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92 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAward-winning Charlotte Post journalist Herb White explores timely topics in the athletic domain.
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Ready for the Panthers draft and Hornets hoops
April 19, 2024 16:48 - 35 minutesHerb White and Cameron Williams go back and forth on the Carolina Panthers' needs ahead of the NFL draft; reconstruction of the Charlotte Hornets and the Charlotte 49ers' transfer portal activity.
Steve Clifford's Farewell and Final Fours
April 05, 2024 15:06 - 42 minutesThe Charlotte Hornets are shopping for a new head coach. There's a Charlotte connection to NC State's men's Final Four run. Biff Poggi is excited about Charlotte 49ers football during spring drills.
Clowney Show in Carolina and College Hoops
March 28, 2024 16:00 - 45 minutesPro Bowl edge rusher Jadaveon Clowney's homecoming with the Panthers; Charlotte 49ers basketball loses players to the transfer portal and Steve Joyner is out as Johnson C. Smith basketball coach. With Herb White and Cameron Williams.
March is Madness For Real
March 22, 2024 15:38 - 30 minutesCan North Carolina take out Michigan State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament? How transfers will impact Charlotte 49ers basketball and North Mecklenburg High wins the North Carolina 4A basketball title. With Herb White and Cameron Williams.
Carolina Panthers Wheel and Deal
March 14, 2024 16:36 - 29 minutesHerb White and Cameron Williams dive into the Panthers' additions and subtractions, including new offensive linemen and a play-making receiver; Charlotte 49ers gear up for the AAC basketball tournament and look ahead to the ACC tournament and spring football in Charlotte.
Hornets front office and Liel Abada
March 08, 2024 16:33 - 27 minutesThe Hornets introduce Jeff Peterson as basketball operations chief; Charlotte 49ers prepare for the AAC basketball tournament and Charlotte FC takes a big swing with the signing of Liel Abada. Hosts: Herb White and Cameron Williams.
Steve Joyner at 600; 49ers-South Florida
March 01, 2024 15:51 - 29 minutesHerb White and Cameron Williams review Steve Joyner's career at Johnson C. Smith; look ahead to the Charlotte 49ers-South Florida basketball game at Halton Arena and what the Carolina Panthers should do in the NFL Draft.
Beware the Bugs and 49ers Hoops
February 23, 2024 16:40 - 25 minutesWe're talking about a four-game Charlotte Hornets win streak that's got people talking; Charlotte 49ers chances at getting to the NCAA basketball tournament; Johnson C. Smith's regular season finale and bidding for the CIAA football championship game.
Jaylin Lindsey Talks Charlotte FC
February 22, 2024 22:36 - 24 minutesThe Charlotte FC defender talks about his soccer journey, playing for his hometown team and lessons learned with three coaches in as many seasons. He's also paying his experiences forward to veterans and rookies alike.
Bid For CIAA Football Title Game
February 22, 2024 03:32 - 15 minutesCharlotte City Council member James Mitchell talks about the process behind bidding for the CIAA football championship game starting in 2025. Organizers tout a weekend of activities to coincide with the title game as well as Charlotte's marketability as a major sports, business and entertainment hub.
Eddie Pope | Building Carolina Core
February 16, 2024 14:00 - 35 minutesCarolina Core Sporting Director Eddie Pope talks about his North Carolina soccer roots, Major League Soccer and U.S. National Team success and leading the MLS Next Pro startup in High Point.
JC Smith 2024 Football Signees and Schedule Drop
February 15, 2024 21:44 - 35 minutesGolden Bulls football coach Maurice Flowers talks about the recruit class, top signee Quavaris Crouch, their national TV debut on ESPN and a tough CIAA schedule.
Roy Lassiter | Soccer and Carolina Core
February 08, 2024 19:11 - 32 minutesCarolina Core head coach Roy Lassiter talks about leading the MLS Next Pro startup ahead of its inaugural season, sharing his MLS experience with players looking to move up the soccer ladder and the first game against in-state rival Crown Legacy.
