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There is a professional basketball team winning in Charlotte right now, and almost nobody is talking about it. The Charlotte Crown swept a weekend in Greensboro for their third straight win, and the inaugural UpShot League franchise sits second in the league and over .500. John…
John Speedway·Jul 21, 2026
George Dunlap, the District 3 member of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, was sworn in Monday as president of the National Association of Counties. The county says he is its first commissioner to hold the…
Jack Beckett·Jul 21, 2026
The Charlotte Knights out-hit Durham all weekend and still lost the series two games to one, stranding fourteen runners in a 3-2 finale loss Sunday. Rikuu Nishida and Dru Baker both went 3-for-4, but Charlotte could not…
John Speedway·Jul 20, 2026
Joey Logano led 323 of 450 laps and beat Denny Hamlin by 0.859 seconds to win the Window World 450, the first NASCAR Cup Series points race at North Wilkesboro…
Jack Beckett·Jul 20, 2026
The Charlotte Knights had beaten the Durham Bulls nine straight times this season. On Friday night in Durham, the tenth try, the Bulls broke through 8-2, and…
John Speedway·Jul 19, 2026
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sports·Jul 17, 2026
Grant Enfinger backed into a Lime Rock win and a playoff spot. At North Wilkesboro he defends it from a pack of…
culture·Jul 17, 2026
The Smithsonian's "¡Pleibol!" opens Saturday at the Charlotte Museum of History, in partnership with the Charlotte…
sports·Jul 17, 2026
Timothy "Mini" Tyrrell won his NASCAR ride on a reality show. His teammate Brenden Queen leads Rookie of the Year.…
culture·Jul 16, 2026
Crown Legacy FC closed its homestand with a 3-2 win over Chicago Fire FC II, three different scorers and two academy players notching career firsts. The MLS…
John Speedway·Jul 19, 2026
Charlotte FC signed French forward Allan Saint-Maximin, a former Premier League star and Coupe de France winner, to a three-year Designated Player contract…
John Speedway·Jul 19, 2026
Kaulig Racing brought five Ram trucks home between 21st and 29th at North Wilkesboro, in Ram's first NASCAR season after a 13-year absence. Brenden Queen led…
Jack Beckett·Jul 18, 2026
Chandler Smith led the final 105 laps of the FaithFest 250 for his ninth career Truck Series win at North Wilkesboro, beating his own Front Row Motorsports…
Jack Beckett·Jul 18, 2026
North Wilkesboro hosts its first Cup Series points race since 1996, and Denny Hamlin's shrinking lead lands at a short track no one has a modern read on. A…
Jack Beckett·Jul 17, 2026
"¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues," a bilingual Smithsonian exhibition on Latinos and baseball, opens…
government·Jul 16, 2026
The regional board that killed the I-77 South toll lanes in May will vote September 23 on bringing them back, under a…
government·Jul 15, 2026
The City Council's Safety Committee voted unanimously to send the full council a single 9 p.m. curfew for everyone under…