A flip through the Panthers' media guide shows Steve Smith owns at least a share of nearly 50 team records. Thirteen of those are as a receiver. Twenty-three are as a return man, even though his final season as a…
It can’t be true. Not him. Not the boy. Wasn’t he just a teenager? Are we really all that old?
For 45 years, everyone from James Brown to Tammy Faye Bakker to R.E.M. to The Spongetones recorded there. But industry disruption and the owner’s desire for a peaceful retirement have leveled not just the studio but a musical community few knew
Two releases: A Dale Earnhardt Jr. feature, and the Dusk Till Dawn Social Series
“God hates divorce. But he hates abuse more.” One woman’s journey to educate local clergy about domestic violence
After the Civil War, former slaves fight for their freedom, former Confederates fight to regain their power, and cotton becomes king
The Statesville event returns October 17-19
A game inspired by Harry Potter books takes off
A local barber school teaches students about more than buzz cuts and shaves
The record-setting punter shares some of his favorite things
On Tuesday, I met former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl for the first time at an event at the Levine Museum of the New South. On Thursday, I met Thierry Stern, president of Patek Philippe and Company, who was…
The NFL's current crisis will be a hot topic during Sunday night's nationally broadcast Panthers game. But after kickoff, most of the focus should center on players not named Greg Hardy
The Echo Foundation’s Award Against Indifference, the Panthers’ owner, and a statement on domestic violence
Alumni respond to story on the end of desegregation
A city’s food scene is a reflection of its residents, which is probably why it’s easy to find regional favorites from across the country on menus throughout Charlotte. Of course, classic Southern dishes also abound. Here are five Southern favorites…
And the rise of a new way of looking at language
A black man’s search for the “warmth of other suns” leads him back to his Southern roots
The long shadow of steel country
Not long after I moved to Charlotte, in the summer of 1989, I was crossing Church Street with a coworker who grew up in New York City. Just as we jaywalked out into the street, a car whipped around the…
Meet the man who has been narrating the team's games since 1995
“James has never known the meaning of racial segregation,” Darius Swann wrote of his six-year-old son in a September 2, 1964 letter to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. “We have been happy to watch him grow and develop with an unaffected…
When busing ended, West Charlotte High School went from being a model for the nation to a problem the city has yet to solve
Charlotte avoids becoming a battlefield during the Civil War. But as the South is decimated, the city becomes a place of refuge for the Confederacy—including, in the end, the fleeing president from a nation that never was
Where more for less is becoming more for more
A look back at the venue's history, before it changes again
The new light rail won’t destroy a company that has been heating and cooling NoDa for 85 years
How the August 2014 issue became one of our most popular ever
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