Sports in North Carolina

Athletes and sports teams from North Carolina compete at every level of competition in the United States including NASCAR, the NBA, the NFL, the NHL, the United Soccer League, and MLL, and along with several colleges and universities in various conferences across an array of divisions. ^[1]

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Adam Petty

Adam Kyler Petty (July 10, 1980 – May 12, 2000) was a professional racing driver.

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Albany River Rats

The Albany River Rats were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.

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American Arena League

The American Arena League (AAL) is a minor professional indoor football league that began playing in 2018.

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American Athletic Conference

The American Athletic Conference (also known as The American and sometimes abbreviated AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 12 member universities and six associate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

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American Basketball Association

The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball league, from 1967 to 1976.

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American Basketball Association (2000–present)

The American Basketball Association (ABA) is an American semi-professional men's basketball minor league that was founded in 1999.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American Hockey League

The American Hockey League (AHL) is a 31-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL).

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American Legion Memorial Stadium

American Legion Memorial Stadium is a 17,000-seat stadium located on 7th Street in the Elizabeth community of Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Andy Petree

Joseph Andrew "Andy" Petree III (born August 15, 1958), is a former NASCAR crew chief, Fox NASCAR rules analyst.

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Appalachian League

The Appalachian League of Professional Baseball is a Rookie-class Minor League Baseball league that began play in 1911.

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Appalachian State Mountaineers

The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States.

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Appalachian State Mountaineers football

The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the college football team at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.

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Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University The pronunciation of Appalachian in a Southern U.S. dialect is provided.

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Archdale, North Carolina

Archdale is a city in Guilford and Randolph counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Arena Football League

The Arena Football League (AFL) is a professional indoor American football league in the United States.

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Asheboro Copperheads

The Asheboro Copperheads are an amateur baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League.

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Asheboro, North Carolina

Asheboro is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States.

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Asheville City SC

Asheville City SC is an amateur soccer team based in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Asheville Tourists

The Asheville Tourists are a minor league baseball team based in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Atlantic 10 Conference

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard, as well as some in the Midwest – Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia.

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Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States of America in which its fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports.

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Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Bank of America Stadium

Bank of America Stadium is a 75,523-seat football stadium located on in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Barton College

Barton College is a private liberal arts college located in Wilson, North Carolina.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Belk Bowl

The Belk Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Big South Conference

The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002.

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Boiling Springs, North Carolina

Boiling Springs is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina in the United States and is located in the westernmost part of the Charlotte metropolitan area located about 50 miles away from the city.

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Bojangles' Coliseum

Bojangles' Coliseum (originally Charlotte Coliseum and formerly Independence Arena and Cricket Arena) is a 8,600-seat multi-purpose arena located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Boone, North Carolina

Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States.

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Brian Vickers

Brian Lee Vickers (born October 24, 1983) is an American professional stock car and sports car racing driver. He last drove the No. 14 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing as an interim driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the injured Tony Stewart. He won the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series championship driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Vickers was also among the first series of full-time drivers for Toyota after the manufacturer first entered the Sprint Cup Series. Vickers' career has been marred by a series of health issues since 2010 that have included blood clots and heart problems.

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Buies Creek Astros

The Buies Creek Astros are a Minor League Baseball team that plays in the Carolina League in Buies Creek, North Carolina.

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Buies Creek, North Carolina

Buies Creek, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Bull City Legacy

The Bull City Legacy is a member of the Tobacco Road Basketball League based in Durham, North Carolina which began play in 2014.

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Bull riding

Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to buck off the rider.

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Burlington Royals

The Burlington Royals are a minor league baseball team in Burlington, North Carolina, United States.

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Burlington, North Carolina

Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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California League

The California League is a Minor League Baseball league which operates throughout California.

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Campbell Fighting Camels and Lady Camels

The Campbell Fighting Camels represent Campbell University and is the nickname of the school's 19 teams that compete at the Division I level of the NCAA.

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Campbell University

Campbell University is a coeducational, private university in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Carolina Cobras

The Carolina Cobras were an expansion franchise in the Arena Football League.

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Carolina Cougars

The Carolina Cougars were a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from late 1969 through 1974.

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Carolina Dynamo

Carolina Dynamo is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

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Carolina Hurricanes

The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Carolina League

The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which operates along the Atlantic Coast of the United States.

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Carolina Mudcats

The Carolina Mudcats are a Minor League Baseball team based in Zebulon, North Carolina.

