... a resident of Charlotte, NC for going on five years now, there are two things we look forward to all year. The first of which is the start of the NCAA basketball season, in hopes this will be the year the 49ers return to the NCAA tournament and return to prominence.

The second, and most important, is the start of the Carolina Panthers season.

Regardless of whether the team goes 12-4 like last year or 1-15 like 2001, a year most Panther fans don’t speak about, this city rallies around our team. From August to (hopefully) January and February, the Panthers are the primary focus in Charlotte, above even presidential elections and the w...

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