Cheering on the sports team representing your state is an amazing feeling – especially when the team is doing well. North Carolina is no different! While there are only three professional sports teams in the state to rally behind, the surplus of Division One colleges in the state makes for some intense rivalries.
Sports is one of the few places where fans can come together and root for one similar team, but butt heads about another one. For this article 24/7 Tempo consulted different outside sources. These include NFL.com, NBA.com, and NHL.com. These are the most popular teams in North Carolina.
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are one of the newest teams in the NFL and have already been to two Super Bowls. Jake Delhome led the Panthers to Super Bowl XXXVIII against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. They would go on to lose on a last-second field goal by Adam Vinatieri. 12 years later, the Panthers faced the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50, where they would come up short in Peyton Manning’s final game. The Panthers recently took Bryce Young number one in the draft, with the hopes he can lead them to their first title.