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Carolina Hurricanes renamed ‘Wizards’ to avoid criticism due to actual hurricane

Raleigh HecklerRob - August 29, 2011

In a preemptive strike to avoid backlash from political-correctness watchdogs and Weather Channel pundits, the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes announced today that they are changing their name to the Wizards after Hurricane Irene left a large path of destruction along the East Coast this weekend.

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