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NASCAR Countersues 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports Over Charter Dispute NASCAR has escalated its ongoing legal battle with Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports by filing a counterclaim, accusing the teams of violating antitrust laws. The dispute centers on the charter system, which guarantees teams starting spots and financial incentives in each […]

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 […]

Several members of the U.S. figure skating team were on board American Airlines Flight 5342, which crashed Wednesday night while traveling from Wichita to Washington, D.C., The Wichita Eagle reports. The passengers included coaches and skaters from the National Development Team, a program designed for top juvenile figure skaters. “These athletes, coaches, and family members […]

Top 25 Most Beautiful NCAA Women’s Basketball Players The NCAA women’s basketball landscape has looked a lot more appealing in the past season. Thanks to the outstanding collegiate career of Caitlin Clark, the talent amongst women playing in college, let alone basketball period, has gotten more eyes than ever before. Just like any ‘casual’ sports […]

Thursday, Radio One Charlotte came together to help Western NC in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene with their Help One Another Hurricane Helene Relief Radiothon across six stations. Over on WFNZ, each show had multiple folks from the local communities stop by to discuss what they have seen and how you can those in the […]

As part of our Help One Another Radiothon this morning, representatives from multiple local sports organizations joined Jeff Rickard to discuss Hurricane Helene relief efforts for Western North Carolina. It is fantastic to see our local sports communities come together to help our brothers and sisters in the mountains of North Carolina and we are […]

Families across our North and South Carolina listening areas face unimaginable challenges after Hurricane Helene. Lives have been turned upside down, homes and businesses destroyed, and many are still struggling to get back on their feet. But together, we can make a difference.  On Thursday, October 17, from 6 AM to 7 PM, the Radio […]

There are a lot of local college football games this weekend, with great intrigue, as the second week of the 2024 season is already underway. One of those games will take place tomorrow night on the ACC Network, when the Clemson Tigers host the App State Mountaineers, a week after the Tigers got embarrassed by Georgia to open the season. If you watched college football in the last 20 years, you know all about App's ability to upset power conference competition, or even push them to the brink of an upset, ask North Carolina about it from last season. With Clemson coming off arguably the worst loss of the Dabo Swinney era, it's unknown how stable the program is, making Clemson a prime target to get beat at home by the Sun Belt conference. 

Last night, WFNZ listener Mark Baker passed away after a two and a half month battle cancer. The man known as Mark from Gastonia or MFG was beloved by everyone at the station, but especially the morning show, where he has been one of the more frequent callers for the better part of the last […]

X’s-and-O’s or culture? That is the biggest question that Panther fans are tossing back and forth when it comes to the search for their tenth coach in program history. Some want the proven veteran coach who can come in and establish the winning culture and mindset that the team has seemed to lack under the […]

The NASCAR Hall of Fame’s 14th Class will be inducted at the Hall of Fame on Friday night. To discuss all of the weekend’s festivities, NASCAR Hall of Fame Executive Director, Winston Kelley, stopped by Charlotte Sports Today with Jeff Rickard. Jeff and Winston discussed the careers of the soon-to-be inducted Donnie Allison, Jimmie Johnson, […]

It's not every day that a former two-time Olympian, or a former World's Strongest Man, let alone a former wrestler joins the show, but that is exactly what happened earlier today on WFNZ, as Mark Henry joined the Wes & Walker Show, ahead of an All Elite Wrestling event next year.