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Nate Smith scored three goals, the first hat trick of his pro career, and Cooper Black made 30 saves as the Checkers opened the season with a 5-2 win at Hershey.
Jack Beckett·Oct 3, 2026
The 1-2 Panthers host Detroit at 8:20 p.m. Sunday on NBC. Carolina leads the NFL in passing yards per game and Detroit has allowed the most. On the ground it runs the other way. Legette and Lewis are out.
Jack Beckett·Oct 3, 2026
The Charlotte Checkers won 44 games last season and were out of the playoffs in three. They open Saturday at Hershey with the same coach, a new top scorer to find and 11 players who cleared NHL waivers this week.
Jack Beckett·Oct 2, 2026
Dates, start times, arenas and results for all 72 games on the Charlotte Checkers' 2026-27 schedule, including 36 home dates at Bojangles Coliseum.
Jack Beckett·Oct 2, 2026
The Panthers placed cornerbacks Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson on injured reserve four days before Sunday night's game against Detroit, leaving three cornerbacks…
Jack Beckett·Oct 1, 2026
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Panthers long snapper J.J. Jansen has played 280 straight games, all for Carolina. Three more would pass Jim Marshall for the third-longest streak in NFL…
Jack Beckett·Oct 1, 2026
A week after firing Crystal Hill, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted 6-2 to create a four-member search committee. The two no votes said the board…
Jack Beckett·Sep 30, 2026
RFK Racing says the 2012 Cup champion will leave the No. 6 after this season and step away as head of competition. What happens to his ownership stake is still…
John Speedway·Sep 30, 2026
Carolina led 18-13 when Akayleb Evans intercepted Deshaun Watson in the end zone with 2:36 left. A roughing-the-passer penalty wiped it out, and Cleveland…
Jack Beckett·Sep 29, 2026
Kyle Larson swept both stages, led 235 of 267 laps and passed Chase Briscoe with seven laps left to win the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. He came in…
John Speedway·Sep 29, 2026
Charlotte made the two Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church cemeteries historic landmarks Monday. Researchers told council that more than 500 enslaved people are…
Jack Beckett·Sep 29, 2026
Before voters decide on a $125 million housing bond in November, city staff laid out how the money would be split, with new goals for homes near transit and in…
Jack Beckett·Sep 29, 2026
Council voted on four annexations Monday under a policy adopted in 2003. Staff said the city has never used annexation to ask for affordable housing, and its…
Jack Beckett·Sep 29, 2026
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Government·Sep 29, 2026
Charlotte made the vacant office tower at 301 S. Tryon a historic landmark, which lets its owners defer half the…
Government·Sep 29, 2026
Starting Nov. 1, Charlotte residents under 18 must be off the streets by 10 p.m., with exceptions, under a pilot that…
Around Town·Sep 28, 2026
Charlotte BookPalooza fills Truist Field on Saturday, Oct. 10, with 86 indie authors, local booksellers and a day of…
Around Town·Sep 28, 2026
FabFest, Charlotte's Beatles festival, returns Oct. 2 and 3: a ticketed tribute concert Friday night at the Knight…
Sports·Sep 27, 2026
Kaden Honeycutt led 111 of 134 laps at Kansas Speedway and turned a three-point deficit into a 37-point lead in the…
Sports·Sep 27, 2026
Chicago's only goal came off a corner in the 58th minute, ending Charlotte FC's eight-match unbeaten run and making it…
