Scott Fowler is a national award-winning sports columnist for The Charlotte Observer, the largest newspaper in the Carolinas. He has written for The Observer since 1994. A native of Spartanburg, S.C., Scott graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina in 1987. He worked for three years from 1987-90 covering the University of Kentucky sports teams – primarily UK basketball – for The Louisville Courier-Journal. He then took a job with The Miami Herald and covered the NFL’s Miami Dolphins for most of three seasons, writing about teams led by head coac Shula and quarterback Dan Marino. In 1994, Scott moved back closer to home to write for The Charlotte Observer’s sports section. Scott and his colleague Charles Chandler combined to cover the Carolina Panthers on a day-to-day basis during their early seasons. They also co-wrote a regional bestseller called "Year of the Cat" (1997, Simon & Schuster). It was the first of the four books Scott has either authored or co-authored. He followed it with "Tales from the Carolina Panthers Sideline" (2004); "North Carolina Tar Heels: Where Have You Gone?" (2005); and "Jimmy Black's Tales from the Tar Heels" (2006), which was a story of the 1982 UNC title team written in collaboration with that squad's senior point guard. Information on all of those books is available on this website. Autographed copies can be purchased here, at ScottFowlerSports.com. If you want an unsigned copy, amazon.com is a good source. In 1999, Ron Green retired as a Charlotte Observer sports columnist and Scott was promoted into that job. He maintains a close connection with the Panthers, focusing many of his columns on the team and its players, but also now covers college basketball, NASCAR, the Olympics and many other sports. Scott’s newspaper work has won more than a half-dozen national awards and has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers around the country. He has made several appearances on ESPN’s "Outside the Lines" and serves as a frequent guest on ESPN sports radio. Scott and his wife Elise live with their four children in North Carolina. He welcomes your e-mails at ScottFowlerBooks@aol.com.