Why ‘the supremacy of the two states’ lies in the score of a Carolina football game

Posted Aug 27, 2023
Come September 2, some 60,000 people will gather in Charlotte, at Bank of America Stadium, to watch the Tar Heels and Gamecocks. It will be part football game — and an important one at that for the aspirations of both teams — but also part family reunion among close relatives and distant cousins, literal and metaphorical, united by a land they call home. (AOL.com)

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