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Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Carolina Rollergirls

Carolina Rollergirls, known as CRG or Carolina Roller Derby, Inc.

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Carolina Thunderbirds

The Carolina Thunderbirds were a professional ice hockey team located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.

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Carolina Thunderbirds (FHL)

The Carolina Thunderbirds are a minor league professional hockey team located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and play in the Federal Hockey League.

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Carolina–Duke rivalry

The North Carolina–Duke rivalry refers to the rivalry between the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Tar Heels (Carolina) and Duke University Blue Devils (Duke).

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Cary Invasion

The Cary Invasion is a member of the Tobacco Road Basketball League and the Premiere Basketball League based in Cary, North Carolina which began play in 2011 as a member of the Continental Basketball League.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Charlotte 49ers

The Charlotte 49ers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Charlotte 49ers football

The Charlotte 49ers football program represents the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in college football.

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Charlotte 49ers men's basketball

The Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) in NCAA Division I basketball.

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Charlotte center city

Charlotte Center City (commonly referred to as Uptown) is the central area of Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Checkers

The Charlotte Checkers are a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Coliseum

The Charlotte Coliseum was a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Copperheads

The Charlotte Copperheads were an American professional indoor lacrosse team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Eagles

The Charlotte Eagles are an American professional soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

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Charlotte Flair

Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr (born April 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, author and actress currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Charlotte Flair.

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Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Hornets (WFL)

The Charlotte Hornets were an American football team in the short-lived professional World Football League.

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Charlotte Hounds

The Charlotte Hounds are a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) semi-professional men's field lacrosse franchise that began play in the 2012 MLL season.

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Charlotte Independence

The Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Knights

The Charlotte Knights are a Minor League Baseball team in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Lady Eagles

Charlotte Lady Eagles is an American women's soccer team, founded in 2000.

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Charlotte metropolitan area

The Charlotte metropolitan area (also Metrolina, Charlotte Metro, or Charlotte USA) is a metropolitan area/region of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte.

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Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway, formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina from Charlotte.

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Charlotte Rage

The Charlotte Rage were a professional arena football team based out of Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte Rugby Club

Charlotte Rugby Club, nicknamed the "Old Originals", are a rugby union team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Clemson University

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina.

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Coastal Collegiate Sports Association

The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference.

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Coastal Plain League

The Coastal Plain League (CPL) is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players recruited from throughout the nation.

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Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600 is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, during Memorial Day weekend.

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College basketball

College basketball today is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including the United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA).

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College soccer

College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities.

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Collegiate summer baseball

Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining.

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Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina.

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Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver, Colorado.

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Concord, North Carolina

Concord (/ˈkɒn.kɔɹd/ or /ˈkaŋ.kəɹd/) is a city in Cabarrus County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Conference Carolinas

Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily in Division II, and as one of the four Division I conferences for men's volleyball.

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Conference USA

Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States.

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Conference USA Football Championship Game

The Conference USA Football Championship Game is an annual American football game that has determined the Conference USA's season champion since 2005.

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Continental Basketball League

The Continental Basketball League (CBL) was a men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April 2010.

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Cullen Jones

Cullen Andrew Jones (born February 29, 1984) is an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprint events.

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Cullowhee, North Carolina

Cullowhee, from the North Carolina Collection website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001), known professionally as Dale Earnhardt, was an American professional auto racing driver and team owner, best known for his involvement in stock car racing for NASCAR.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974), known professionally as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., or just Junior, is a retired American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and is currently an analyst for NASCAR on NBC.

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Dale Jarrett

Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956) is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the Daytona 500 three times (in 1993, 1996, and 2000) and winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship in 1999.

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David Marsh (swimming coach)

David Marsh (born December 29, 1957) is the head coach of a Team Elite swimming program that had its roots in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Davidson College

Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina with a historic 665-acre main campus and a 110-acre lake campus on Lake Norman.

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Davidson Wildcats

The Davidson Wildcats are the NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams representing Davidson College of Davidson, North Carolina, United States.

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Davidson Wildcats men's basketball

The Davidson Wildcats basketball team is the basketball team that represents Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, in the NCAA Division I. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

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Davidson, North Carolina

Davidson is a town on Lake Norman in northern Mecklenburg County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Davis Tarwater

Davis Edward Tarwater (born March 24, 1984) is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.

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Denver Pioneers men's lacrosse

The Denver Pioneers men's lacrosse team represents the University of Denver (DU) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college lacrosse.

