Why did Olympic viewership take such a plunge?


The anticipation of the Olympics finally arriving this summer apparently only applied to the athletes themselves. After being delayed a year due to COVID-19, the TV ratings for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo took a massive plunge. The NBC broadcast had the lowest primetime viewership for any summer games, the Sports Business Journal reported, down 43 percent from Rio […]

Mooresville ‘friends’ to compete for bocce glory


MOORESVILLE – A group of “friends” will roll into the regional bocce ball championship Saturday, Aug. 14, with a shot at the state tournament. The Bocce Friends of Mooresville will send its men’s and women’s teams to “the bocce capital of the world” in North Carolina’s foothills as the fast-growing local club honors a multi-generational history of playing the game […]

Spinners championship season a crash course and an encore


MOORESVILLE – Davis Turner got to win another championship for his hometown when the Mooresville Spinners took the Southern Collegiate Baseball League crown Aug. 6. The Spinners defeated the Concord A’s twice in the championship series for the teams’ second SCBL title in four years. Turner was the catcher on Mooresville High’s 4A championship team in 2019, and was in […]