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PODCAST

A Brief History of Triangle Sports

99.9 The Fan | Raleigh, North Carolina

Brief histories of North Carolina sports from college basketball giants to Stanley Cup winners and the pro football team that lasted a single season. This podcast is produced by 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh, NC and part of the Capitol Broadcasting Podcast Network.

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68:28

John Wall, Harrison Barnes, and how Bomani Jones...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/06/08

To say the recruitments of Raleigh's own John Wall and Harrison Barnes out of Ames, Iowa in 2009 had massive ripple effects for Duke, North Carolina, NC State and other college basketball programs would be an understatement. Bomani Jones, who was hosting a local radio show in the Triangle before going national with ESPN and HBO, found himself in the middle of it all. He essentially became a one-man recruiting news source before Wall committed to Kentucky and upped his media

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73:42

Jeff Gravley got to see the big events, but a smaller...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/06/01

Jeff Gravley covered 31 ACC Tournaments, 20 Final Fours, two Super Bowls and the 2016 Rio Olympics during his career with WRAL. Not bad for a kid out of Oxford who turned his dreams of playing professional sports into a career that put him in the middle of it all. Along the way he developed relationships with other personalities that came through the area, including the late Stuart Scott, who helped influenced his work. And while the big events were always exciting for Gravley,

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66:14

How John Forslund kept it objective for over 20 years...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/05/25

Former Carolina Hurricanes TV play-by-play John Forslund joined the Hartford Whalers organization shortly before the franchise moved to North Carolina. A commitment from former GM Jim Rutherford allowed Forslund to grow his career at the same time as the Hurricanes were growing their fanbase. Through several highs such as the Stanley Cup and lows that included a decade of missing the playoffs, Forslund kept it objective regardless of what ownership, players, and fans might've

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68:54

Mick Mixon elevated play-by-play to storytelling...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/05/18

Mick Mixon called his last Carolina Panthers game on January 9th, 2022 after 17 years of play-by-play for the NFL franchise. But calling Mixon a play-by-play guy is selling him short. He was a storyteller more than a sportscaster, and helped paint the picture for some of the biggest moments in North Carolina sports history. Mixon grew up in Chapel Hill and eventually came back home to be part of two NCAA basketball championship runs for the Tar Heels. Mixon left the world of

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74:17

How David Glenn helped recruiting coverage go...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/05/11

David Glenn, former editor of the ACC Sports Journal, took a recruiting newsletter into full blown print product and eventually on to online platforms. Recruiting coverage opened doors into Triangle college programs that would eventually help him provide incredible insight into some of the biggest stories of the 90s and 00s. From Matt Doherty's exit at North Carolina to NC State's wild coaching search following Herb Sendek's departure, Glenn joined Joe Ovies to discuss the

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66:38

How Chuck Kaiton educated new Carolina Hurricanes...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/05/04

The Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes and moved to North Carolina in 1997. The Canes, as you know them today with a Stanley Cup and a current playoff window to potentially win another one, didn't instantly establish roots in the community. In fact, some fans outright dismissed the concept of hockey in the south and a good number of NC State fans resented having to share a new building with the franchise. Despite those early lean years for the franchise, former

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50:43

How the “Big Four Tournament” and recruitment of...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/04/27

Here's a mental exercise — imagine North Carolina, NC State, Duke and Wake Forest fans all chanting "ACC!” Not sarcastically, which is how folks do it today in reaction to SEC fans who pull for teams that aren't Alabama. No, actual pride in the "Big Four" and pulling for your rival to win against an outsider. Turns out you don't have to imagine it because that's how it used to be back in the 1950s and 1960s. So what changed? The Big Four Tournament, which came about

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54:27

How Tom Suiter brought out the best in North Carolina...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/04/20

For 35 years starting in the early 1980s, former WRAL sports anchor Tom Suitor was the host of “Football Friday”. The high school football highlights show was a trailblazing program that continues to grow in reach to this day and set the standard for high school football coverage. For his contributions to high school sports through "Football Friday" and the Extra Effort Award, Suiter was inducted into the N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the North Carolina

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63:05

The evolution of sports talk in the Triangle with a...

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/04/13

Let's take it back to 1982. North Carolina has Michael Jordan and Dean Smith. Woody Durham yells "thrown away to Worthy" and the Tar Heels win the NCAA championship. Then the following year in 1983, Jim Valvano and NC State become legends of March Madness. Can you imagine what it would've been like on sports talk radio back then? Wait, was there even sports talk radio back then? Yes, but not like you know it today. Tony Riggsbee has spent 50 years in Triangle radio and was part

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2:01

Introducing A Brief History of Triangle Sports | Trailer

A Brief History of Triangle Sports ·

2022/03/17

The Triangle region of North Carolina is one of the most unique sports markets in the country thanks to a confluence of multiple universities with rabid fanbases, a lone pro sports franchise with the Carolina Hurricanes, and transplants who still care about their hometown teams. As more people move to the area or as young fans enter adulthood, they might lack the context as to why certain things still matter or the impact of certain events to their favorite teams. "A Brief

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