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Mystery surrounds Hornets as draft approaches

June 21, 2023 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Heading into Thursday night’s 2023 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets are hoping to make the right decisions that can help them bring a buzz to the 2023-24 campaign while finally snapping the league’s […]

Hornets fall short in home opener Pelicans

October 22, 2022 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Two nights after blowing out San Antonio in their NBA season opener, the Charlotte Hornets came back down to earth in Friday night’s home opener against New Orleans, losing 124-112 at Spectrum Center. […]

NBA free agency lucrative so far for NC players

July 6, 2022 Shawn Krest

A week after the NBA Draft, the league’s veterans step into the spotlight. The NBA’s silly season continues with the official opening of the free agent period. As usual, players with ties to North Carolina […]

Surging Hornets edge past Pelicans for 5th straight win

March 21, 2022 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — Despite trailing the Pelicans for much of Monday night, the Hornets closed out the game on a 19-8 run to pick up their fifth consecutive victory in a 106-103 win at Spectrum Center. […]

Duke sharpshooter JJ Redick retires after 15 NBA seasons

September 21, 2021 The Associated Press

J.J. Redick, the sharpshooter who was The Associated Press college player of the year at Duke before embarking on a 15-season NBA career, announced his retirement Tuesday. The 37-year-old Redick played with six NBA teams […]

Pelicans top Hornets to keep play-in hopes alive

May 10, 2021 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — The New Orleans Pelicans aren’t ready to concede a spot in the play-in tournament just yet. Eric Bledsoe had 24 points and 11 assists, Jaxson Hayes added 18 points and six blocks and […]

Judge sides with Zion Williamson against ex-marketing agent

January 20, 2021 The Associated Press

A federal judge in North Carolina has ruled in favor of New Orleans Pelicans player Zion Williamson in a case concerning a contract he terminated with a Florida-based marketing agent who is seeking $100 million […]

Let’s Ball: Brothers Lonzo, LaMelo set to face each other

January 8, 2021 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — LaMelo Ball grew up playing 3-on-3 games against his older brother Lonzo on a concrete court in the backyard of their parents’ home in Chino Hills, California. “Nobody took it easy on me […]

Zion ready to take NBA by storm in second year

December 3, 2020 The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson expects to unleash a version of himself that is healthier, more demonstrative and less restrained in his second NBA season with the New Orleans Pelicans. “Year 1 was a lot […]

NBA star Brandon Ingram gives Adidas sneakers to every hospital employee in Kinston

August 5, 2020 Shawn Krest

KINSTON — Brandon Ingram has not forgotten where he — quite literally — came from. “Brandon was born in this hospital, in 1997,” Robert Enders, the CEO of Kinston’s hospital, Lenoir UNC Health Care, said […]