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June 30, 2025

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Mountaineers, Pirates, Wildcats and 49ers, oh my!

April 8, 2020 Shawn Krest

Last week, we looked at the twisted road the state’s four ACC teams — UNC, Duke, NC State and Wake Forest — took to their nicknames. Now we take a look at another group of […]

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What’s in a name? The origins of Tobacco Road colleges’ nicknames

April 1, 2020 Shawn Krest

In a landscape filled with Tigers, Knights, Bulldogs and Bears, North Carolina’s colleges have perhaps the most diverse set of nicknames as any state in the country. Sure, we might have a Wildcats and a […]

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