Bringing Life to Charlotte's Sports Fans
Can our intrepid reporter and four famous Charlotte sports figures turn defeated zombies into sports-crazy mortals?
Illustrations by Rich Barrett
Playing Dead
We’ve just lived through the worst season in Charlotte sports history. So, can anyone bring our defeat-drunk zombie fans back to life? Jeremy Markovich interviewed four of Charlotte’s most famous (or infamous) sports figures, took their words and ideas, then set off on a quest to convert an apathetic, undead horde into sports-crazy mortals.
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Reader Comments:
The Charlotte Checkers made it to the conference finals in their first season in the American Hockey League, a storied minor league that's just one level down from the NHL. So it wasn't the "worst season" for all of Charlotte's sports teams.