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Old 08-15-2006, 05:10 AM   #1
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Exclamation Is there any significance/What is the significance...

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.


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