Bring Back The Buzz Blog

Play Charlotte logo

Play Charlotte: Why Charlotte Bars Should Put the Hornets On

Fifteen TVs, one Hornets game, and a manager who picked motocross. Why we started Play Charlotte, and where to watch now.

Read more

The Charlotte Hornets All-Time Starting Lineup

Baron, Crash, Glen Rice, LJ and Zo: our all-time Charlotte starting five from 2015, plus who'd crack it today.

Read more
The Kent family: Papa Buzz, Mama Buzz, Evan and Scotty

We Are Charlotte Hornets: Going to a Game as a Family Again

Seven days before the first Charlotte Hornets game in 12 years, Evan wrote down what it all meant.

Read more
The Bring Back the Buzz crown logo with the Charlotte skyline

How Bring Back the Buzz Got Its Crown (and Stayed Independent)

In 2014, the NBA had a problem with our logo. So we swapped Hugo for a crown and chose to stay independent. Sound familiar?

Read more

Bobby Phills, #13, and the Fight to Bring His Jersey Home

There's a 13 hidden in the Bring Back the Buzz logo. Here's why, and how Bobby Phills' jersey finally came home.

Read more
The Kent family in Hornets gear

What's in a Name? Why the Hornets Name Is a Family Issue

People kept asking us why a name mattered so much. In 2013, here's how we answered.

Read more
Bring Back the Buzz Silent Swarm event graphic, 2013

The Silent Swarm: How Charlotte Fans Took Over the Arena

Before TEALgates, there was the SWARM. How a few hundred fans in teal and purple helped bring the Hornets name home.

Read more

Dear Charlotte, From Bring Back the Buzz

Days before the final Silent Swarm in April 2013, we wrote a thank-you letter to everyone who was along for the ride.

Read more