# Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh meh. We can do better. Contribute a clever sports team nickname! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094 "2016-08-27T00:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/21 "2016-08-27T17:26:41Z")
The San Antonio Banderas ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/22 "2016-08-27T17:45:07Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No fair reusing [any of these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_sports_teams). The Albuquerque Isotopes did. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/23 "2016-08-27T17:47:40Z")
The Oakland [No Theres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California#.22There_is_no_there_there.22). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/24 "2016-08-27T18:52:55Z")
The Havana Negillahs. The Albuquerque Kookaburras. The Walla Walla Kookaburras. Although it really should be cheating to use ā€œWalla Wallaā€. And ā€œKookaburraā€. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/25 "2016-08-27T18:54:38Z")
The Washington Campaigners ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/26 "2016-08-27T19:23:33Z")
A question that idiots tend to think will be a ā€œgotchaā€ for Navarrese is ā€œwhatā€™s the only professional soccer team in Spain thatā€™s got a Basque nameā€. Osasuna, Pamplonaā€™s team, means Health or Well-being in Basque. I still have never been able to get one of those idjits to explain why they whink we wouldnā€™t know it šŸ˜• Do they think weā€™ll believe it was picked by tossing Scrabble letters in the air until they came down pronunceable? But in any case, itā€™s a great nameā€¦ for detecting morons. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/27 "2016-08-27T20:58:29Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > The Phoenix Phoenixes. I have always felt that had the Cardinals gone to Gila Bend, they could have become **The Gila Monsters**. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/28 "2016-08-27T22:27:00Z")
The Rams should move to Dodge City. Thereā€™s a small town in my area named Lyons. Predictably, their HS mascot is the Lyons Lions. Iā€™ve always thought they should have dual mascots, the Tigers & Bears, which would allow them to have a great chant. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/29 "2016-08-27T23:17:27Z")
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs Really really ā€¦ [Hereā€™s the history](http://www.ucsc.edu/about/mascot.html). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/30 "2016-08-28T00:06:52Z")
Frankfort, Indiana Hot Dogs [http://fhs.frankfortschools.org/](http://fhs.frankfortschools.org/) I sent for and bought a sweatshirt from this school, as I have a dachshund. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/31 "2016-08-28T01:06:49Z")
Upon reviewing my OP, I see that I should have made this clearer: This thread is for made-up (by you) clever team nicknames. Not clever team nicknames that already exist. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/32 "2016-08-28T02:54:45Z")
We did this earlier this [month](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=800457) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/33 "2016-08-28T03:52:04Z")
How about names for the cheerleading squads? I always thought the Rams should name theirs ā€œThe Embraceable Ewesā€. ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/34 "2016-08-28T07:11:50Z")
French Lick Orgasms ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/35 "2016-08-28T07:40:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Any one of Hermesā€™ exclamations from _Futurama_ would work. > > Sweet Gorillas of Manila. > Sweet Ponies of Sierra Leone. > Sweet Guinea Pigs of Winnipeg. > Sweet Sacred Boas of West and Eastern Samoa. > Sweet Kookaburras of Edinburgh. What about the Sweet Somethings of Somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/36 "2016-08-28T08:38:50Z")
The New York Minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/37 "2016-08-28T11:30:39Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > We did this earlier this [month](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=800457) Wow, we sure did. Donā€™t know how I missed that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/38 "2016-08-28T11:45:41Z")
Panama Reds Acapulco Golds ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/39 "2016-08-28T12:58:31Z")
Istanbul Shits Jackson Ofabitches Indiana Kendricks ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/40 "2016-08-29T18:13:36Z")
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