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28875
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Charlotte Native and sportswriter Ron Green Jr. reflects on the grow3th of Charlotte as a sports town. Green discusses the lack of sports in the area when he was a child in the 1960s besides the occasional golf tournament which would come to town. Green discusses the city’s baseball team, the Charlotte Hornets, the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association, Charlotte’s World Football League team that arrived in the 1970s, the Charlotte Motor Speedway, and the major sports events up to the present day. The history sports in Charlotte, the city’s atmosphere, and a timeline of major sporting events in the city are all detailed.
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36171
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An interview with Jim Nantz yielded responses about his family and career. Perhaps the most insightful response, though, made a distinction between birthplace and hometown. For this well-known figure at CBS Sports, Charlotte will always be both.
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10119
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Green discusses golfing and golf courses in North Carolina, including the Wachovia Championship; the state's top 100 golf courses; the best par-4 courses; the best practice facilities; and the best courses by regions.
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5019
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North Carolina has a rich and colorful golfing tradition. A number of professional golfers and great amateurs grew up in the state, including Davis Love, Raymond Floyd, Harvie Ward, Charlie Sifford, Marge Burns, and Peggy Kirk Bell. Some became national champions. Colleges consistently had outstanding teams with future professional greats including Arnold Palmer, Mike Souchak, and Lanny Wadkins.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 2001, pS26-S29, il
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14326
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With almost 500 courses across the state from the mountains to the coast, golfing is a big contributor to the economy. The money spent on golf alone is nearly $500 million annually. This does not include what overnight visitors spend on lodging, travel, and food.
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13233
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College sports are big business in North Carolina these days. Green examines the growing costs of fielding a team and the large profits some of them produce. As one athletic director says, \"An AD has to be a combination of businessman as well as educator. We're running a financially self-sustaining program in an educational environment.\"
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