But the other plush, anthropomorphized animals and oversized ... Rameses, a big-horned sheep in a jersey that serves as UNC’s mascot, was probably the best one on the court.

For almost 100 years, this is where the Hogan family has been raising one of my favorite local celebrities, Rameses, the name given to the Dorset rams who have served as the live mascot at UNC ...

Ray performed as UNC’s ram mascot, Rameses, for the past three seasons. He was scheduled to graduate in May with a major in business administration and a minor in religion. He was in New Jersey ...

They were then, and have always been, Tar Heels. UNC may have the Tar Heel nickname, but its mascot is a ram. As is often the case with other schools, UNC's mascot can be tied to a singular player ...

He was a fine mascot and a great ambassador for our school. He will be missed," said Basnight. The Horned Dorset sheep spent nearly a decade as UNC-Chapel Hill's live mascot before retiring in ...

The mascot was called Rameses, and had lived at the Hogan family farm at Calvander in Orange County. The late Henry Hogan had been a lineman on the 1924 UNC team, when the team adopted the ram as ...

They were then, and always have been, the Tar Heels. Now you might be wondering, why is UNC's mascot a ram? That's Rameses - and the costume version of him came to be in the late '80s. Fun fact ...

Screengrab from UNC Video Rameses XXI is retiring after nearly a decade as UNC’s mascot, the university announced Thursday. Who will replace him? Otis, a 9-month-old Dorset Horn from northern Vi ...

Jason Ray, who played the role of UNC mascot "Rameses" for three years, died after a car hit him during the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Ray was walking along a highway in Fort Lee, N.J., before UNC ...

Sunday marks 10 years since Jason Ray, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mascot, died after he was ... held April 3 in Kannapolis this year. UNC also renamed its transplant clinic ...