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 opening weekend of college football kicks off this weekend and the eyes of the locals here in Charlotte are on the matchup between the Charlotte 49ers and Appalachian State Mountaineers in Bank of America Stadium on Friday night. Both teams will be looking to earn a first win for their new coaches at their […]
The Carolina Panthers took Monday off after practicing the previous three days, including Saturday’s FanFest scrimmage in front of the fans. Great showings from guys like Jimmy Horn Jr. and Lathan Ransom and a tremendous atmosphere courtesy of the fans in attendance highlighted Saturday night’s affair in Bank of America. Earlier today, Joe Person, Panthers […]
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.
The Carolina Panthers made a handful of roster moves on Thursday, including the cutting of a major defensive piece from the 2024 team. After just one season in Carolina, veteran Jadeveon Clowney was cut as a cap casualty earlier today in order to free up $7.78 million of cap that creates some flexibility for the […]
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 […]
