Crown Legacy FC, Charlotte FC's MLS NEXT Pro development side, sits second in the Eastern Conference at 8-2-6 and has already sent four players up to the First Team. It is the clearest sign yet that the club's academy-to-pro pipeline is working.
Jack Beckett·Jul 11, 2026
For the first time in club history, Charlotte FC will have players in the MLS All-Star Game: Tim Ream, Pep Biel, and Ashley Westwood. Head coach Dean Smith will coach the MLS All-Stars against Liga MX at Bank of America…
Jack Beckett·Jul 11, 2026
Charlotte's new transit authority gave its interim CEO expanded authority to sign technology contracts without case-by-case board approval, racing a Jan. 1 deadline to separate CATS from the city's systems. The vote…
Jack Beckett·Jul 11, 2026
Charlotte trailed 11-5 heading to the bottom of the ninth, then scored four and put the potential winning run at the plate with two outs before a deep fly ball…
John Speedway·Jul 11, 2026
Denny Hamlin leads the Cup Series by 44 points with seven races left, but Sunday night the Quaker State 400 visits EchoPark Speedway, a drafting track where he…
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
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sports·Jul 8, 2026
A big-league bat came to Truist Field on Tuesday night: Munetaka Murakami made his Charlotte Knights debut on a rehab…
sports·Jul 6, 2026
Brandon Jones started 29th at Chicagoland, led 12 of 201 laps, and won the Cuervo 300 in overtime, the NASCAR O'Reilly…
sports·Jul 6, 2026
William Byron swept both stages at Chicagoland and led 94 laps, more than anyone else on the grid. He finished fourth.…
sports·Jul 3, 2026
Austin Hill has five wins at Atlanta, tied with Kevin Harvick for the most in NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series history. On Saturday, in his home state, he can…
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
The Craftsman Truck Series runs its final road course of the year Saturday at Lime Rock Park, a Connecticut track a 1959 court order still bars from racing on…
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
A committee of Charlotte's new transit authority voted 5-4 against recommending a West Craighead station for the Red Line, siding with staff who warned an extra…
Jack Beckett·Jul 10, 2026
Riley Unroe joined the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday, played shortstop that night, and hit two home runs from right field on Thursday in a 9-2 win over…
John Speedway·Jul 10, 2026
Munetaka Murakami doubled home a run in his second rehab game with the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday night, a 6-3 loss to Nashville that evened the series. Two…
John Speedway·Jul 9, 2026
Mecklenburg County will turn a long-vacant building on LaSalle Street, the former home of Project Lift, into a west side workforce hub run by the Urban League…
Jack Beckett·Jul 8, 2026
NASCAR's Cup Series returns to Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday for the first time since 2019, a 2,562-day gap. The eero…
government·Jul 2, 2026
Robert "Rob" Harrington took the oath of office Wednesday morning as Charlotte's mayor, ending the succession that began…
culture·Jul 1, 2026
Fifty thousand secondhand books, almost none over eight dollars, and a trade that keeps them moving reader to reader.…