Sports
North Carolina is home to professional-level sports teams, including basketball, football, and hockey:
- NBA: Charlotte Bobcats
- NFL: Carolina Panthers (Charlotte)
- NHL: Carolina Hurricanes (Raleigh)
NASCAR racing is also a popular sport in North Carolina. Sprint Cup races are frequently held at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, just outside Charlotte.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)