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Welcome to SZN Opener, the dynamic podcast series that celebrates Black college athletes, exploring their triumphs, challenges and aspirations along their sports journeys. In this episode of SZN Opener, host and noted sports analyst Monica McNutt welcomes Ceyair Wright to the studio. Wright is a rising senior at the University of Southern California who is […]

It may be another lost season for the Charlotte Hornets, but a bright spot, outside of the star Brandon Miller is destined to become, has been fellow first-round pick, Nick Smith Jr, who has made the most of his opportunities, and currently leads all rookies in three-point shooting percentage. Smith was taken out of Arkansas late in the first round last June after injuries derailed his NBA Draft stock, which at one point projected him to be a top-5 draft selection. 

  ESPN and NBA Reveal 2024 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Rosters and Coverage Details Mark your calendars for Friday, February 16th at 7:00 PM ET as ESPN and the NBA present the 2024 Ruffles® NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. The event features a diverse cast of celebrities from […]

The Carolina Panthers head coaching vacancy wasn’t exactly seen as the most attractive in the league. Owner David Tepper was the main reason that most national folks pointed to this as the worst job in the league this offseason after reports during the season of his tampering within the organization. Those reports didn’t deter the […]

If there’s one thing that angers Matt Barnes, it’s disrespecting his sons. The former NBA player has twin boys, Carter and Isaiah, and went full sports dad mode at a recent basketball game, where the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines took on his Crespi Carmelite Celts. He was upset at a call one of the referees made and […]

The Charlotte Hornets dropped their eighth straight contest Monday, falling 124-118 to the Los Angeles Lakers at Spectrum Center. Miles Bridges scored a career-high 41 points, tying Gerald Henderson for tenth most points all time in Hornets history with his final bucket. Brandon Miller became the first Hornets rookie to have back-to-back 30 point games […]

Last week, the Panthers introduced the city of Charlotte to both its new HC Dave Canales as well as the new President of Football Ops and GM Dan Morgan. The latter is already very familiar to the Queen City having played LB for the team from 2001-2007. The new GM of the Panthers joined Kyle […]

An Adam Vinatieri 41-yard field goal was all that stood in the way of the Carolina Panthers having a chance to go to overtime and win their first Super Bowl just eight years into their existence as a franchise. Now, 20 years later, the run is what people remember more than the heartbreak they felt […]

Brandon Miller poured in a career-high 35 points for the Charlotte Hornets, but they couldn’t hold down the most efficient offense in the NBA, falling 115-98 to the Indiana Pacers. For reference, the 35 from Miller was more than LaMelo Ball had in his rookie season, almost three years to the day of that total […]

The Panthers introduced new head coach Dave Canales and general manager Dan Morgan on Thursday morning at Bank of America Stadium. In front of former and current players as well as a group of media eager to cover a winner again, the pair officially began their journeys together to bring the franchise back to relevance. […]

Dave Canales’ hired four members to his first staff as a head coach on Tuesday afternoon. Tampa Bay assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin will follow Canales over in the same role and Joe Gilbert will do the same and take over as the team’s offensive line coach. Meanwhile, the team will also bring […]

The new era of Carolina Panthers football is here with the hire of Dave Canales being finalized last week. Since David Tepper bought the team, this is his third hire in under a decade, as he's struggled to establish the winning organization he promised when he bought the team. A couple of people who know all about what it takes to win in the NFL, and experienced winning in Carolina, are Ron Rivera, and Greg Olsen. Rivera, the former coach of the Panthers, helped the team win three straight division titles and appeared in Super Bowl 50. Olsen, a favorite target of Cam Newton, was on that Super Bowl team and knows what it's like to be a part of a winning locker room. Both guys took time today to join the Wes & Walker Show earlier on WFNZ.