Tag: Panthers


Hayes Permar

What does Hayes like about sports? Walk offs, walkovers, walk ups, walk outs, walks, Ewoks, “Walk Like A Man” by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He is from Wake County and dropped out of Davidson, UNC and NC State, jumps on whatever in-state bandwagon is currently tracking towards a championship and has a favorite team but pretends he doesn’t for journalistic purposes.

Media Musings: Alexander, Don’t Forget To Write

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written by R.L. Bynum Alexander’s plan to ascend to an NFL beat comes together quicker than he expected Among the most coveted beats for any sports writer with North Carolina roots are Duke men’s basketball, North Carolina men’s basketball and the Carolina Panthers. Some sports writers routinely cover all three teams. But no newspaper writer… Read more »

Mini-Media Musings: The Athletic Nabs Its Panthers Writer

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By R.L. Bynum Lead Panthers writer at The Charlotte Observer headed to The Athletic The Athletic has lured some top sports writers away from newspapers but hasn’t always been able to get all its targets to jump. In two North Carolina cases, the subscription site has been successful with one target and has possibly failed… Read more »

Happy Retirement Day, Mel Kiper!

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Eight years ago on this date (April 23), the Carolina Panthers selected quarterback Jimmy Clausen out of Notre Dame wit the 48th overall pick, despite the fact that then coach John Fox had never watched him play. No big deal. Clausen’s most notable cheerleader throughout the draft was ESPN’s Mel Kiper, though it probably has… Read more »

R.L.’s Media Musings: An Update on Cam vs. The Media

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Editor’s note: New contributor R.L. will write regularly about media topics of interest to the sports fans of NC. He’ll also contribute to our coverage of UNC hoops. And if I know him well, he’ll probably write some stuff about running (he’s closing in on 50 career marathons). R.L. spent 27 years as a newspaper… Read more »

10-11-17 SC8 Podcast with NC Central’s LeVelle Moton

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Straight from the SportsChannel8 studios in the heart of Durham, NC…..it’s the SC8 podcast. Segment 1: we run down the headlines, including: Are the Panthers good enough to lose another Super Bowl? Was Dannon holding Cam back? Where do State fans think State will fall apart? Should Doeren counter Fedora’s hair move? Will the Hurricanes… Read more »