North Carolina’s loss to TCU might be the focus of many in the college football world after their embarrassing showing on Monday night, but they were not the only team that struggled mightily in Week 1 of the college football season locally. After so much optimism about the hire of Tim Albin, the Charlotte 49ers […]
The Charlotte 49ers get ready to kick off their 2025 season on Friday night when they take on the App State Mountaineers in an in-state Group of 5 matchup in the Duke’s Mayo Classic from Bank of America Stadium. The Niners will be looking to turn their program back in the right direction under the […]
The South Carolina Gamecocks are closing in on a huge season for Shane Beamer & Co. as they look to continue the success that the team had last year and take the next step and make the College Football Playoff. The team will have to do so while facing the challenge of replacing some major […]
The Carolina Panthers had a day off on Thursday as they prepare for this weekend’s padded FanFest practice that will take place at Bank of America Stadium on Saturday evening. The team will return to the practice field tomorrow with what is expected to be a lighter practice before the event. Earlier today, Nick Carboni […]
After taking the pads off for a day, the Panthers returned to the practice field with the pads on and plenty of physicality and jawing on Wednesday. According to Alex Zietlow of the Charlotte Observer, Bryce Young put together his best practice of training camp so far and many reported that Tetairoa McMillan shined as well. Earlier this week, the Wes & Walker Show was joined by Vashti Hurt, editor-in-chief of Carolina Blitz to discuss training camp to this point. She talked about the players who have stuck out so far to her, the wide receiving corps shining so far and Hunter Renfrow's dramatic transformation from OTAs to training camp that has him in firm contention to make the roster. Check out her full comments below.
Charlotte FC kicks their 2025 home slate off on Saturday in Bank of America Stadium as the Crown takes on Atlanta United in the Battle of I-85 in front of what is expected to be the largest home crowd of the regular season. On Friday afternoon, Charlotte FC sporting director Zoran Krneta stopped by with […]
Earlier today, Wes & Walker welcomed Will Palaszczuk, play-by-play voice of Charlotte FC. He talked about Charlotte’s season opener, including the struggles that they had and how important the draw against Seattle was. He also discussed the status of designated player Wilfried Zaha, who we would find out later in the day is back in […]
Earlier today, Wes & Walker welcomed in Mike DeCourcy, college basketball writer for The Sporting News and bracketologist for FOX Sports, to discuss Duke’s strength of schedule concerns, Wake’s tournament chances and the ACC basketball standing as a whole, including why he believes that the conference has put themselves in a tough spot because off […]
After back-to-back promising close losses, the Panthers returned to their early season form on Sunday as the Dallas Cowboys thoroughly handled them in Bank of America Stadium after they entered the game as a favorite for the first time since late 2022. Among those who struggled was quarterback Bryce Young, who turned the ball over […]
Out of nowhere on Tuesday, Adam Schefter of ESPN announced that the Panthers had agreed to a deal to trade wide receiver Diontae Johnson to the Baltimore Ravens along with a 6th-round Pick in exchange for a 2025 5th-round Pick. While the team had been having conversations with teams over the past couple of weeks […]
Thursday, Radio One Charlotte came together to help Western NC in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene with their Help One Another Hurricane Helene Relief Radiothon across six stations. Over on WFNZ, each show had multiple folks from the local communities stop by to discuss what they have seen and how you can those in the […]
The injuries have began to add up for the Panthers after an extremely costly loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Veteran center Austin Corbett becomes the latest team leader to be declared out for the season after he tore his biceps, joining defensive tackle Derrick Brown and linebacker Shaq Thompson that will have to […]
