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Panthers owner pitches new stadium
In an interview with the Charlotte Observer’s Rick Bonnell, Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper makes his initial pitch for a new retractable roof stadium to replace Bank of America Stadium.…
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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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Hornets using “dynamic pricing”
Back in the day, I worked at the Camelot Music store on Independence Boulevard for a year. And yes, we sold tickets, including Charlotte Hornets tickets. One thing I quickly…
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Flawed basketball player of the moment
The Bobcat’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who has no shooting range. Or as the Charlotte Observer’s Rick Bonnell put it, while writing on yesterday night’s Bobcats’ collapse: I thought Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was…
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Of the Bobcats and the draft
The UPoR has a significant piece today on the Charlotte Bobcats draft prospects this year. Recall that current thinking in the NBA is that worst thing for a team to…
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Bobcats to play some games in Raleigh or Chapel Hill?
NBA rules allow a team to play two home games away from its home arena. Rick Bonnell reports that the Bobcats are considering doing just that, with two games a…
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Who is Mike Dunlap?
Michael Jordan and the Bobcats, accustomed to doing the wrong thing, do so again, this time by hiring someone as obscure as Mike Dunlap to be their head coach. As…
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Charlotte Hornets redeux?
News that new New Orleans Hornets Tom Benson owner wants to change the team’s name to something besides Hornets has stirred speculation that the Charlotte Bobcats might become the Charlotte…
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Uptown NBA Scribe Lampooned
Seems the troublemakers as Deadspin got as big a chuckle out of Rick Bonnell’s breathless account — They picked the wrong guy to victimize — of the break-in at Stephen…
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In Search of Facts on MJ's Bobcat Purchase
As I suspected would be the case, NBA commish David Stern moved to slap down reports that Michael Jordan only paid $175m. for one of Stern’s franchises. Stern told local…
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Jordan Pulls the Trigger on Bobcats
Color me surprised. I really did not think Michael Jordan wanted to be the guy in an NBA franchise. Now he is — he really is Mr. Bobcat now. I…
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The NBA's Little Gambling Problem
Shh, no one wake Rick Bonnell. But the NBA just banned for life a former Sacramento King scout who was betting on NBA games. Meanwhile, Tom Tim Donaghy’s supposed bookie…