Things weren’t much better at UNC. The Tar Heels’ beloved mascot, 5-year-old Ramses VIII, needed emergency surgery to repair an abdominal hernia suffered when he was kicked by a cow at Hogan ...

“Tar Heel” was originally a derogatory term for poor laborers, but now it is a common nickname for any resident of North Carolina. Oklahoma's nickname, "The Sooner State," originates from the ...

The kickin’ hot sauce is stocked inside just about every NC refrigerator but is oddly unknown outside the Southeast.