“Let’s state the importance of the Carolina Panthers’ next game – against Tampa Bay on “Monday Night Football” – very simply.
First of all, it’s the most significant regular-season home game the Panthers have ever played. And if they don’t win it, they’re not going to win the NFC South.”
Read more by Scott Fowler at the [...]
Sunday, November 16th, the Carolina Panthers defeated the Detroit Lions 31-22. This win improved the Panthers record to 8-2, their best start since the team went to the Superbowl in 2003. Thousands of fans arrived early to tailgate, eat, and get pumped up for the game. This pregame parties included drinks, cornhole, live deejays, grilling, [...]
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Today marked an historic moment for the city of Charlotte and its public research university: college football is officially on the way. At the November 13th meeting of the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees, the years of waiting and relentless work [...]
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11:05am- Right now the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees are reviewing the marketing plan for the football program at UNCC. This is the final vote to bring football to the university and if the Board of Trustees give it a go, football is officially alive at UNC Charlotte. This is a pretty [...]
In 1791, George Washington called Charlotte, N.C., a “trifling place.” In 1941 an author scoffed that the city had as much use for high-rises “as a hog has for a morning coat.” By 1991, Charlotte was still a minor-league city without major-league sports, a cultural wasteland with a central business district that died every weekday [...]
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At the close of business Friday, a little more than 30 hours after the announcement by Chancellor DuBois that he supported football at UNC Charlotte, the Athletic Department had collected requests for 823 seat licenses. This would be about 16.5% of DuBois’ initial benchmark of 5,000 ($1k each for $5 million), which [...]
On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 6:30pm, University of North Carolina at Charlotte students who are interested in bringing football to UNC Charlotte will rally at the Belk Tower located on Charlotte’s campus and march to Chancellor Dubois’ house and present a make shift field goal as a sign of their desire to bring football [...]
“Dozens of Olympic athletes who either grew up, went to college or now live in the area will compete in Beijing.”
Read more about our local Olympic representation by Scott Fowler at the Observer. The Olympics begin this Friday.
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dates: Thursday, May 22 - Saturday, May 24time: 11 am through Midnight
Food Lion will be hosting the fourteenth annual Speed Street uptown, starting on Thursday, May 22. This event is put on to promote Charlotte and its surrounding communities, in addition to celebrating NASCAR as a part of Charlotte’s heritage. It’s always held [...]
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