Category: Local Sports Teams

The Charlotte Hornets have not had many wins as a team this season. In fact, Charlotte has the third-fewest wins in the league. Over the previous eight days, though, the Hornets have won three out of five games. That is tied for their best five-game stretch of the season.  On Thursday, Jan. 26, the Hornets beat […]

With the 2022-23 NHL season having passed its midway mark and the All-Star Game looming in early February, it’s a good time to revisit Stanley Cup odds on the Carolina Hurricanes.  FanDuel Sportsbook was dealing the Hurricanes as the co-second betting favorite to win the Stanley Cup at odds of +800 as of this writing. The […]

The Charlotte Hornets‘ season is going differently than many had hoped. With so much young talent, Hornets fans had to hope this team would take a step forward. Last season the Hornets snuck into the NBA play-in tournament for the playoffs. While Charlotte lost its first game, it appeared the team was on the rise, […]

The Carolina Panthers had a crazy season from start to finish. The team started terribly, fired its head coach, traded superstars away, and then almost snuck into the playoffs. Four quarterbacks had at least one start, and Carolina found some talented players that could be building blocks going into the future.  The questions remain: Do […]

North Carolina is one of the nation’s hotbeds for college basketball and basketball fandom, going back decades. With that, North Carolina-based teams are some of the most bet-on teams in college sports. When you think of North Carolina college basketball teams, your brain goes to the ACC schools. Everyone knows about the storied traditions at […]

After a 3-9 season last year and having not had a winning season since 2018, Duke was not expected to be this good. Making a bowl game was likely a program goal, but the Blue Devils’ season wins total was set at 3.5 by most of the top online sportsbooks. Getting to six wins was […]

Wake Forest had a bit of a letdown regular season, going 7-5 overall. Demon Deacon fans had hopes of contending for the ACC title. Wake Forest proved in an early season double overtime loss to eventual ACC champion Clemson that, at its best, it could have challenged for the championship.  The Demon Deacons have one […]

The North Carolina Tar Heels had a resurgent season and proved to be one of the best teams in the ACC. The season started with fireworks in non-conference play with a wild win over in-state-fo Appalachian State and a tough loss to Notre Dame. North Carolina went on to win six straight games, putting a […]

The Carolina Hurricanes are in the midst of a strong season, currently third in the Metropolitan Division and fifth overall in the Eastern Conference. If the season ended today, the Hurricanes would be in the playoffs. That may surprise some as Carolina started the season 1-5 but has since gone 10-6 and gotten themselves in […]

The Charlotte Hornets have a long and somewhat complicated history. Having entered the league in 1988, Charlotte stayed in the Carolinas until 2002, when the team moved to New Orleans. That was followed by another expansion team in 2004 named the Charlotte Bobcats. Team owner Michael Jordan announced in 2013 that the Charlotte Bobcats franchise […]