Luke DeCock, News & Observer, on the NFL, MLB playoffs, and the start to the regular NHL season. 

Can Bryce Young be good with a different team? For the Carolina Panthers, it’s been a failure after failure; so when might things start to turn around? Moving to college football, will UNC be seeing a head coach switch by the time Halloween gets here? What’s going on with this team and how much is on Mack Brown? Looking at NC State, what’s their biggest issue and what is it about these rosters that just aren’t working out?