Scott Fowler
Sports Columnist at The Charlotte Observer
Sports columnist. Charlotte Observer since 1994. Proud father of 4. 24x APSE winner. Specialties: 9/11/74; Sports Legends of Carolinas; Carruth; Panther losses.
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4 days ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Scott Fowler
Frances Tiafoe smiles during his exhibition tennis match against Carlos Alcaraz at the Charlotte Invitational on Dec. 6, 2024. Tiafoe, who won the exhibition, returns to the event in 2025 to face fellow American Taylor Fritz. For the Observer Game, set and Venus - the Charlotte Invitational is returning for another year. The inaugural one-night exhibition tennis event was a success, drawing 16,194 fans to Spectrum Center in December 2024.
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5 days ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Scott Fowler
When one of your biggest stars was hospitalized a few days ago, and when your defender makes a red-carded mistake in the seventh minute, you might think you were in trouble if you were Real Madrid in the FIFA Club World Cup. However, Real Madrid is one of the world's best soccer clubs for a reason, and it showed that Sunday, playing a man down for 83 minutes and still whipping Mexico's CF Pachuca, 3-1, in Bank of America Stadium.
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Scott Fowler
Charlotte resident Jay Bilas is normally seen at courtside calling college basketball games. But this time of year he always turns into an NBA Draft expert. Bilas started broadcasting the draft on television in 2003 (the LeBron James draft) and has done so ever since, this year analyzing the two-day draft for both ABC and ESPN. The Charlotte Hornets will hold the No. 4 pick in the draft when it begins June 25.
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Scott Fowler
Relatives of the victims of the worst plane crash in Charlotte history have banded together to have the doomed 1974 Eastern Air Lines flight memorialized locally. On Sept. 11, 1974,Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed into a cornfield 3 miles short of Charlotte's airport, killing 72 people. "It's the most serious air disaster in Charlotte's history, and almost nobody knows about it," said Charles McDonald, who's trying to change that.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Scott Fowler
10 hours agoTyler Perry sued by actor on 'The Oval' for sexual assault and harassmentAn actor who worked on the Tyler Perry-created TV drama “The Oval” has filed a lawsuit alleging Perry leveraged his industry power to repeatedly sexually assault and harass him while keeping him quiet.
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Looking forward to this. Also interesting to note that the Panthers, in only Year 2, whipped a Cowboys team with all four of the players pictured. Who else was old enough to be in Charlotte for that 1996 playoff game?
The definitive story of Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys. America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys premieres August 19. https://t.co/8OhIvfV2UN
Saying they are as "sick and tired" of the "same ol', same ol'" as their fans are, these Carolina Panthers have something very different in mind for the 2025 season. For @theobserver: https://t.co/jTq8hgCgFO
Duke and Texas in a men's college hoops game in Charlotte?! It's gonna happen, on Nov. 4th in the Spectrum Center, in what will be called the Dick Vitale Invitational. Tipoff time is TBA. @DickieV turns 86 today - a nice birthday present for the legend!