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Dorton Arena

J.S. Dorton Arena is a 7,610-seat multi-purpose arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the grounds of the North Carolina State Fair.

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Down East Wood Ducks

The Down East Wood Ducks are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League (CL), and the owned-and-operated High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers.

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Duke Blue Devils

The Duke Blue Devils are the athletic teams that represent Duke University.

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Duke Blue Devils football

The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football.

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Duke University

Duke University is a private, non-profit, research university located in Durham, North Carolina.

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Durham Bulls

The Durham Bulls are a Triple-A minor league baseball team that currently plays in the International League.

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Durham Bulls Athletic Park

Durham Bulls Athletic Park (DBAP, pronounced "d-bap") is a 10,000-seat ballpark in Durham, North Carolina that is home to the Durham Bulls, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball.

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Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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East Atlantic Gymnastics League

The East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) is a collegiate women's gymnastics conference competing at the NCAA Division I level.

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East Carolina Pirates

The East Carolina Pirates are the athletic teams that represent East Carolina University (ECU), located in Greenville, North Carolina.

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East Carolina Pirates football

The East Carolina Pirates are a college football team that represents East Carolina University (variously "East Carolina" or "ECU").

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East Carolina University

East Carolina University (ECU) is a public, doctoral/research university in Greenville, North Carolina It is the third largest university in North Carolina.

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Eastern Australian Football League

The Eastern Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the Eastern United States of America and a division of the United States Australian Football League.

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ECHL

The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and two franchises in Canada.

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Edenton Steamers

The Edenton Steamers are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Edenton, North Carolina, and one of 16 teams that compete from May–August in the Coastal Plain League.

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Edenton, North Carolina

Edenton is a town on Albemarle Sound in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States.

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EGolf Professional Tour

The eGolf Professional Tour, formerly the Tarheel Tour, was a third-level men's professional golf tour based in Charlotte, North Carolina with about twenty tournaments conducted annually in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.

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Elon Phoenix

The Elon Phoenix is the name given to several sports teams of Elon University, located in Elon, North Carolina.

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Elon Phoenix football

The Elon Phoenix football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Elon University located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Elon University

Elon University is an American private, non-sectarian, coeducational liberal arts university with a historic campus in Elon, North Carolina.

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Elon, North Carolina

Elon (formerly known as Elon College) is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States.

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Eno River Rugby

Founded in 1991, Eno River Rugby, also called the "Rage," is a rugby union club based in Durham, North Carolina.

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Fayetteville Crossover

The Fayetteville Crossover are a semi-professional basketball team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Fayetteville Marksmen

The Fayetteville Marksmen are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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Fayetteville SwampDogs

The Fayetteville SwampDogs are a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League.

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Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville is a city in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.

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Federal Hockey League

The Federal Hockey League (FHL) is a professional ice hockey league with teams in the Midwestern, Southern, and Northeastern United States and Ontario, Canada.

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Final four

In American sports, the final four is the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament.

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Forest City Owls

The Forest City Owls are a baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league.

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Forest City, North Carolina

Forest City, formerly known as "Burnt Chimney," is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States.

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Fort Mill, South Carolina

Fort Mill, also known as Fort Mill Township, is a town in York County in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs

The Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs are the athletic teams of Gardner–Webb University located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, United States.

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Gardner–Webb University

Gardner–Webb University (Gardner–Webb, GWU, or GW) is a private, four-year Christian university in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

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Gastonia Grizzlies

The Gastonia Grizzlies are a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League.

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Gastonia, North Carolina

Gastonia is the largest city and county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.

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Grand National Cross Country

The AMSOIL Grand National Cross Country Series is an American motorcycle racing series.

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Great America Rifle Conference

The Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rifle-only conference.

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Greensboro Cobras

The Greensboro Cobras is a member of the Tobacco Road Basketball League based in Greensboro, North Carolina which began play in 2013.

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Greensboro Coliseum Complex

The Greensboro Coliseum Complex (GCC) is an entertainment and sports complex located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Greensboro Grasshoppers

The Greensboro Grasshoppers are a minor league baseball team in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Greensboro Swarm

The Greensboro Swarm are an American basketball team of the NBA G League and an affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association.

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Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro (formerly Greensborough) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Greenville, North Carolina

Greenville is the county seat and the most populous city in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.

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Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport that requires balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance.

