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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Among the more persistent slights of the Carolina Panthers, despite their 14-0 start this season, was the notion that they were the worst undefeated team in N.F.L. [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Dabo Swinney was livid. He jumped, grimaced and berated his punter on the sideline after a fake punt failed miserably in the second quarter of the Atlantic [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nine games into his N.B.A. career, with four double-doubles to his credit and greats like Magic Johnson already hinting at future greatness to come, the 7-foot wonder [...]

Byline: VIV BERNSTEIN CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks have stood atop the hierarchy in the N.F.C. for years, with the Carolina Panthers a step [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks have stood atop the hierarchy in the N.F.C. for years, with the Carolina Panthers a step behind and their [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mud, dirt and torn-up patches of sod lay in a heap outside Bank of America Stadium on Wednesday -- the remains of the field after Monday night's [...]

CONCORD, N.C. -- Three weeks into the 10-race Nascar Sprint Cup playoff, this much is already clear: The defending champion, Kevin Harvick, is the driver to beat for the 2015 [...]

The final Sprint Cup race of Nascar's regular season, to be run Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway in Virginia, will set the field for the 10-race playoff that begins [...]

Byline: VIV BERNSTEIN DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Throwback paint schemes on racecars and retro logos and signs welcomed Nascar fans when they arrived at Darlington Raceway over the weekend for the [...]

DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Throwback paint schemes on racecars and retro logos and signs welcomed Nascar fans when they arrived at Darlington Raceway this weekend for the Bojangles' Southern 500 Sprint [...]

Byline: VIV BERNSTEIN Confederate battle flags have been common at Nascar racetracks for decades, with fans often flying them above their motor homes along with American flags and the banners [...]

Confederate battle flags have been common at Nascar racetracks for decades, with fans often flying them above their motor homes along with American flags and banners of their favorite drivers. [...]

Although the 16-car field for the 2015 Nascar Sprint Cup playoff will not be set until September, it isn't hard to identify the drivers to beat this year. The six-time [...]

CONCORD, N.C. -- Carl Edwards left his home at Roush Fenway Racing after 11 years, hoping a switch this season to a more competitive team, Joe Gibbs Racing, would give [...]

CONCORD, N.C. -- On a scale of 1 to 10, the pain in Jeff Gordon's back can spike as high as 7 when he gets out of bed. Most mornings, [...]

CONCORD, N.C. -- Amid the mass of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon fans at Charlotte Motor Speedway last Saturday night, with their allegiances loudly emblazoned on T-shirts and hats, [...]

CONCORD, N.C. -- Nearly three months after a crash at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 21 left him with a broken right leg and left foot, Kyle Busch climbed back [...]

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Aleighsa Welch wore a basketball net around her neck like treasured family jewelry as she stood in the locker room Sunday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. South [...]

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- There are only a handful of elite programs in women's college basketball, and every year, it seems, those same teams run through the N.C.A.A. tournament on the [...]

Byline: VIV BERNSTEIN CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mike Krzyzewski knows as well as anyone what it takes to win a college basketball national championship. He already has four. Could this be [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Travis Trice, a senior guard at Michigan State, received a text message Sunday morning from a former Spartans teammate, Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors: ''Don't [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Few men's basketball programs have been as successful as Duke in recruiting talented players who come to the university for one season before they are allowed to [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mike Krzyzewski knows as well as anyone what it takes to win a college basketball national championship. He already has four. Could this be the team that [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When San Diego State forward Dwayne Polee II collapsed in the middle of a game against U.C.-Riverside on Dec. 22, it could have meant the end of [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The last time Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski and San Diego State's Steve Fisher faced each other in an N.C.A.A. tournament game, it was the 1992 national championship [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Craig Bradshaw lofted a 3-point shot that banked off the glass and into the net with 4 minutes 37 seconds left as No. 15-seeded Belmont closed the [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- D'Angelo Harrison had just exhausted himself on the offensive end, trying to help St. John's come back from a double-digit second-half deficit. Walking toward the raucous contingent [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Reaching the N.C.A.A. tournament is enough of a rarity at Georgia that the Bulldogs celebrate each appearance on a banner that hangs in Stegeman Coliseum and lists [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Gleeful Robert Morris fans chanted ''We want Duke'' in the final seconds of their N.C.A.A. tournament play-in victory against North Florida on Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio. So [...]

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- On the way to winning 29 games and a second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season crown, Virginia has managed to help provoke one of the more fascinating [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Having made the N.C.A.A. tournament for only the second time in Coach Steve Lavin's five-year tenure, and only the second time since 2002, No. 9-seeded St. John's [...]

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Amid the academic scandals at Syracuse, North Carolina and elsewhere around the N.C.A.A., maybe it just seems unusual these days to find athletes who also happen to [...]

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A young but talented Duke team entered the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament as a favorite to win. The outcome was not quite what many expected. Heard this [...]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jeff Gordon's last Daytona 500 began as an ode to his legacy, but it might be best remembered as a harbinger of what is to come [...]

Byline: VIV BERNSTEIN DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Las Vegas bookmakers have already set the odds for the 2015 Nascar Sprint Cup championship, and the consensus is that Jimmie Johnson is [...]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The feel-good stories that Nascar hoped would dominate attention during its season-opening week, from Jeff Gordon's final Daytona 500 to the $400 million makeover of Daytona [...]