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College sports 'fraternity' jumping in to help athletes from schools impacted by Hurricane Helene

Oct. 04, 2024 12:43 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — UNC Asheville soccer player Xander Naguib and his teammates are preparing to spend the next several weeks — or perhaps months — at the state's sister school in Charlotte, where they will be housed, fed and be able to continue playing sports. Given what...

Karol Swiderski scores 2 goals to help Charlotte clinch a playoff spot with a victory over the Fire

Oct. 02, 2024 22:08 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Karol Swiderski had two goals and an assist, and Charlotte clinched a playoff spot with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night. Charlotte (12-11-9) has beaten Chicago (7-17-9) in five straight matches. It marked the first time...

Michael Jordan's 23XI and a 2nd team sue NASCAR over revenue sharing model

Oct. 02, 2024 11:22 AM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two NASCAR teams — one of them owned by Michael Jordan — filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France on Wednesday, claiming the new charter system limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the series, its tracks and its...

Josh Heupel's Vols have stingy D to complement that dazzling offense

Sep. 30, 2024 13:35 PM EDT

Josh Heupel made his coaching reputation as a guru running offenses so fast that defenders were left gasping for air, unable to substitute fresh players. Through three seasons, that was enough to get Tennessee back in the AP Top 25 rankings. Now his Volunteers are...

Donald Trump suggests 'one rough hour' of policing will end theft

Sep. 30, 2024 12:04 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump has suggested that “one rough hour” of law enforcement action would tamp down retail theft, an echo of his longstanding support for more aggressive and potentially violent policing. “One rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word...

Wilson scores in final minute to lift Charlotte past Rice 21-20 in AAC contest

Sep. 28, 2024 23:28 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Hahsaun Wilson scored on a 1-yard run with 47 seconds left to lift Charlotte to a 21-20 win over Rice on Saturday in the 49ers American Athletic Conference opener. Deshawn Purdie threw a pair of long touchdown passes to O'Mega Blake in the third quarter to put...

A misspelled memorial to the Brontë sisters gets its dots back at last

Sep. 26, 2024 23:00 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back. More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the...

Harris makes scandal-plagued Republican the star of her campaign to win North Carolina

Sep. 26, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's an unlikely star in Kamala Harris ' push to win North Carolina: Mark Robinson. The state's embattled Republican candidate for governor, Robinson is featured in conversations this week with Harris volunteers and voters on the phone and at their...

Patrick Agyemang, Kristijan Kahlina spark Charlotte to 4-0 victory over Revolution

Sep. 21, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Patrick Agyemang had a goal and two assists in the second half to help Charlotte FC pull away for a 4-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday. Kristijan Kahlina finished with four saves on the way to his 10th clean sheet of the season for...

Kurtis Rourke, Ty Son Lawton combine for 4 TDs to help unbeaten Indiana rout Charlotte 52-14

Sep. 21, 2024 15:53 PM EDT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kurtis Rourke and Ty Son Lawton just keep the Indiana Hoosiers offense chugging along. They did it again Saturday. Rourke threw one touchdown pass, ran for another and Lawton scored twice as the Indiana Hoosiers routed the Charlotte 49ers...