Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup
The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an art teacher in South Dakota all the way to the Stanley Cup champions.
How Christina Koch went from North Carolina to a Moon Mission
Koch grew up in Jacksonville, went to high school in Durham, got three degrees from NC State, and is now going to be the first woman to orbit the moon. Here's the long road that led her there.
North Carolina's online discourse is a many-splendored thing
Three (somehow safe for work) stories about a cursed image, innovative funding sources for hurricane relief, and nostalgia for places where people threw up in college.
The story behind a decal of NC State's mascot eating UNC's mascot
Someone sent me an image of Mr. Wuf chewing on the bones of a dead Rameses. Was this a real sticker from long ago? And if so, how could that happen? We investigated.
Why didn't the Tar Heels and Wolfpack play pandemic basketball at their retro arenas?
Yeah, why not? Wouldn't that've been sweet? Here's what it'd ACTUALLY take for North Carolina's most storied basketball programs to play more games in their old barns.