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Hartford Whalers

The Hartford Whalers were an American professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Hickory Crawdads

The Hickory Crawdads are a Minor League Baseball team in Hickory, North Carolina.

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Hickory, North Carolina

Hickory is a city located primarily in Catawba County, North Carolina, with parts in adjoining Burke and Caldwell counties.

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High Country Grizzlies

The High Country Grizzlies are a professional indoor football team and a member of the American Arena League (AAL) that began play in the 2017 season.

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High Point Panthers

The High Point Panthers are the 16 varsity athletic teams that represent High Point University (HPU) in North Carolina, United States.

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High Point University

High Point University is a private liberal arts university in High Point, North Carolina.

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High Point, North Carolina

High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state of North Carolina.

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High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms

Thomasville, North Carolina was home to several minor league baseball teams from 1937–1969.

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Holly Springs Salamanders

The Holly Springs Salamanders are an amateur baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, collegiate summer baseball league.

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Holly Springs, North Carolina

Holly Springs is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States.

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Houston Astros

The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas.

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Humidity

Humidity is the amount of water vapor present in the air.

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Huntersville, North Carolina

Huntersville is a large suburban town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

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International League

The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the eastern United States and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.

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Jeff Hardy

Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, singer-songwriter, painter, and musician.

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Junior Johnson

Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr.

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Kannapolis Intimidators

The Kannapolis Intimidators are a minor league baseball team in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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Kannapolis, North Carolina

Kannapolis (Kŭh-nă-pŭh-lŭs) is a city in Cabarrus and Rowan counties, in the U.S. state of North Carolina, northwest of Concord and northeast of Charlotte and is a suburb in the Charlotte metropolitan area.

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Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kara Lynn Joyce

Kara Lynn Joyce (born October 25, 1985), also known by her married name Kara Lynn Williamson, is an American former competition swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.

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Kathleen Baker

Kathleen Baker (born February 28, 1997) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle and backstroke events.

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Kerry Earnhardt

Kerry Dale Earnhardt (born December 8, 1969) is a former NASCAR driver and the elder son of seven-time Winston Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt.

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Kinston, North Carolina

Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States.

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Kyle Petty

Kyle Eugene Petty (born June 2, 1960) is an American former stock car racing driver, and current racing commentator.

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Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball.

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Larry Brown (basketball)

Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is an American basketball coach for Fiat Torino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and EuroCup Basketball.

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Lee Petty

Lee Arnold Petty (March 14, 1914 – April 5, 2000) was an American stock car racing driver who competed during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Lenoir–Rhyne University

Lenoir–Rhyne University is a co-educational, private liberal arts university founded in 1891 and located in Hickory, North Carolina, USA.

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List of sports venues in North Carolina

The following is a list of sports venues in the U.S. State of North Carolina.

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Loudon, New Hampshire

Loudon is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Major League Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse (MLL) is a semi-professional field lacrosse league consisting of nine teams in the United States.

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Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by U.S. Soccer that represents the sport's highest level in both the United States and Canada.

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Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada

The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries.

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Matt Hardy

Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand currently one-half of the brand's Tag Team Champions along with Bray Wyatt, in his third individual reign.

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Memorial Stadium (Clemson)

Frank Howard Field at Clemson Memorial Stadium, popularly known as "Death Valley", is home to the Clemson Tigers, an NCAA Division I FBS football team, located in Clemson, South Carolina.

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Metrolina Speedway

Metrolina Speedway is a defunct auto racing track located in northeast Charlotte, North Carolina on the Metrolina Fairgrounds.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Miami Marlins

The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida.

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Micah Lawrence

Micah Lawrence (born July 20, 1990) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke.

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Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player.

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Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois.

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States.

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Milwaukee Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Minor league

Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports.

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Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball (MLB) and provide opportunities for player development and a way to prepare for the major leagues.

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Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

The Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, formerly known as The Winston from 1985 to 2003, the Nextel All-Star Challenge from 2004 to 2007, then the Sprint All-Star Race from 2008 to 2016, is an annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race between race winners from the previous season and the beginning of the current season, as well as all past event winners, and previous NASCAR Cup Series champions who attempted to run the entire previous season.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (often shortened to the Cup Series) is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

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Morehead City Marlins

The Morehead City Marlins are a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League (CPL).

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Morehead City, North Carolina

Morehead City is a port town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.

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Morganton, North Carolina

Morganton is a city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

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Motorsport

Motorsport or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorised vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition.

