The New York Meats, for example.
New Jersey Nyets
or
Colorado Rookies
or
San Antonio Spurms
or Boston Red Ox
or Chicago Cubes
New York Jests.
Texas Angers
If you remove enough letters from Scunthorpe United you get something not very nice.
It’s my favorite thing in the world.
I mean “nite” of course. I love the nite.
Green Boy Pack Hers
One of the most well-known examples, from back in the day when they were terrible:
New Orleans Aints
Los Angeles Codgers
Cleveland Drowns
Carolina Panters
Miami Cheat
Sacramento Kinks
Los Angeles Fakers
St. Louis Crams
Baltimore Cravens
Dallas Cowtoys
Pittsburgh Stealers
Kansas City Chefs
Indianapolis Cots
Chicago Subs
Detroit Ligers
Buffalo Biles
San Francisco 69ers
Washington Reedskins (band name!)
Baltimore Borioles
Washington Gizards.
DC Untied (okay, that’s a transposition, close enough)
Indianapolis Dolts
Cincinnati Rods
Philadelphia Chillies
Utah Jizz
Oakland 'Roiders
Washington Notionals.
Anaheim Pucks
San Jose Shirks
San Antonio Spurns
The much loathed and whining Philadelphia Beagles.
Great googly-moogly.
Florida Pantsers
Philadelphia Fryers
Detroit Leons
Cincinnati Freds
Washington Lizards
Ohio State BLEEEP-ckeyes
Green Bay Pacers
Seattle Seahacks
Memphis Drizzlies
San Antonio Sours