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The Charlotte Knights beat the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 16-1 on Thursday night at VyStar Ballpark, taking the six-game series lead at 2-1. Charlotte racked up 14 hits across three multi-run innings,
Jack Beckett·May 9, 2026
The Knights took the road-trip opener at VyStar 5-3 on Tuesday behind Shane Murphy and a Triple-A debut from Braden Montgomery. Wednesday afternoon, what looked like a three-run walk-off home run for
Jack Beckett·May 7, 2026
Carson Hocevar won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday in the Spire Motorsports No. 77, edging teammate Daniel Suárez by 0.003 seconds. It is the second pole of Hocevar's career, the second S
The NASCAR Guy·May 3, 2026
A series win over Nashville. A slow start against Gwinnett. And then Saturday night, when the Knights hit seven home runs in front of the home folks and the visiting bullpen sent three position player
John Speedway·May 3, 2026
The CW is running its Cup-driver guest-analyst rotation again for six O'Reilly Series races, and Denny Hamlin opens it at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Five more Cup drivers — Zilisch, Chastain, Allmendin
John Speedway·May 1, 2026
Both ARCA Menards Series regional tours run on Saturday May 2: the Cook Out Music City 150 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway at 9 p.m. ET, the Bill Schmitt 173 at Shasta Speedway at 11:30 p.m. ET. Bot
John Speedway·May 1, 2026
Corey Day won Talladega last Saturday by leading exactly one lap — the last one — for Hendrick Motorsports. Six days later, the same Concord-Mooresville pipeline runs at Texas, with Kyle Larson in the
John Speedway·Apr 30, 2026
Sam Surridge entered for the second half on Saturday at GEODIS Park, scored twice, and walked off tied for the MLS lead in goals. Charlotte FC conceded four for the second straight road match, complet
Jack Beckett·Apr 27, 2026
Charlotte closed the AHL regular season with a 4-for-8 power-play clinic and opened the Calder Cup First Round 8-1 over Springfield. One more win on Friday and the Checkers advance.
Jack Beckett·Apr 23, 2026
Charlotte FC out-shot Orlando City 15-11 and held more of the ball at Inter&Co Stadium. Orlando put six shots on target and scored four of them. Final 4-1, with Martín Ojeda getting a brace and substi
Jack Beckett·Apr 23, 2026
Six scoreless innings from Duncan Davitt and Ben Peoples. Five runs in the next two. Nashville 5, Charlotte 1 in the homestand opener.
Jack Beckett·Apr 22, 2026
An 89th-minute header from Aby Baisden locked in Ascent's second consecutive playoff spot and extended the team's unbeaten run to eight matches.
Jack Beckett·Apr 20, 2026
Carlos Pérez drove in four. Aaron McGarity picked up the win. Charlotte hung a six-spot on Jacksonville in the fifth inning at 121 Financial Ballpark and closed a six-game road trip with two straight
John Speedway·Apr 20, 2026
Tyler Reddick has won five of the six races Michael Jordan has attended this season. The one Jordan missed was the one Reddick lost. The numbers, not the narrative, tell the story.
John Speedway·Apr 20, 2026
Yaniv Perets's 39 saves gave him his first professional shutout, in his eighth AHL game. Charlotte's third-place Atlantic slot is locked either way.
Jack Beckett·Apr 19, 2026
Kristijan Kahlina made seven saves, Idan Toklomati broke the deadlock, and Kerwin Vargas came off the bench to finish it. Five months after New York City FC ended their 2025 season, Charlotte won 2-1
Jack Beckett·Apr 19, 2026
The Orlando Magic outscored Charlotte 38-16 in the first quarter and led 68-37 at halftime — the largest halftime margin in the six-year history of the Play-In Tournament. The final was 121-90. Charlo
Jack Beckett·Apr 18, 2026
Rockstar Energy announced its first-ever NASCAR Cup Series sponsorship, partnering with Tyler Reddick and Charlotte-based 23XI Racing. The deal puts the yellow star on the No. 45 Toyota starting at Ta
John Speedway·Apr 16, 2026
Charlotte tied Jacksonville twice on Wednesday night. Both times, the Jumbo Shrimp pulled ahead again. The go-ahead run scored on a dropped fly ball — off the glove of the player who five days earlier
Jack Beckett·Apr 16, 2026
Charlotte FC rested nearly every regular starter, played Wednesday night at a 3,684-seat complex in Matthews, and still put six goals past Charlotte Independence in the first official competitive matc
Jack Beckett·Apr 16, 2026
Saturday night, Byron runs the No. 88 for JR Motorsports. Sunday afternoon, he's in the No. 24 for Hendrick Motorsports. Same Kansas weekend, same Charlotte story — thirty miles on either end of I-77.
John Speedway·Apr 16, 2026
LaMelo Ball scored 30 points with 10 assists and hit the go-ahead layup with 4.7 seconds left in overtime. Miles Bridges blocked Davion Mitchell at the buzzer as Charlotte beat Miami 127-126 in the So
Jack Beckett·Apr 15, 2026
Jacksonville shut out the Charlotte Knights 3-0 on Tuesday at VyStar Ballpark. Two home runs in the sixth inning were the only scoring in a game where Charlotte managed three hits and struck out 13 ti
Jack Beckett·Apr 15, 2026
Charlotte hosts Miami in a single-elimination play-in game Tuesday at 7:30 PM. The Hornets finished 44-38 after starting 4-14. The Heat won the season series 3-1. One game from the franchise's first p
Jack Beckett·Apr 13, 2026
Sandis Vilmanis set a franchise record with four goals as the Checkers routed Hershey 6-1. Charlotte is 12-3-1 since March 1 and locked into the Calder Cup Playoffs for the eighth consecutive season.
Jack Beckett·Apr 13, 2026
The Knights erupted for seven runs in the third inning — highlighted by homers from Pereira and Kelenic — to crush Memphis 13-4 and split the six-game homestand. Charlotte opens at Jacksonville on Tue
Jack Beckett·Apr 13, 2026
The Hornets closed the regular season with a 110-96 win over the Knicks, finishing 44-38 and clinching home-court advantage in the play-in tournament. Charlotte hosts Miami on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
Jack Beckett·Apr 13, 2026
Charlotte's five-game winning streak ends as Hershey's Bogdan Trineyev and Louie Belpedio score in the first two periods. Mikulas Hovorka's third-period goal wasn't enough in a 2-1 loss at Bojangles C
Jack Beckett·Apr 12, 2026
Nashville SC rested seven starters for Champions Cup and still beat Charlotte FC 2-1 at Bank of America Stadium. Eddi Tagseth and Patrick Yazbek scored for Nashville; Archie Goodwin's 90th-minute pena
Jack Beckett·Apr 12, 2026
Tanner McDougal struck out eight in six innings, but home runs from Bligh Madris and Joshua Báez powered Memphis to a 6-4 win in Game 5 at Truist Field. The Redbirds lead the series 3-2 heading into S
Jack Beckett·Apr 12, 2026
