Charlotte Observer

In a part of North Carolina where jagged peaks are taken for granted, a mountain of a man inspires curiosity and wonder. Kenny George, a redshirt sophomore center from Chicago...

As he surveyed the free-agent landscape last winter, Chris Weinke thought there were places he could get a shot to be a starting quarterback. So why did he re-sign with...

Emeka Okafor isn't in Nigeria. He has visited his parents' homeland just twice. Yet Nigeria is in Okafor. Houston might be his hometown, and snowy Storrs, Conn., might be his...

A Charlotte-area woman was sitting in a jail Sunday, accused of stalking Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme. No word if they made her watch his game against the Cowboys as punishment....

Bobcats majority partner Bob Johnson called Thursday night. This was after the big media conference call to announce His Airness, Michael Jordan, gliding back into North Carolina basketball. The big...

The most unforgettable Sunday didn't start until midafternoon. Long after lunch that warm April day in 1986, Jack Nicklaus stood on the ninth green at Augusta National Golf Club, one...

Former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins joked that he is hesitant to give an opinion on the legacy Duke senior guard J.J. Redick will leave. Turns out Dennis Scott and...

Jake Delhomme has played some magnificent football in his five playoff games with Carolina. That's where his reputation as a big-game quarterback has been cemented--he's 4-1 as a playoff starter,...

A long time ago, there was an NFL team I really wanted to win. Despite this, the team was losing. Then the team made one of the great comebacks of...

This wasn't a football game. This was a beat-down. The famous John Belushi scene from "Animal House" that flashed on the Giants Stadium scoreboard in the third quarter was a...