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The People's Member
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I was thinking about it today, and since it is kind of a low time while waiting for the NFL, college football and the MLB playoffs to start, might as well post this...I know most sports teams are named after something significant, for example in my city, the Minnesota Twins (Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul), Vikings (large population of Scandanavians). The other two teams, Timberwolves and Wild, are probably based on the Boundary Waters canoe area, but don't have as much significance.
So here I made two lists. The first one is teams with generic sounding names, to see if there is any real significance or if they were just feeling lazy. The second is a list of team names that are obviously named after something, but I don't know why. I left out obvious ones, and if there are ones that I know but others might not, I put the answer. GENERIC TEAM NAMES: ANY SIGNIFICANCE? (Note, a lot are probably just named after animals from the region or something, but sometimes there are other stupid reasons, like Charlotte Bobcats.) Miami Dolphins Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs Oakland/LA Raiders San Diego Chargers New York Giants Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers Arizona Cardinals St. Louis/LA Rams Baltimore Orioles Tampa Bay Devil Rays Toronto Blue Jays Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals LA Angels Oakland Athletics Atlanta Braves Florida Marlins Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals Arizona Diamondbacks New Jersey Nets Toronto Raptors Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Milwaukee Bucks Atlanta Hawks Charlotte Bobcats (Their owner is named Bob or something) Washington Wizards Dallas Mavericks Memphis/Vancouver Grizzlies Charlotte/NO/OKCity Hornets San Antonio Spurs Utah Jazz (Used to be from NO, home of jazz) Golden State Warriors Phoenix Suns Sacramento Kings New Jersey Devils New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Toronto Maple Leafs Atlanta Thrashers Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Columbus Blue Jackets Nashville Predators Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers (Is there a reason two canadian teams are essentially named the Canadiens? Specific reasons) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (Named after the best movie ever) Dallas Stars (Stole it from the fucking North Stars of MN) LA Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks TEAM NAMES: WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE? Buffalo Bills: (He wasn't from there, was he?) New York Jets Cleveland Browns New Orleans Saints (and the logo) Boston Red Sox (or is it nothing more than the obvious?) Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Phillies (did they invent Phillies as a nickname?) Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego Padres The Giants, Brooklyn or New York I guess Boston Celtics (I thought Celts were scottish, not irish) New York Knicks (I know it is Knickerbockers, but why?) Seattle Supersonics LA Clippers (Named after some boats, but why?) LA Lakers (Moved from Minnesota, Minnesota is the land of lakes, 10,000+) Philadelphia Flyers Detroit Red Wings (there is a city in MN named Red Wing, and the shoes are based here, so WTF) St. Louis Blues (I am not aware of the blues culture coming from STL?) If people know some of these, maybe we can try a college version. That'd be crazy. Dont Mess With Kids |
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