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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NASCAR Hall of Fame

The NASCAR Hall of Fame honors drivers who have shown exceptional skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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National Hot Rod Association

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada.

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National Premier Soccer League

The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American soccer league commonly recognized as being a fourth tier league although it has been given no official designation by US Soccer.

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National Women's Soccer League

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league, run by the United States Soccer Federation.

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National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling organization.

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NBA G League

The NBA G League is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.

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NC State Wolfpack

The NC State Wolfpack is the nickname of the athletic teams representing North Carolina State University.

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NC State Wolfpack football

The NC State Wolfpack football team represents North Carolina State University in the sport of American football.

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NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is an American intercollegiate field hockey tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I national champion.

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NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

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NCAA Division II

Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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NCAA Division II Football Championship

The NCAA Division II Football Championship is an American college football tournament played annually to determine a champion at the NCAA Division II level.

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Ned Jarrett

Ned Jarrett (born October 12, 1932) is a retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion.

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New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States.

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic.

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New Orleans Pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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News & Record

The News & Record is the largest newspaper serving Guilford County, North Carolina, and the surrounding region.

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Newton, North Carolina

Newton is a city located in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.

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Nick Thoman

Nicholas Brewer Thoman (born March 6, 1986) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the backstroke and is an Olympic gold medalist.

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North American Lacrosse League

The North American Lacrosse League (NALL) was a professional indoor lacrosse league based in the United States.

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North American Soccer League

The North American Soccer League (NASL) is a professional men's soccer league with four teams in the United States, including one in Puerto Rico.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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North Carolina A&T Aggies

The North Carolina A&T Aggies are the athletic teams that represent North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina A&T Aggies football

The North Carolina A&T Aggies football program represents North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in college football.

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North Carolina A&T State University

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, coeducational, historically black, research university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina Central Eagles

The North Carolina Central University Eagles (also NCCU) refer to the fourteen sports teams representing North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, tennis, and track and field; women's sports include bowling, softball, and volleyball; men's sports include baseball and golf.

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North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball

The North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents North Carolina Central University, which is located in Durham, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina Central University

North Carolina Central University (NCCU), also known as simply Central, is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels.

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North Carolina Courage

The North Carolina Courage is a professional women's soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina.

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North Carolina FC

North Carolina Football Club (formerly the Carolina RailHawks) is an American professional soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina Museum of History

An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution,the North Carolina Museum of History is located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.

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North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University (also referred to as NCSU, NC State, or just State) is a public research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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North Carolina Tar Heels

The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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North Carolina Tar Heels football

The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football.

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North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball team of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer

The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I soccer.

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North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway was a short track that held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races.

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Off-roading

Off-roading is the activity of driving or riding a vehicle on unsurfaced roads or tracks, made of materials such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Pensacola Blue Wahoos

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos are a Minor League Baseball team based in Pensacola, Florida.

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PGA Championship

The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship or U.S. PGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America.

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PGA Tour

The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America.

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Pinehurst Resort

Pinehurst Resort is a historic golf resort in the United States, located in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

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Pinehurst, North Carolina

Pinehurst is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States.

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Pioneer Football League

The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the United States.

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PNC Arena

PNC Arena (originally Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena and formerly the RBC Center) is an indoor arena, located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Premier Development League

The Premier Development League (commonly known as the PDL) is a development soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league system.

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Presbyterian Church (USA)

The Presbyterian Church (USA), or PC (USA), is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States.

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Professional Bull Riders

Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado, United States.

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Professional Lacrosse League

The Professional Lacrosse League (PLL) was a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in the United States.

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Quail Hollow Club

Charlotte |lat.

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Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States.

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Ralph Earnhardt

Ralph Lee Earnhardt (February 23, 1928 – September 26, 1973) was an American stock car racer.

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Randleman, North Carolina

Randleman is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States.

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Research Triangle

The Research Triangle, commonly referred to as simply The Triangle, is a region in the Piedmont of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by three major research universities North Carolina State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill.

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Rex Hospital Open

The Rex Hospital Open is a regular golf tournament on the Web.com Tour.

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Ric Flair

Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), better known as Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestling manager and retired professional wrestler signed to WWE under its Legends program.

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Richard Childress

Richard Childress (born September 21, 1945) is a former NASCAR driver and the current team owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR).