Dave Canales, Hornets and 49ers hoops
February 01, 2024 17:07 - 31 minutesExpectations for new Panthers coach Dave Canales, what the Hornets need for relevance at the trade deadline and Charlotte 49ers basketball has the campus' attention.
No Wemby and Quavaris Crouch
January 20, 2024 04:24 - 25 minutesVictor Wembanyama won't be in the lineup for the San Antonio Spurs' lone visit to Charlotte. Johnson C. Smith pulls off a football recruiting coup with the addition of Harding High alumnus Quavaris Crouch.
Panthers GM and Spectrum Center Renovations
January 20, 2024 04:22 - 30 minutesThe Carolina Panthers kick general manager Scott Fitterer to the curb and renovations are coming to Spectrum Center starting in May 2024. Price tag: $275 million.
Philip Poole | Super League Carolina
January 05, 2024 01:31 - 23 minutesPhilip Poole, an assistant coach with the U.S. Women's National Team, talks about his new assignment with the startup Super League Carolina, the growth of professional women's soccer and differences between USL Super League and National Women's Soccer League.
Refs Suck and 2024 Predictions
December 29, 2023 23:33 - 33 minutesHerb White and Cameron Williams talk about bad officiating, recap the Duke's Mayo Bowl and make bold predictions ahead of the New Year. The prognosticators disagree on the College Football Playoff semifinals and title game, too.
JCSU football recruiting with Maurice Flowers
December 29, 2023 23:30 - 27 minutesJohnson C. Smith football coach Maurice Flowers reveals need areas, use of the transfer portal and parlaying a 7-4 season into success with recruits. Host: Herb White.
National Signing Day and UNC's Power
December 21, 2023 21:12 - 27 minutesHerb White and Cameron Williams talk Charlotte 49ers football 2024 early signees, Power Echols, Carolina Panthers' second win and Charlotte FC's new head coach.
Panthers Woes and the Mayo Bowl
December 15, 2023 17:11 - 21 minutesHerb White and Cameron Williams of The Charlotte Post talk about how the 1-12 Carolina Panthers should move forward, the Duke's Mayo Bowl losing its luster with Drake Maye opting out and Charlotte 49ers basketball.
Golden Bulls at the Beach | Blue Devils in the Details
December 08, 2023 21:41 - 30 minutesCameron Williams and Herb White team up to discuss the Carolina Panthers' woes, Johnson C. Smith's Florida Beach Bowl preparations, preview Duke-Charlotte basketball and NCAA proposal to compensate college athletes.
J.C. Smith to the Florida Beach Bowl
November 15, 2023 21:44 - 23 minutesJohnson C. Smith University's breakthrough 2023 football season earned the Golden Bulls an invitation to the inaugural Florida Beach Bowl December 13 against Fort Valley State in Fort Lauderdale. Head coach Maurice Flowers discusses preparations for the game and what it means to the program and JCSU as a whole.
JCSU is (finally) a Week 1 winner
September 06, 2023 00:45 - 21 minutesJohnson C. Smith, which beat West Virginia Wesleyan 49-6 in its Sept. 2 season opener, last accomplished the feat in 2013. Head coach Maurice Flowers is using history as inspiration for the Golden Bulls, who haven't posted a winning record since 2012.
Donal Ware | Sports Talk Guru
August 24, 2023 22:57 - 23 minutesDonal Ware, host of the nationally syndicated sports talk program BOXTOROW, talks about expansion into the Charlotte market at 730 AM The Game, the state of radio landscape and his work as the play-by-play voice of North Carolina A&T athletics.
Flag Football With Amber Clark
July 05, 2023 00:12 - 24 minutesUSA Football Women's Flag National Team member Amber Clark talks about playing in the IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship July 5-7 at UNC Charlotte. Clark, a native of Greenville, North Carolina, talks about the growth of flag in the U.S. and abroad and hopes for a place on the Olympic program.
Big South Conference Commissioner Sherika Montgomery
May 25, 2023 23:10 - 31 minutesA conversation with the Big South's new leader on shifts in the college sports landscape, a football alliance with the Ohio Valley Conference and breaking barriers in athletics administration.
