# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/41 "2016-08-29T18:43:02Z")
The University of Northern Colorado’s[Fighting Whiteys](http://www.cafepress.com/fightinwhite) ---
**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 29, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/42 "2016-08-29T21:03:38Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > How about names for the cheerleading squads? > > I always thought the Rams should name theirs “The Embraceable Ewes”. You’re not the only one. I once saw them called exactly that in a news story, didn’t realize until much later it was a joke. Since this was before I’d gotten interested in football, it would have been in the late 70’s. Also- were the Seattle cheerleaders ever called The SeaGals, or was that a gag too? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/43 "2016-08-29T21:14:57Z")
Topeka Tardigrades. Go Tards! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/44 "2016-08-29T21:45:33Z")
Macon, Georgia had a minor league hockey team for five seasons called the **Macon Whoopee.** I think that’s the coolest pro sports name I’ve ever seen. Their logos were a Whooping Crane with a hockey stick, and a fig leaf. Some images: [http://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;\_ylt=A0LEV7mgqsRXvkAA5\_hjmolQ;\_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?\_adv\_prop=image&fr=goodsearch-yhsif&va=Macon+Whoopee+hockey+team](http://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEV7mgqsRXvkAA5_hjmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?_adv_prop=image&fr=goodsearch-yhsif&va=Macon+Whoopee+hockey+team) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/45 "2016-08-29T22:40:59Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > How about names for the cheerleading squads? > > I always thought the Rams should name theirs “The Embraceable Ewes”. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > You’re not the only one. I once saw them called exactly that in a news story, didn’t realize until much later it was a joke. Since this was before I’d gotten interested in football, it would have been in the late 70’s. [Apparently it wasn’t a joke.](http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-erskine-20151015-column.html) > [@](#): > > Also- were the Seattle cheerleaders ever called The SeaGals, or was that a gag too? “Were”? [They still are.](http://www.seahawks.com/cheerleaders/sea-gals-roster) Also legitimate names: [Buffalo Jills](http://buffalojillsalumni.com/) and [Cincinnati Ben-Gals.](http://www.bengals.com/cheerleaders/) ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/46 "2016-08-30T00:47:28Z")
Starcross Lovers ---
**Author:** ![DoggyDunnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@DoggyDunnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoggyDunnit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/47 "2016-08-30T01:41:50Z")
The Dallas D’lites! ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/48 "2016-08-30T02:03:37Z")
Cartalk did this a while back: The Bolivia DeHavillands The Prague Tologists The New Delhi Catessens ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/49 "2016-08-30T02:06:27Z")
The Stockton _Oops!_ ---
**Author:** ![littlespeedysuperbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@littlespeedysuperbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlespeedysuperbike)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/50 "2016-08-30T04:16:29Z")
The AUDL franchise specification for Fargo requires them to name the team the Wood Chippers. ---
**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 30, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/51 "2016-08-30T05:27:35Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Apparently it wasn’t a joke.](http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-erskine-20151015-column.html) > > “Were”? [They still are.](http://www.seahawks.com/cheerleaders/sea-gals-roster) I was more confused than I thought. Thanks for the links. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/52 "2016-08-30T09:35:40Z")
The Saskatoon Loonies The Tallahassee? I Told You So’s. The Port Charlotte Webs The Charleston Chews The Toronto Jams The Montpelier Clothes Off The Hershey Kisses The Rochester Molesters The Corbin Theres, Done Thats ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/53 "2016-08-30T12:27:12Z")
Helena Handbaskets Walla Walla Bing Bangs ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/54 "2016-08-30T14:06:51Z")
From a world tour across the atlas: Telluride Her Hards and Put Her Away Wets Eugene Dancing Machines Juneau Whats? Christchurch Goers Wollongong Shows Wallaroo Bee Tuesdays Perth Movers Broome Hildas Brunei Sayers Ipoh Potamusses Ho Chi Minh Itmen Olongapo Boy Sandwiches Manila Wafers Osaka Mydicks Sapporo Drafts Kobe Beefs Kobe All You Can Bees Seoul Sisters Seoul Trains Peking Ducks Peking Toms Shanghai Er Than Kites Harbin Jers Chittagong Shows Kathmandu Wops Doo Wops Delhi Specials Bombay City Rollers Pune Tangs Kabul Shitters Tehran Run-Run-Runs the Do-Ron-Rons Beirut Of All Evils Cairo Row Your Boats Mecca Pilgrimmages Medina Funky Colds Sanaa Youseeme Now Youdonts Muscat Tellies Muscat Loves Kuwait Your Turns Amman I Wanna Lay Youz Tel Aviv La Frances Tripoli Ward Windwards Accra Moniouses Bamako Conspirators Brazzaville D-Cups Mogadishu Fly Don’t Bother Mes Djibouti All Night Longs Khartoum Raiders Tunis Fish On Ryes Rome In Noses Pisa Cakes Sicily Tyson Chickens Gallipoli Amorouses Pompeii For Plays Basel Rathbones Bern In Hells Brussels Sprouts Aarhus Your Daddies? Trondheim Mens Broken ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/55 "2016-08-30T14:22:41Z")
Football teams should be named after local industries, because “Packers” and “Steelers” are cool names. “49ers” is cool too and that’s an industry I guess. Hence: Los Angeles Actors Washington Spin Doctors Houston Oilers… oh, darn. Miami Vice New York Brokers Basketball teams, in the spirit of the LA Lakers and Utah Jazz, should be given names that seem weirdly appropriate to OTHER cities. Toronto Oilers Miami Mountaineers Kansas City Seagulls Detroit Desert Foxes Baseball teams should always be named after something weirdly obscure and unaggressive, or failing that, a color of sock or a small bird. Montreal Blue Sox Brooklyn Robins (an actual former name of the Dodgers) Carolina Green Sox Portland Warblers ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/56 "2016-08-30T14:33:26Z")
Santa Fe Dunaways Provo Lones Ogden Nashes Milwaukee Talkies Bend Overs (I posted that one in the earlier thread) ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/57 "2016-08-30T15:57:22Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Basketball teams, in the spirit of the LA Lakers and Utah Jazz, should be given names that seem weirdly appropriate to OTHER cities. I think you mean “moved from some other city where their name _was_ appropriate.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/58 "2016-08-30T16:35:38Z")
The Merovingians ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/59 "2016-08-30T22:55:47Z")
The Balti-Morons The New York State of Minds St Louis Louie Louie Lou-EYE ---
**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:** [September 1, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-meh-we-can-do-better-contribute-a-clever-sports-team-nickname/764094/60 "2016-09-01T18:39:41Z")
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