NASCAR driver and hall of fame member Dale Earnhardt Jr. reflects on his life and career during an interview for The Charlotte Observer’s “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” podcast at JR Motorsports in Mooresville, NC on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
JEFF SINER
jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
Roy Williams’ interview was the 14th conducted for The Charlotte Observer’s new “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” series, which began in August 2022 and will soon conclude its first season.
All interviews were conducted in person and are available on CharlotteObserver.com and in podcast form wherever you get your podcasts. Here is a list of the 14 legends who have been interviewed so far by Observer columnist Scott Fowler and photographed by visual journalist Jeff Siner for the series, as well as the sport they are most known for in the Carolinas.
Future suggestions for the series from readers are welcome and can be made by emailing Fowler at sfowler@charlotteobserver.com.
Former UNC Tar Heel, ABA and NBA basketball player Charlie Scott on Monday, June 13, 2022. Scott was UNC’s first Black scholarship athlete. He was a two-time All-American and three-time all Atlantic Coast Conference selection. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
University of South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley and Champ on Monday, August 20, 2022 in Columbia, SC. Staley was one of the sports icons interviewed for the “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” series. JEFF SINER jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
“Sports Legends of the Carolinas” is a series of extraordinary conversations with extraordinary sports icons who made their mark in North and South Carolina. Charlotte Observer sports columnist Scott Fowler hosts the interviews for the multimedia project, which includes a podcast, a series of online stories and video and photo components. McClatchy
Columnist Scott Fowler has written for The Charlotte Observer since 1994 and has earned 26 APSE awards for his sportswriting. He hosted The Observer’s podcast “Carruth,” which Sports Illustrated once named “Podcast of the Year.” Fowler also conceived and hosted the online series and podcast “Sports Legends of the Carolinas,” which featured 1-on-1 interviews with NC and SC sports icons and was turned into a book. He occasionally writes about non-sports subjects, such as the 5-part series “9/11/74,” which chronicled the forgotten plane crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 in Charlotte on Sept. 11, 1974.Support my work with a digital subscription