Johnson C. Smith's Field of Dreams
April 19, 2023 18:57 - 8 minutesThe grass is greener – and permanent – at Eddie McGirt Field as the Golden Bulls football team debuted the school's FieldTurf playing surface. After lagging most of the CIAA in athletics facilities, the McGirt upgrade is the first in a series of additions for JCSU athletics that could open new opportunities and revenue for the school.
Tyrell Jackson on the mend at JCSU
March 18, 2023 15:26 - 11 minutesTyrell Jackson was one of Division II's top-ranked quarterbacks in the nation when he was sidelined by a concussion four games into the 2022 season. As spring drills approach, he reviews how the injury changed his approach to football and his outlook going forward. Host: Herb White.
Maurice Flowers | Look Back at J.C. Smith Football 2022
November 14, 2022 20:15 - 40 minutesThe Golden Bulls went 2-7 with new head coach Maurice Flowers, but at least they were competitive and entertaining – something they haven't been in recent seasons. Flowers offers impressions of his first season and where the program will focus on recruiting for 2023.
Shannon Neely Noel | Queens Women's Soccer
September 09, 2022 17:47 - 31 minutesFirst-year coach Shannon Neely Noel and the Royals are searching for their first win as a Division I program. The road has been bumpy, but Noel sees opportunity to grow the sport and the school's profile among North Carolina's best college brands.
John Davidson | Wrestling's Knull (and Void)
September 07, 2022 12:09 - 29 minutesWrestler John Davidson, who goes by the stage name Knull, talks about the business, his backstory and the grapplers who inspired him.
James Mitchell | Duke's Mayo Aggie-Eagle Classic
August 27, 2022 16:48 - 34 minutesThe Sept. 3 Duke's Mayo Classic between North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central started as an idea by Charlotte City Council member-elect James Mitchell. Now that it's a reality, Mitchell is advocating for an expanded portfolio of HBCU sporting events, including bringing the CIAA basketball tournament back to the Queen City. Can it work? Host: Herb White.
Charles Sifford Jr. | Remembering A Golf Pioneer
August 26, 2022 00:58 - 24 minutesCharles Sifford Jr., son of the first Black golfer to play on the PGA Tour, shares stories from his father's career, impact on the sport and why the Aug. 29 Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup at Quail Hollow Club matters.
Adam Sperling | Ready For The Presidents Cup
August 20, 2022 23:42 - 25 minutesPGA Tour Executive Director Adam Sperling updates preparations for the Presidents Cup and Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup at Quail Hollow Club. It's the international golf showcase's first stop in the Southeast.
Corlis Hayes | Toni Stone Director
August 15, 2022 16:16 - 28 minutesCentral Piedmont Community College Professor Corlis Hayes talks about research and casting for the Three Bone Theatre production "Toni Stone" Aug. 19-Sept. 4 at The Arts Factory. Stone was the first woman to play in an all-male professional sport when she suited up in the Negro Leagues in the 1950s.
Football Galore | Panthers, ACC and Big South
July 29, 2022 18:41 - 33 minutesThe Panthers kick off training camp, the ACC and Big South held media days in successive weeks in Charlotte. Herb White and Asheebo Rojas talk about everything from Carolina's quarterback competition to North Carolina A&T's season opener against rival North Carolina Central.
Asheebo Rojas | Panthers, Hornets and Sports Journalism
July 08, 2022 15:58 - 35 minutesAsheebo Rojas, The Charlotte Post's Emerging Journalist Fellow for Summer 2022, weighs in on covering the Baker Mayfield trade, Hornets Summer League preparation and Charlotte's embrace of Major League Soccer. Also: Asheebo dishes on why he's an aspiring sports journalist and the difference between covering professional and college sports, which he does at The Daily Tar Heel.
Cherie Swarthout | Queens Jumps to Division I
June 13, 2022 20:47 - 22 minutesQueens University of Charlotte is moving from NCAA Division II to Division I effective July 1. The Royals, who are joining the ASun Conference, are a national power in several sports, and athletics director Cherie Swarthout talks about the process of transition, competing in a crowded sports market and why football isn't part of the equation. Hosted by Herb White.
