explained Wednesday at a Knights Media Day that the team last played on August 29, 2019. Over a year and a half later, the team will finally take the field again...
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What should the Carolina Panthers do with the No. 8 pick in the NFL Draft?
By Zach Goins April 19, 2021 Photo: Perry Knotts / AP As the end of April nears, NFL general managers and coaches around the league are entering scramble mode– watching as much tape as possible, conducting final interviews and making the last adjustments to their...
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A look at Miles Bridges’ best dunks so far in his NBA career
By Chase Whitney April 12, 2021 Photo: Nell Redmond / AP What Miles Bridges did to Clint Capela on Sunday afternoon against the Hawks should be considered a crime. A lawyer could present an argument that Bridges violated Capela’s right to personal space by leaping...
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