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

TAR (32A: The ___ Heel State (North Carolina)) The TAR Heel State is a nickname for North Carolina, as well as the nickname of the University of North Carolina athletic teams, students ...

No foodstuff inspires greater loyalty inside Tar Heel borders than Texas Pete ... a jingle and a fleshed-out identity for its cowboy mascot. Still faceless, still wearing a hat shaped like ...

"While most of them were away boogieing wit da Hoodie, I was renting their tenting, breaking into tents to see what I could ...

Five-star recruit Caleb Wilson announced his commitment to UNC basketball early Friday morning. Here's what it means for ...

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 ...

Students from North Carolina’s Daily Tar Heel and Duke’s Chronicle newspapers play an annual basketball game of their own, ...

Caleb Wilson, ranked No. 6 in the Class of 2025, announced his commitment to the University of North Carolina. Despite offers ...

Smith, hoping Wilson would choose his alma mater, had even pre-planned Carolina blue confetti falling from the ceiling and the Tar Heels mascot, Rameses, joining in the excitement. As the ...