# Losing Sports Teams and Nicknames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-sports-teams-and-nicknames/373061>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 17, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-sports-teams-and-nicknames/373061 "2006-09-17T14:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-sports-teams-and-nicknames/373061/41 "2006-09-19T19:07:06Z")

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[QUOTE=astorian]  
3) The New York Jests  
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I think it was during the 1996 season, when they went 1-15, that ESPN showed a Jets fan holding up a banner that read

**J** ust  
**E** nd  
**T** he  
**S** eason

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-sports-teams-and-nicknames/373061/42 "2006-09-19T19:27:56Z")

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Detroit Pistons used to be the Pissed Ons.

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