NBA

Hornets’ Diabate wins Hustle Award, Knueppel misses rookie honor

May 11, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets came away from NBA awards season with both a leaguewide honor and a near miss. Last week, Hornets center Moussa Diabate was named the winner of the 2025-26 NBA Hustle […]

Hornets’ revival season ends in Orlando blowout

May 2, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Hornets’ most exciting season in years came to a crushing halt in Orlando. The 121-90 play-in tournament blowout at the hands of the Magic was as lopsided as the score suggests, […]

Hornets remain in thick of playoff race entering final games

April 11, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — In a remarkable turnaround, the Charlotte Hornets’ late-season surge has flipped what once appeared to be a lost year into one of the NBA’s most improbable playoff pushes. As winners of four straight […]

Paul announces NBA retirement after 21 seasons

February 21, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Future NBA Hall of Famer Chris Paul revealed last week that he has decided to step away from basketball after a 21-season career that helped define the modern point guard. A 12-time All-Star […]

Hornets storm back to win seventh straight game

February 21, 2026 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Turning around the outlook of their season, the Charlotte Hornets are riding a seven-game winning streak for the first time since 2016. At 23-28 overall, Charlotte has gone 8-2 over its last 10 […]

Charlotte Hornets still searching for rhythm amid injuries

December 29, 2025 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Nearly two months into the 2025-26 season, the Charlotte Hornets are still struggling to find consistency as the team navigates a sustained rough stretch marked by injuries and flashes of promise from its […]

Williams rejoins Charlotte after rescinded trade

March 14, 2025 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — After one of the strangest NBA trade debacles in recent memory, third-year starting center Mark Williams is back with the Charlotte Hornets as the team looks to wrap up the final third of […]

Curry takes home MVP at NBA All-Star Weekend

February 21, 2025 Ryan Henkel

The NBA All-Star Game took place this past weekend at Chase Center in San Francisco under a brand new format. The NBA has been trying to figure out a way to get players invested in […]

Hornets trudge forward after Mark Williams trade rescinded

February 14, 2025 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Jeff Peterson might have entered this past weekend feeling optimistic about the bold moves his team made at the tail end of the NBA’s trade deadline on Thursday, but the joy didn’t last […]

UpShot League set to bring women’s basketball back to NC

February 7, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

Professional women’s basketball will return to North Carolina in a little over a year. Zawyer Sports & Entertainment, the sports managing group that owns the Gastonia Ghost Peppers, the Charlotte Checkers and the newly formed […]