The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library FoundationĀ is pleased to announce a generous investment of $10 million toĀ The CommonSpark campaignĀ from both The Tepper Foundation and the David and Nicole Tepper Foundation. The Teppers are the owners of the Carolina PanthersĀ and Charlotte Football Club.…
Carolina Castaway Eli Apple Gets a Super Bowl Chance in Cincinnati
In a classic case of “Those that you think will, won’t and those that you think won’t will,” Bengals’ DB Eli Apple, after being released by the Carolina Panthers two seasons ago, will play in Super Bowl LVI. Cool story…
Carolina Panthers and CMS Athletics Announce Pilot Girls High School Flag Football League
In celebration of National Girls & Women in Sports Day, the Carolina Panthers, in partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Athletics, announced the launch of a pilot Girls High School Flag Football League. The intramural/club-level program is designed to provide high school…
Steve Smith Foundation Announces Partnership to Open First of Its Kind Behavioral Health Urgent Care Facility
The Smith Family Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC), a first-of-its-kind facility in Mecklenburg County, is in development and should open in early 2023 in east Charlotte. Mecklenburg County government, the Steve Smith Family Foundation, Alliance Health, Daymark Recovery Services and…
Terence’s Rundown: Championship Week NFL Wrap Up
The Superbowl matchup is set. Congrats to the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams for being the last two squads standing. Both these teams had to overcome some adversity on Championship Sunday to make it down to the final…
Should the NFL Change Its Overtime Rule After Bills/Chiefs Game for the Ages
Despite witnessing the best divisional round of playoff games in the history of football, the ending couldn’t have been more dissatisfying – leaving a sour taste in the mouths of every football player and fan known to man. Why? Due…
Terence’s Rundown: Divisional Weekend Wrap-Up
We may have witnessed the best weekend of playoff football…ever. The first three games came down to game-winning field goal as time expired, and Bills versus Chiefs was a different level of Insanity. In the last two minutes of regulation…
Panthers Twitter Reacts to Team Hiring Ben McAdoo as New Offensive Coordinator
Matt Rhule decided to move on from Joe Brady during the Panthers’ bye week last year and since the end of the season he’s been on the hunt for a new offensive coordinator. Friday, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported that…
Terence’s Rundown: NFL Wildcard Weekend
Super Wild Card Weekend is in the books and itās on to the divisional round in the NFL. We saw teams that were true contenders rise and a few pretenders get beat down. The game of the weekend was easily…
Lather, Rinse, Repeat: Brian Flores Is Going to Need Help if His Lawsuit Against the NFL is Going to Really Bring Change
When it comes to diversity in coaching, nothing will change in the NFL because nothing will change in the NFL. Teams will go through the formality of the Rooney Rule and bring in a high-profile black candidate to interview for…