Charlotte 49ers Shoot Down #20 Louisville Cardinals

It looks like we may have another season of serious college basketball in the QC.  It’s still early in the season, but the 49ers look like a tournament contender out of the A-10.  A victory on the road over a Big East team, #20 Louisville, will certainly help their case if they’re on the bubble come [...]

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Matt Moore Makes This Game Worth Watching

1-10 Tampa travels to Charlotte to take on the 4-7, but even-worse-than-their-record and emotionally wounded, Carolina Panthers.  Not exactly the most compelling game of the weekend.  Trust me, there will be plenty of good seats to be had for tomorrow game.  Expect to see a lot of fans dressed as blue seats on TV tomorrow.  Admittedly, [...]

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Checking In on the Bobcats

Training camp started nearly a month ago, but it’s really hard to get excited about NBA training camp.  It just doesn’t have the same aura about it as NFL training camp or spring training.  Then, I realized today that the regular season kicks off Wednesday night in Boston.  All of a sudden, I’m  fired up [...]

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Stop the Presses

The Panthers have won a game!  Let’s just go ahead and get the downside out of the way.  The Panthers, after all, did beat one of the worst teams in the league, the lowly Redskins.  Furthermore, they barely beat them.  It took a big 4th quarter comeback, and the game was played in Charlotte!  I [...]

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Panthers-Redskins Thoughts

You knew it was going to be bad against Dallas two weeks ago when Matt Millen was the only ESPN commentator who predicted we would win.  Yeah, the Matt Millen who went 31-84 as GM of the Detroit Lions; the Matt Millen who was the architect of the record-setting 0-16 Lions; the Matt Millen who was [...]

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What Can $18 Million Buy?

In football, $18 million can buy a lot of good players.  More relevant to the Panthers, it could have bought the team a lot of depth this season.  $18 million, of course, is the amount that Julius Peppers’s one-year franchise contract counts against the salary cap.  It wasn’t entirely the team’s fault, but they were [...]

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Time to Put On Your Jerseys

Week 2 is a must-win for the Panthers in Atlanta.  The odds of making it to the playoffs after an 0-2 start just aren’t good.  I’m hoping a good number of fans make the trip to Atlanta to cheer on the team.  For the rest of us, the team needs our sentimental support.  Come on, [...]

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Panthers-Eagles Preview

Here are some keys to today’s game: Taking Care of the Ball:  The Eagles play a particularly aggressive style of defense.  They will blitz Jake Delhomme all day.  He’s going to go down at times.  Will he fumble when he is sacked?  Will he be rushed into throwing interceptions?  Or, can the line give him [...]

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Panthers Season Preview

The season is finally here, and I must admit that I’m fired up for it.  I like to think that I’m realistic about the Panthers chances, but I’m still excited to see them play.  Plus, there is the pure naivety that accompanies the beginning of any season.  You know, the kind that tells you to [...]

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Football is in the Air

The Carolina Panthers reported to training camp today.  Practice begins tomorrow, and the first preseason game is only about two weeks away.  I am stoked.  Until (if) we get a MLB team, the start of training camp means even more for Charlotte.  Pro sports are back.  Time for those trips to Spartanburg to catch some football [...]

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The QC and the Draft

The interesting thing about this draft is that no one really seems to know for sure what’s going to happen after the Clippers select Blake Griffin with the first pick, and there is definite confusion from pick 3 down (most people have Hasheem Thabeet going second).  It should be a suspenseful draft to watch and [...]

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It’s Lottery Night

The NBA Draft Lottery is tonight at 8:30 on ESPN, just before the Lakers and Nuggets tip off the the Western Conference Finals.  If you’re one out of those five rabid Bobcats fans that can no longer watch the NBA after the home team is eliminated, tonight may give you an excuse to turn the [...]

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It’s Race Week in Charlotte

Race week kicks off tonight with the 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at 7PM at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.  The race will be broadcast on Speed network, and Jimmie Johnson won the pole for the race.  The cool thing about this race is that, unlike the all-star events in other sports, it is taken [...]

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Charlotte UltraSwim Info

The 25th anniversary Charlotte UltraSwim takes place this week from May 14-17 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.  95% of Charlotte likely had no idea this event existed the previous 24 years (I didn’t know about it until the event destroyed my parking plans for a week downtown near the courthouse two summers ago), but Michael [...]

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Bobs Take Care of Lakers, Travel to Boston Tonight

Awesome victory last night for the Bobcats.  That’s about as loud and fired up of a crowd I’ve seen for a NBA game in Charlotte since the Hornets glory days.  They were treated to an impressive victory.  Here are some observations. Game stories:  Charlotte Observer, ESPN/AP. Kobe had an awful game last night.  He’s really not [...]

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The Brutality Starts Tonight for the Bobcats

The Bobs begin a tough back-to-back tonight at home against the Lakers.  They play the Celtics in Boston tomorrow night.  That’s about as brutal of a two-game stretch as you can have in the NBA.  An early April Fools present for the Bobs from the NBA.  The Bulls play in Indiana tonight.  The Pistons are [...]

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Late Night with Davidson

Like I have previously said, I don’t know any St. Mary’s fans or know much about them myself.  I only know that they play Davidson tonight at 11:30 on ESPN2.  So, there is no elaborate preview this week.  Instead, I’ll just answer my own questions: Am I excited about seeing Patty Mills tonight?  Yes.  I [...]

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Davidson in NIT Tonight

I wasn’t going to write much about Davidson in the NIT.  Let me first acknowledge that it’s very impressive that Davidson has played in the postseason now for five straight seasons.  To appreciate that, you have to understand the obstacles Davidson faces because it plays in a mid-major conference.  There were only four at-large bids given this year [...]

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Bobs Travel to the Tundra

Well, Minnesota is the closest thing to a tundra that the NBA has.  I don’t care if this is the second game in a back-to-back or that it’s a long trip, the Bobs need to win this one.  No excuses.  D up, focus, and get some goods shot on the offensive end and we should [...]

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Bobs Look for Revenge Tonight

The Bobcats host the Rockets tonight at the Cable Box.  The previous meeting between these two teams was ugly.  The Rockets embarrassed us 99-78.  Some thoughts on tonight’s game: The Rockets just seem to be a tough match-up for us.  They’re so big and long.  They have a huge front court in Yao Ming, Luis [...]

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