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Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed The King, is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

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Rick Hendrick

Joseph Riddick "Rick" Hendrick III (born July 12, 1949) is the current owner of the American NASCAR team, Hendrick Motorsports and founder of the Hendrick Automotive Group and Hendrick Marrow Program.

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Ricky Steamboat

Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.

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Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York.

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Rockingham Speedway

Rockingham Speedway, formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway and later North Carolina Speedway is a closed racetrack located near Rockingham, North Carolina.

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Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating counter-clockwise around a track.

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Ron Killings

Ronnie Aaron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, actor and rapper.

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Rugby Super League (United States)

The USA Rugby Super League, usually known as the Super League, is a defunct national rugby union competition which ran from 1997 to 2012, contested by nine clubs in the United States by its last year.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States.

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Sandhills (Carolina)

The Sandhills (or Carolina Sandhills) is a 15-60 km wide physiographic region within the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain province, along the updip (inland) margin of this province in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

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Scott Riggs

Russell Scott Riggs (born January 1, 1971), known professionally as Scott Riggs, is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Shannon Moore

Shannon Moore (born July 27, 1979) is an American professional wrestler.

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Softball

Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball (11 in. to 12 in. sized ball) on a smaller field.

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South Atlantic League

The South Atlantic League is a Minor League Baseball league with teams along the Atlantic coastline of the United States from New Jersey to Georgia.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Southern Collegiate Baseball League

Established in 1999, Southern Collegiate Baseball League (SCBL) is a non-profit, wooden bat collegiate summer league with six teams located in the Charlotte metropolitan area of North Carolina and South Carolina.

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Southern Conference

The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA).

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Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association

The Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association (SEBRA) is a semi-professional association for bull riders in the United States.

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Southern Professional Hockey League

The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indiana in the midwestern United States.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg is the most populous city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States, and the 12th-largest city by population in the state.

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Spectrum Center (arena)

Spectrum Center (formerly Charlotte Bobcats Arena and Time Warner Cable Arena) is an indoor arena located in center city Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Stan Lane

Wallace Stanfield "Stan" Lane (born August 5, 1953) is an American retired professional wrestler and color commentator.

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Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner.

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State Games of North Carolina

The State Games of North Carolina (for sponsorship reasons known as the Powerade State Games of North Carolina) is an Olympic-style competition for residents of North Carolina, and a member of the State Games of America.

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Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly and most prominently in the United States and Canada, with Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil also having forms of stock car auto racing.

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Stock contractor

A Stock contractor is an individual or business that provides animals for rodeo competition.

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Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976.

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Super Bowl 50

Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2015 season.

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Super Bowl XXXVIII

Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2003 season.

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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 7–8 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

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Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

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Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Tar Heel

Tar Heel is a nickname applied to the U.S. state of North Carolina and its inhabitants.

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Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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The Carolinas

The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively.

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The Hardy Boyz

The Hardy Boyz, often referred to simply as The Hardys, were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of real-life brothers Jeff and Matt Hardy who are currently signed to WWE.

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Thomasville, North Carolina

Thomasville is a city in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States.

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Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road is a term used in college sports, mainly basketball, for four rival universities in North Carolina that play in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

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Tobacco Road Basketball League

The Tobacco Road Basketball League (TRBL) is a professional men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April 2012.

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Tobacco Road FC

Tobacco Road Football Club is an American soccer team based in Durham, North Carolina.

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Triple-A (baseball)

Triple-A (or Class AAA) is the highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Mexico.

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U.S. Open (golf)

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open national championship of golf in the United States.

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Ultimate in North Carolina

Ultimate (sport) is a growing sport in North Carolina.

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UNC Asheville Bulldogs

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA).

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UNC Greensboro Spartans

The UNC Greensboro Spartans are the athletic teams of University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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UNC Wilmington Seahawks

The UNC Wilmington (UNCW) Seahawks are the varsity athletic teams representing UNC Wilmington in Wilmington, North Carolina in intercollegiate athletics.

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UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball

The UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represents UNC Wilmington or "UNCW".

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United Church of Christ

The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical confessional roots in the Reformed, Lutheran, Congregational and evangelical Protestant traditions, and "with over 5,000 churches and nearly one million members".

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United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a mainline Protestant denomination and a major part of Methodism.

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United Soccer League

The United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as USL Pro, is a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada that began its inaugural season in 2011.

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United States Australian Football League

The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) is a governing body for Australian rules football in the United States.

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United States Women's Open Championship (golf)

The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the ANA Inspiration, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship.

