There’s a Hockey Team Here? Really?

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Interesting blog item from the Y! about a survey on how North Carolinians feel about the Hurricanes. Or whether people know they exist. “Did you know that North Carolina has a professional ice hockey team, the Carolina Hurricanes?” While 82 percent answered “yes,” that meant 18 percent of respondents were unaware the Hurricanes played in their state after [...] [link]

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Drama Kings - Every Sport Has Them
Published 7/21/2008 by Bubba at Canes Country
... The Buzz’s own, Bomani Jones has officially entered into the now infamous North Carolina Sports Survey debacle. Just the mention of Bomani’s name invokes the wrath of some Caniacs who will never forget his ...

Save the Drama For Your Mama
Published 7/21/2008 by The Acid Queen at Sweet Tea, Barbecue, and Bodychecks
... and the inboxes of a couple buddies of his (one of whom is a NASCAR fan and the other one of whom isn’t even a fan of the Hurricanes). Bomani decided to, after getting hit with the Ten Ton Hammer by half the Caniac Nation for being such a douche, whine and cry that he was just trying to be funny. Of course you were just trying to be funny, Bomani. Of course you were. And I am the King of Siam. Et Cetera, Et Cetera. So–why am I bringing all this up? Because Bo decided to bring up a survey of the 500 residents of Hyde County (glove-tap to janeybell for that zinger) that ...

Bomani and the survey
Published 7/23/2008 by d-lee (noreply@blogger.com) at red and black hockey
... Anyway, Bomani, who writes for 850 the Blog, proudly pointed to that PPP survey and in a blog post said, essentially, See! I told y'all crazy crackers. Nobody cares!. He thinks that all of us are "missing the point", and when readers took him to task, asking "okay, what is the point, sir?", he refused to answer. He pledged to go on the radio and answer calls about this hullabaloo. That was supposed to happen today, but he decided to ...

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