Sports

Buffalo Bills players kneel during the national anthem Sunday.

President Trump’s rhetoric energizes sports protesters, and no one is getting fired

The sports world is swirling with protest and engagement in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s most recent NFL-related comments.

Charlotte Hornets center Dwight Howard has big dreams for his first season with the franchise, and he talked at Monday’s Media Day about how he plans to try to make them come true.

Scott Fowler

In Dwight Howard’s imagination, Charlotte just beat Golden State

The new Charlotte Hornets center has big dreams for his new team and for restoring his reputation as one of the game’s great centers

Panther Tracks

Pittsburgh Steelers tackle who stood alone for anthem Sunday has NFL’s top-selling jersey

While some NFL teams and players protested President Donald Trump by staying in the locker room during the national anthem Sunday, the Steelers’ Alejandro Villanueva had his own game plan.

Carolina Panthers

Panthers offense has a problem: ‘We’ve got to get back to how we used to do it’

The Carolina Panthers are tied for last in the NFL in red-zone offense. And quarterback Cam Newton continues to struggle.

Charlotte 49ers coach Brad Lambert shook up his offensive staff Monday, after his team went 0-4 in Saturday’s shutout home loss to Georgia State.

College Sports

Brad Lambert shakes up Charlotte 49ers’ coaching staff after football team’s 0-4 start

Charlotte 49ers football coach Brad Lambert shakes up his staff after Saturday’s 28-0 loss to Georgia State to start the season 0-4.

Charlotte Hornets

Hornets players react to NFL protests over the National Anthem

Charlotte Hornets players voiced their support and personal feelings in the current climate of NFL protests and controversy following President Donald Trump's recent statements during the team's media day on Monday, September 25, 2017.

Sports

Las Palmas coach Marquez quits after less than 3 months

Manolo Marquez has resigned as coach of Las Palmas after less than three months in charge of the Spanish club.

National

Cowboys kneel before national anthem against Arizona

The Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones kneeled together before the playing of the national anthem against the Arizona Cardinals.

Sports

Villas-Boas fined for insulting Asian Champs League referee

Coach Andre Villas-Boas has been fined for insulting the match referee after his Shanghai SIPG team won an Asian Champions League quarterfinal against Guangzhou Evergrande.

Football

Dieter Kurtenbach: There's every reason to be concerned about the Raiders

As the tired sports cliche goes, you can't win 'em all.

Other Sports

Arnold Palmer's death left a void that hometown is still trying to fill

Within the sacred catacombs of the campus monastery, inside the taprooms of the aging road houses along Route 30, up and down the sunny streets of Latrobe, Pa., proper, a citizenry wrestles consciously or not with an emotional conundrum.

Charlotte Knights

Bob Klapisch: Aaron Judge for MVP? Better believe it

It's not supposed to be this easy, hitting moonshots with the kind of backspin and torque that reminds old timers of Mickey Mantle. But there's more to Aaron Judge than history these days. The way he looks at the plate, all 6-foot-7, 280 pounds of him, and the way he's intimidating pitchers, this baby Bomber has become Lebron in cleats.

Charlotte Knights

Josh Bell is the Pirates' future at first, though it took some time and two emails

Josh Bell is aware of the streak and the part he'll play in stopping it. For nine years now, since before any current Pirates were Pirates, the team has trotted out a different starting first baseman each Opening Day. After Adam LaRoche came Jeff Clement, Lyle Overbay, Garrett Jones, Gaby Sanchez, Travis Ishikawa, Pedro Alvarez, John Jaso and then, this April, Bell.

Basketball