One of our favorite pastimes is our love for spectator sports, especially when it involves one of our many local championship teams.

Sporting News consistently ranks Raleigh and the Triangle one of the nation’s hottest sports markets. That’s due in large part to our rich Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball and football heritage. We’re also home to the National Hockey League Carolina Hurricanes - the 2006 Stanley Cup champions!

College basketball here is more than a game. It’s a way of life. With perennial powerhouses like the North Carolina State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, and Duke Blue Devils calling the Triangle home, college basketball is bigger and better than anywhere else in the country. This is where legends like Michael Jordan, Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith, and the late Jimmy V were born. Area teams have won nine NCAA Men’s Division I National Basketball Championships.

ACC football also offers action-packed fall Saturdays as the Wolfpack take on some of the most prominent football programs in the country right here in our own backyard.

Over the past several years hockey has also taken the Triangle by storm in the form of a Hurricane - the Carolina Hurricanes to be exact. The NHL Eastern Conference Hurricanes with championship aspirations have had tremendous success on the ice since their arrival in Raleigh, including a magical Stanley Cup championship in 2006.

But amazing performances on the gridiron, hardwood and ice rinks aren’t the only game in town.

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