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The NBA for conservatives
David French of National Review Online loves professional basketball. His latest column helps explain why. It’s a common misconception that the song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”…
Charlotte Hornets
American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Re: Jerry Richardson selling the Panthers
Unless you’ve been in a coma for the last 24 hours, you’ve certainly heard that Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson plans to sell the team at the end of the…
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Publicly Financed Stadiums: Don’t Believe the Hype
Bidding groups from Charlotte and Raleigh are hoping to snag a new Major League Soccer franchise when the MLS expands. JLF’s Julie Tisdale compares the two bids here. But importantly,…
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Charlotte last in nation among major markets in Olympic viewing
So reports the Charlotte Observer, here: We’re No. 56 out of 56, according to Nielsen. In Salt Lake City, the nation’s No. 1 consumer of televised Olympics, an average of…
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BREAKING: NBA yanking All-Star game outta Charlotte
Charlotte Observer reports: The NBA announced late Thursday afternoon that it is moving the 2017 All-Star Weekend out of Charlotte, in reaction to concerns with the North Carolina law known…
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NBA D-League “Swarms” into Gboro
Greensboro’s new D-league team is branded—-the ‘Swarm.’ “It represented a different attitude,” said Seth Bennett, the Hornets’ senior vice president of marketing. “When we talked about competition and the fans…
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The latest Hornets draft failure: P.J. Hairston
Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer writes that: Barring a last-minute change of thinking, the Charlotte Hornets do not intend to exercise their contract option on shooting guard-small forward P.J.…
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The Greensboro Jordanaires
Hey why not, especially since Charlotte Hornets president and chief operating officer made it clear that Greensboro’s D-league team is unequivocally “not going back to Carolina Cougars” and there “won’t…
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Linsanity doesn’t extend to Charlotte
It seems that new Hornets guard Jeremy Lin had trouble convincing Hornets security staff that he was an actual NBA player, and more to the point, played for the Hornets.…
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The Hornets trade Lance Stephenson
For, well, about what you’d expect: A bad contract or two of about equal value. Here’s ESPN’s summary of Matt Barnes and Spencer Hawes, the two players the Hornets are…
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Gboro’s D-League proposal ‘interesting’
So says Greensboro native and Charlotte Hornets president and chief operating officer Fred Whitfield, who grew up on the old Carolina Courgars model: “As a kid in Greensboro,” Whitfield said,…
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Hornets to add D-league in the Carolinas
The key facts, per the Hornets’ press release: Hornets Sports & Entertainment announced today that the organization intends to launch its own NBA D-League team with the hope of beginning…