Over nearly 30 years at The Charlotte Observer, columnist Scott Fowler has built an unparalleled rolodex of hardwood heroes, gridiron greats, hall-of-fame coaches, and sports media luminaries throughout the region. Now, thanks to access fans won’t get anywhere else, Fowler sits down with icons from the area — including Muggsy Bogues, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jay Bilas, and more — to hear the unfiltered, untold stories of their journeys to becoming Sports Legends of the Carolinas.

In 2019, U.S. women’s national soccer team striker Jessica McDonald capped a World Cup journey few could have imagined. A teen runaway who became a single mom, McDonald tells The Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer for the first time how she rose from a broken home in Phoenix to the pinnacle of sports in Lyon, France — and how today, she’s using her voice to battle systemic inequalities in soccer, including as part of the U.S. women’s national team’s recent settlement in their lan ...

Andrew Carter, a reporter with The News & Observer and Charlotte Observer, hosts Amateur Hour, a podcast about college sports and other topics. The focus of Amateur Hour will be on the Triangle-area ACC schools -- Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State -- and will include insights and behind-the-scenes knowledge from The News & Observer staff.

The "miracle" began Nov. 16, 1999, when Cherica Adams was shot four times in Charlotte, N.C. A hitman tried to murder Adams, the girlfriend of NFL star Rae Carruth, and their unborn son, Chancellor Lee. But the hitman failed. Now, a year-long investigation exposes stunning new details of the crime that shocked the sports world—and the impacts still being felt years later. Hosted by Charlotte Observer reporter Scott Fowler, who has covered this saga for 19 years.

Lorcan Mullan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon Cross (@simoncross3) are two different generations of wrestling fans that came together in friendship and now you can hear them every week discuss a facet related to the wrestling industry. Series within the series include 'The Meltzer 5-Star Project' in which the hosts discuss every match that they can find that Dave Meltzer rated five stars (or higher) in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 'Match of the Week' has Lorcan and Simon take it in turns to ...

"Three and Out" is a no-slant podcast that discusses the biggest Carolina Panthers/NFL topics of the week...and then we're out. Hosted by Jourdan Rodrigue, Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer.

"I Was a Teenage Movie Critic" is a podcast starring Joanne Spataro and Griffin Van Malssen. The pair wrote for The Charlotte Observer’s KidFlix/Teen Screens column between October 1997 and May 2002 when they were teenagers. The columns were reviews of kid and teen-focused recent movie releases and rose from a desire to see teenagers review the movies meant for teenagers rather than the stuffy adult critics who JUST DIDN’T GET IT, GOSH! Now Joanne and Griffin are all grown up (sort-of) and a ...

We are more connected now than ever before, but most of us still struggle with feelings of loneliness and isolation. Hope for the Lonely host Charlotte Donlon believes loneliness loses some of its power when we bring it into the light, so she writes and talks about different angles of loneliness and belonging and how they intersect with the Christian faith. The more curious she's become about her loneliness, the less severe it seems. So, she welcomes you to inhabit a posture of curiosity as ...

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