Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Charlotte

2025 NBA Draft Hits and Misses: Revisiting Cooper Flagg’s Draft Class One Year Later

A look back at the biggest hits and misses from the 2025 NBA draft.

Sports Illustrated

NBA Draft 2026 First-Round Grades: Hornets, Bulls Reach While Top Draft Picks Rate Highly

The top five teams all receive top marks for their selections with plenty of value throughout the first round.

Sports Illustrated

NBA Mock Draft 2026: How First Round Shakes Out After NCAA Withdrawal Deadline

Stars deciding to return to college thinned out the draft’s depth, leaving NBA teams focused on a star-heavy top tier.

Sports Illustrated

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

1,101 miles of racing at Charlotte? Ross Chastain and Connor Zilisch are attempting it

It's not the Indy-Charlotte Double, but the Trackhouse teammates are taking on a packed triple-header weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Motorsport

Katherine Legge focused on results, not milestones in Indy-Charlotte Double

Legge is aiming to become just the sixth driver to ever run both the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the same day

Motorsport

What has happened to Wilfried Zaha in MLS? Ex-Crystal Palace star set to become free agent

Wilfried Zaha's time at Charlotte FC could be drawing to a close

FourFourTwo

Why Kon Knueppel Should've Won Rookie of the Year Over Former Duke Teammate Cooper Flagg

A look at Kon Knueppel's case for the NBA Rookie of the Year award over his former teammate and this year's winner Cooper Flagg.

Sports Illustrated

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Grading the Hornets’ Season After Ugly Play-In Tournament Exit Against Magic

Does a blowout loss to the Magic in the play-in diminish the most successful Hornets season in years?

Sports Illustrated

Chris Mannix’s Notes: Giannis Antetokounmpo on the Clock, Portland’s Early Hotel Checkout

Plus, Kon Knueppel’s Rookie of the Year stock watch and examining Doug Christie’s return as Kings coach.

Sports Illustrated

LaMelo Ball Was So Excited After Hornets Play-In Win He Accidentally Punched the Team Mascot

Whoops!

Sports Illustrated

LaMelo Ball Escapes Suspension for ‘Reckless’ Play on Bam Adebayo

The NBA announced the findings of its investigation into Ball on Wednesday night.

Sports Illustrated

‘A hardware failure in our production truck’ — Amazon Prime Video’s Heat vs Hornets live stream has major outage in overtime

Amazon's first play-in game stream frustrates fans with technical difficulties.

TechRadar

Hornets-Heat Prove Play-In Tournament’s Worth With Game of the Year to Open Postseason

The Hornets and Heat provided the game of the year in just the first NBA postseason game.

Sports Illustrated

Why Prime Video Sports Says Feed Dropped in Overtime of Hornets-Heat Play-In Game

Amazon Prime Video’s broadcast of the Heat-Hornets play-in game cut out with less than a minute to go in overtime and showed a “technical difficulties” graphic.

Sports Illustrated

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

Three Takeaways From an Electric First Night of NBA Play-In Tournament After Hornets, Trail Blazers’ Huge Wins

After a thrilling Hornets win over the Heat to advance to Friday’s game, Phoenix is taking on Portland with the No. 7 seed on the line.

Sports Illustrated

NBA Playoffs: Ranking the Superstar Matchups We Want to See in the First Round

Ranking the six NBA superstar matchups we want to see the most in the first round of the 2026 postseason.

The Independent UK

Heat waive Terry Rozier, the last official act of a season derailed by federal gambling charges

Terry Rozier, who is facing federal charges related to a gambling operation, has been waived by the Miami Heat in an expected and procedural move that allows the team to sign another player to its roster before the postseason

Sports Illustrated

Why White Sox Optioned Opening Day Starter Shane Smith After Just Three Outings

Shane Smith will look to reset in the minor leagues after a rough start to the 2026 season.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

Braylon Mullins’s Miracle: Ranking the 12 Most Improbable Shots of March Madness

Based largely on shock value, here are the NCAA men’s tournament buckets that also had historic impact, spontaneity, a degree of difficulty and contextual drama.

Sports Illustrated

Who Gets Cooper Flagg? How 2025 NBA Draft Would Look Under Proposed Anti-Tanking Rule Changes

How would the NBA’s proposed anti-tanking measures have affected the 2025 NBA draft? We put the league’s proposals to the test.

Sports Illustrated

Kon Knueppel Made History, Then Got Hit in the Head by a Fan’s Ill-Advised Shot

Please don’t throw basketballs at the young stars.

Sports Illustrated

Kon Knueppel’s Immediate Rise Into One of the NBA’s Best Shooters Was No Accident

Charlotte Hornets star rookie Kon Knueppel has already made his claim as one of the NBA’s premier shooters.

Sports Illustrated

College Basketball’s Coaching Carousel: Tracking the Hirings, Firings and Rumored Moves

In the wake of the first weekend of March Madness, the college basketball coaching carousel is kicking into high gear.

Sports Illustrated

Is Lionel Messi Playing for Inter Miami vs. Nashville in CCC Round of 16 Second Leg?

Inter Miami return to Concacaf Champions Cup action on Wednesday.

Sports Illustrated

How an NBA Expansion Draft Could Look If Las Vegas, Seattle Are Awarded Bids

A look at the NBA’s expansion draft process as the league prepares for a vote to explore adding Las Vegas and Seattle as expansion franchises by the end of the decade.

1 2 3 4 5

People

Giannis Antetokounmpo

1,363 stories

Zach LaVine

1,346 stories

Shai GilgeousAlexander

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.