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re: Is the Raptor the worst team nickname in professional sports?
Posted on 2/13/12 at 11:24 am to ElroyJetSon
Posted on 2/13/12 at 11:24 am to ElroyJetSon
The "Browns" is kinda dumb to me.
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Posted on 2/13/12 at 11:54 am to 4nmylifetime
Redskins
Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:03 pm to BIGDAB
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I don't like the Hornets name or its nickname "the bee's"
The Hornets nickname was awesome for Charlotte. Probably one of the best nicknames in sports due to its origin.
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A second nickname derives from the American Revolutionary War, when British commander General Cornwallis occupied the city but was driven out by hostile residents, prompting him to write that Charlotte was "a hornet's nest of rebellion," leading to the nickname The Hornet's Nest.
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Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:08 pm to RileyTime
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Houston Texans is pretty stoopid IMO
Stoopid -- but undeniably accurate
Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:08 pm to HeadCoach
Redskins is one of the great nicknames Mr PC
Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:27 pm to barry
Grizzlies in Memphis???? Back when they played in the pyramid, they should have been named the Sphinxsters.
Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:40 pm to TDawg1313
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Thunder
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Oklahoma City Thunder...it makes no sense at all (geographically, locally, logically, etc.)
also the logo...what is this supposed to be? navy, light blue, yellow, and orange...
Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:43 pm to wizziko
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Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:48 pm to barry
Ravens. Fancy name for a crow. And the relationship to Edgar Allen Poe makes it worse.
Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:50 pm to JDM1992
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...it makes no sense at all (geographically, locally, logically, etc.)
there is no thunder in OKC?
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FWIW I don't really like Crimson Tide. I always refer to them as Alabama)
Where does that name come from, Tuscaloosa is pretty far from the coast and any tides in that sense.
Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:52 pm to H-Town Tiger
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I don't follow MLS, but some of those teams copy famous Euro team is really, really stupid.
this. real salt lake? leave it to fricking utah
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Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:54 pm to H-Town Tiger
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Posted on 2/13/12 at 12:56 pm to H-Town Tiger
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there is no thunder in OKC?
there's thunder everywhere! If they were going for a weather related name, why not Cyclones?
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:15 pm to EWE TIGER
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Ravens. Fancy name for a crow. And the relationship to Edgar Allen Poe makes it worse.
He's probably the most famous resident of Baltimore ever. Great nickname IMO.
LA Lakers - this would be like the Colorado Rockies becoming the New Orleans Rockies
Utah Jazz - this is like the New Orleans Jazz becoming, well, the Utah Jazz
Raptors - as already dicussed
Memphis Grizzlies
NBA has a lot of bad team names come to think of it
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:18 pm to H-Town Tiger
quote:Leafs Nation salutes you for your intelligence...that other guy on the other hand
the Maple Leafs? Nah
Maple Leafs is a great nickname for Toronto, or any Canadian city.
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:24 pm to LSUCanFAN
Minnesota Wild
Tennessee Titans
Cleveland Browns
Oakland Athletics
Orlando Magic
Tennessee Titans
Cleveland Browns
Oakland Athletics
Orlando Magic
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:25 pm to H-Town Tiger
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some of those teams copy famous Euro team is really, really stupid.
ReaL Salt Lake? Chivas USA
I've always hated that...when MLS started, they were hell bent on just copying everything they saw overseas down to a tee...and it just comes off as some bushleague. What the hell is royal about Salt Lake City???? And maybe two guys in that state speak Spanish!
Soccer might not have been that popular but America has played it longer than 15 years. Why couldn't they just have an American league - that does things the way we do things in other sports...but top to bottom..."we have to call it a pitch now."
This post was edited on 2/13/12 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:26 pm to LSUCanFAN
Maple Leafs is a great one in my opinion. It's a much better nickname than the Canadians, Senators, Jets, Flames, Oilers, and Canucks.
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:29 pm to TigerintheNO
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Mighty Ducks
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:37 pm to wish i was tebow
Back in the first few seasons of MLS, it was great when these two teams would get together:
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