In college basketball, a heartbreaking loss for the Charlotte 49ers men’s team Wednesday night. They lost in double-overtime at Temple 90-89. Nik Graves led the Niners with 26 points but was called for a foul with two seconds left and Jamal Mashburn Jr. made one of two free throws for the final margin. He’s the son of former Charlotte Hornets player Jamal Mashburn.
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.