Robyn Horner | Charlotte Independence USL W League
May 13, 2022 14:56 - 26 minutesRobyn Horner, head coach of the Charlotte Independence women's soccer team, talks about their May 15 debut against Greenville Liberty SC, opportunities in the new USL W League and finding a place in Charlotte's sports landscape. Host: Herb White.
Adam Sperling | Presidents Cup Preview
May 05, 2022 13:38 - 23 minutesPresidents Cup Executive Director Adam Sperling talks about tournament preparations at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, the first facility in the Southeast to host the showcase. The tournament is also homecoming for U.S. captain Davis Love III and its Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup honors the Charlotte-born golf pioneer with an HBCU match play tournament.
Darrius Barnes | Charlotte FC Next Pro
April 14, 2022 21:34 - 28 minutesFiguring out the North American soccer ladder can be confusing at first, but Charlotte FC executive Darrius Barnes straightens it out with a description of where the franchise's MLS Next Pro initiative fits in and his role overseeing its development. Host: Herb White.
Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup at Quail Hollow Club
February 23, 2022 13:02 - 26 minutesFor the first time, Quail Hollow Golf Club will host a competition for historically Black college programs with the Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup. The Aug. 29 tournament will feature six programs with Johnson C. Smith University the host school. Golden Bulls head coach William Watkins talks about Sifford's legacy and what the tournament does for golf's growth at HBCUs. Host: Herb White.
Maurice Flowers | Back Home at J.C. Smith
January 21, 2022 22:34 - 39 minutesMaurice Flowers, an All-CIAA and All-America quarterback at Johnson C. Smith University, returns to Charlotte as the Golden Bulls' head football coach. Flowers takes over a program that hasn't posted a winning season since 2011, but he's convinced the ingredients – namely, Charlotte's a fertile recruiting area – will lift it to relevance. Host: Herb White.
Soccer Supporters Culture
January 15, 2022 21:53 - 39 minutesThe Queen's Firm, a Charlotte FC supporters group, gears up for the first Major League Soccer season in the Carolinas. Co-founder Shawn Smith and social media director Jonathan Lee talk about growing soccer culture in Charlotte, representation and why supporters groups are essential to the game day experience. Host: Herb White.
Lloyd Sam | Charlotte FC TV Analyst
December 09, 2021 00:07 - 32 minutesRetired English footballer Lloyd Sam brings professional and life experiences to his new job as Charlotte FC analyst. With playing time in the Premier League, Major League Soccer and lower-level leagues in England and the U.S., he's got plenty to share about the beautiful game. Host: Herb White.
Aimee Haywood | Kickin' it at Queens
December 04, 2021 21:28 - 27 minutesQueens women's soccer coach Aimee Haywood has had a hectic first year. The Royals earned a pair of South Atlantic Conference championship berths and a school-record 16 wins in the fall 2021 season and a first-round win in the NCAA Division tournament. Host: Herb White.
Frank McKinney | Scrum the Documentary
October 14, 2021 13:38 - 29 minutesQueens University of Charlotte championship-winning rugby coach Frank McKinney is the subject of "Scrum," a documentary that details the obstacles and challenges faced by one of the first Black American collegiate head coaches in the sport. The film, helmed by award-winning director Thomas Morgan. debuted Oct. 10.
The Greatest | Ken Burns on Muhammad Ali
August 13, 2021 21:37 - 37 minutesAcclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns discusses his new documentary on three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and "The Greatest's" place among legendary American figures. Burns also dishes on his storytelling prowess and how producing a documentary movie aligns with journalism. Host: Herb White.
Akala Garrett | On Track to Succeed
July 22, 2021 16:47 - 25 minutesHarding High School sophomore Akala Garrett, the 2021 Gatorade Runner of the Year in North Carolina, won the girls' 400 meter hurdles at the USA Track & Field Nationals and three state titles at the N.C. 4A championships. Her goal is simple: Run in the Olympics.