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Uncanceled: The 2012-13 NHL lockout
For the past two months, we’ve been trying to make up for the lack of sporting events by reconstructing games that were canceled due to past labor disputes. If we can’t have live games to […]
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Uncanceled: The 1994-95 NHL lockout
The COVID-19 pandemic that caused all major sports to grind to a halt for close to two months is unprecedented in the world of athletics. That doesn’t mean that we haven’t seen games wiped off […]
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Raleigh man’s rare baseball card find could change lives
In 1910, Shoeless Joe Jackson played in 136 games for the Class A New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association. It was nine years before his time with the World Series-throwing Chicago Black Sox of […]
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Uncanceled: The 2011-12 NBA lockout
The shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has many fans desperate for any kind of sporting event, as the large number of viewers who stayed up to watch Monday night’s opening day in the Korean […]
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A weekend listening to ‘911 for pets’
It’s only natural that one of the calls to the hotline would be concerning the threat of a highly-contagious viral outbreak. “My dog gave birth to a litter last weekend,” the caller said, “and I […]
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Uncanceled: The 1998-99 basketball lockout
While we’ve been waiting for sports to resume following the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been busy rebuilding past seasons that have had games canceled due to labor unrest. So far, we’ve reconstructed the 1981 and 1994 […]
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Mid-majors find different inspirations for school names
We’ve looked at Blue Devils, Demon Deacons, Fighting Camels and plenty of Bulldogs. We’ve seen a mascot almost kill a member of the opposing band and another mascot that liked to sleep in busy hallways […]
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Uncanceled: The 1987 football strike
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the cancellation of games in all major sports that are in season and threatening to cancel games for the foreseeable future. While we can’t do anything to stop COVID-19 or […]
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Two sets of Bulldogs, Fighting Camels and Catamounts
Fans across North Carolina root for the Wolfpack, 49ers or Fighting Camels. Many, however, have no idea how their favorite college team got its name. In our first two weeks, we’ve looked at eight Division […]
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Uncanceled: The 1982 football strike
We’ve now gone more than a month with no sporting events in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic. No one knows when we’ll get back to normal, with games every day. With the […]