Search for "charlotte hornets"

NBA Free Agency 2016: Winners and Losers

July 24, 2016 admin

An unprecedented amount of money was up for grabs in the NBA’s annual silly season. Here’s who won and lost the offseason.Championships aren’t won in July, but the foundations of those title contenders are built […]

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 […]

2024 NSJ Newcomer of the Year

January 17, 2025 Shawn Krest

It was the perfect storm. Sports betting became legal in North Carolina on March 11, the day before March Madness began with the tipoff of the ACC Tournament. Yes, Roy Cooper placed the state’s first […]

Sports betting’s economic impact

March 13, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

On Monday, sports betting became legal in North Carolina with NC House Bill 347 going into effect. It comes just in time for the start of the men’s ACC basketball tournament and the NCAA tournaments. […]

2024 Look Ahead — Bold Predictions: Deep postseason runs, rumored relocation, return to Rockingham and realignment fears

January 3, 2024 North State Journal Staff

The North State Journal’s sports staff of editor Cory Lavalette and writers Jesse Deal, Ryan Henkel and Shawn Krest isn’t afraid to be fearless in 2024. In our annual exercise, each member of the staff […]

College Basketball Roundup: No. 14 Kentucky holds off No. 9 UNC

December 17, 2023 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Kentucky seemed to make all the big plays down the stretch. Even then, UNC still had a chance to pull out the victory. But the Tar Heels threw it away. Rob Dillingham scored […]

College Basketball Roundup: No. 3 Kansas holds off NC State

November 24, 2022 The Associated Press

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Bill Self couldn’t wait to get started Wednesday at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Neither could hot-shooting Kansas rookie Gradey Dick. Dick scored a season-high 25 points to help the third-ranked Jayhawks […]

Duke, Wake Forest lead way on busy draft night

June 29, 2022 Shawn Krest

There was no barbeque or beach music in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, but the NBA Draft had a North Carolina feel last week. Six players with connections to the Old North State were taken in the […]

Greensboro Grasshoppers bring family fun to Gate City

May 18, 2022 Brett Friedlander

GREENSBORO — A statue honoring a Baseball Hall of Famer stands proudly outside Greensboro’s First National Bank Field. But the likeness isn’t that of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Johnny Mize or any of the other […]

‘Small gym,’ big rivalry between NC State, UNC women’s teams

January 12, 2022 Brett Friedlander

The firestorm started with a throwaway line. Or was it a backhanded compliment, intentionally designed to throw shade at a rival? Only Courtney Banghart knows for sure. Either way, there’s no question that the North […]

Search Results for charlotte hornets