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University of North Carolina

The University of North Carolina is a multi-campus public university system composed of all 16 of North Carolina's public universities, as well as the NC School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first public residential high school for gifted students.

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University of North Carolina at Asheville

The University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA) is a co-educational, four year, public liberal arts university.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also known as UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina, or simply Carolina, is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, also known as UNC Charlotte, is a public research university located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public coeducational and Research university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington

The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), sometimes referred to as UNC Wilmington or affectionately as The Dub, is a public, co-educational university located in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.

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USL W-League

The USL W-League was a North American women's soccer developmental organization.

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Vince McMahon

Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an American professional wrestling promoter and executive, American football executive, businessman, film producer, actor and sporadic professional wrestler.

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the various sports teams of Wake Forest University.

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University in the sport of American football.

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Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1834.

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Wake Forest, North Carolina

Wake Forest is a town in Franklin and Wake counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina; located almost entirely in Wake County, it lies just north of the state capital, Raleigh.

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WakeMed Soccer Park

WakeMed Soccer Park is a major soccer complex located in Cary, North Carolina, United States.

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Warrenton, North Carolina

Warrenton is a town in and the county seat of Warren County, North Carolina, United States.

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Web.com Tour

The Web.com Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level.

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Wells Fargo Championship

The Wells Fargo Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour.

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Western Carolina Catamounts

The Western Carolina Catamounts are the athletic teams of Western Carolina University.

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Western Carolina Catamounts football

The Western Carolina Catamounts football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Western Carolina University located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University (WCU) is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States.

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Western New York Flash

The Western New York Flash (WNYF) is an American professional soccer club based in Elma, New York that competes in the United Women's Soccer league.

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WFTDA Apprentice Program

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

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Wilkes County, North Carolina

Wilkes County is a county located in the US state of North Carolina.

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Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Wilkesboro is a town in and the county seat of Wilkes County, North Carolina.

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Wilmington Hammerheads FC

Wilmington Hammerheads FC is a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Wilmington Sea Dawgs

The Wilmington Sea Dawgs are a professional basketball team and founding member of the Tobacco Road Basketball League.

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Wilmington Sharks

The Wilmington Sharks are a baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league.

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Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.

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Wilson Tobs

The Wilson Tobs are an amateur baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League, an NCAA-sanctioned collegiate summer baseball league.

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Wilson, North Carolina

Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina, United States.

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Winston-Salem Dash

The Winston-Salem Dash are a minor league baseball team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, is a historically black public research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. With a 2015 estimated population of 241,218, it is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and the 5th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 89th-most populous city in the United States. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center. Winston-Salem is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage and "City of the Arts and Innovation" for its dedication to fine arts and theater and technological research. "Camel City" is a reference to the city's historic involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Camel cigarettes. Many locals refer to the city as "Winston" in informal speech. Another nickname, "the Dash," comes from the (-) in the city's name, although technically it is a hyphen, not a dash; this nickname is only used by the local minor league baseball team, the Winston-Salem Dash. In 2012, the city was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the U.S. by CBS MoneyWatch.

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Women's Flat Track Derby Association

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world.

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Women's Premier Soccer League

The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the second level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, below National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and roughly equal with United Women's Soccer (UWS).

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World Basketball Association

The World Basketball Association (WBA) is a semi-professional men's spring basketball league in the United States.

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World Football League

The World Football League (WFL) was a short-lived American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975.

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WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that primarily is known for professional wrestling.

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Wyndham Championship

The Wyndham Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour.

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Yadkinville, North Carolina

Yadkinville is a town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States.

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Zebulon, North Carolina

Zebulon is the easternmost town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States.

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1961 Cotton Bowl Classic

The 1961 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Southwest Conference champion Arkansas Razorbacks and the champions of the ACC, the Duke Blue Devils.

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2007 Orange Bowl

The 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game following the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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2010–13 Big East Conference realignment

The 2010–13 Big East Conference realignment refers to the Big East Conference dealing with several proposed and actual conference expansion and reduction plans among various NCAA conferences and institutions.

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2010–13 Sun Belt Conference realignment

The 2010–13 Sun Belt Conference realignment refers to the Sun Belt Conference dealing with several proposed and actual conference expansion and reduction plans among various NCAA conferences and institutions from 2010 to 2013.

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2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence.

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2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

The 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was a single-elimination tournament involving 48 teams to determine the champion of the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_North_Carolina

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