The best/worst team names in sports?

[Sunstroke]

More names for the Wizards: Presidents, Colonials, Rebels, Revolutionaries, Revolution, etc.

I still think they should have stuck with the Bullets...

[Landshark]

Worst I've ever heard in my life:  The CFL's Montreal Alouettes.  What in the blazes is an Alouette??  The name sounds too girly for me

[Sunstroke]

Worst I've ever heard in my life:  The CFL's Montreal Alouettes.  What in the blazes is an Alouette??  The name sounds too girly for me

You should teach your ears to hear French better...you know, like they hear French in Montreal.

An Alouette is a small bird.

On a side note...you really, really should go with something more basic for your next persona, like a janitor, landscape architect or dish washer. You simply don't have the chops to play a Professor on TV...or on TDMMC.

[mecadonzilla]

The Texans name is horrible.  I've lamented it since the beginning.  It sounds like it was the very first named pitched in the branding brainstorming session.

On a positive front, I was happy to see the CFL lower the amount of Roughrider squads to one.

[Sunstroke]

The Texans name is horrible.  I've lamented it since the beginning.  It sounds like it was the very first named pitched in the branding brainstorming session.

I'll go on record as saying that no state in the USA has as much state-pride as Texas. It may sound horrible to you, but to Texas natives, it's likely considered to be the coolest name in the league.

On a positive front, I was happy to see the CFL lower the amount of Roughrider squads to one. 

On a freaky tangent... The first school I attended after High School was our local Yavapai Community College...home of the Roughriders.

Go Roughriders!!  3-time National Junior College World Series Champions, 7-time National Junior College Soccer Champions

[Phishfan]

The Texans name is horrible.  I've lamented it since the beginning.  It sounds like it was the very first named pitched in the branding brainstorming session.

On a positive front, I was happy to see the CFL lower the amount of Roughrider squads to one.

Actually the name Texans has been used quite a bit in the state throughout history. They seem to love it down there.

[mecadonzilla]

I'm well aware of the history of the name, actually.  It still sucks no matter how you slice it IMO.  I'm never in favor of naming your team after your state, city, or whatever geographical description you can think of.

I currently reside in this hellish state.  As far as reactions I've got from my fellow residents, they're mixed at best.  A lot of folks think it's a boring name, and almost no people are aware of any prior history.  (History is a very poorly understood subject here)  Most people don't care in Houston, though.  They're just happy to have a team again.

[Landshark]

You should teach your ears to hear French better...you know, like they hear French in Montreal.

An Alouette is a small bird.

On a side note...you really, really should go with something more basic for your next persona, like a janitor, landscape architect or dish washer. You simply don't have the chops to play a Professor on TV...or on TDMMC.

So is the mod who allowed this bullshit post to remain but deleted my original response. 

Wasn't me last time, it is this time.  Direct insults are a violation of forum rules. 

[Thundergod]

I'm well aware of the history of the name, actually.  It still sucks no matter how you slice it IMO.  I'm never in favor of naming your team after your state, city, or whatever geographical description you can think of.

I currently reside in this hellish state.  As far as reactions I've got from my fellow residents, they're mixed at best.  A lot of folks think it's a boring name, and almost no people are aware of any prior history.  (History is a very poorly understood subject here)  Most people don't care in Houston, though.  They're just happy to have a team again.

Word. It's boring and outright stupid. Your team is named after people who live in the city's state. Brilliant. If it weren't for the Ducks I'd have given my NHL worst to the Canadiens.

[Landshark]

Wasn't me last time, it is this time.  Direct insults are a violation of forum rules. 

Then would you mind enforcing them across the board?

[el diablo]

I believe team names should reflect a local meaning or at least something original.
So, here's my stab at this.

NFL best: Buccaneers, Raiders, Steelers, Cowboys, Vikings
Worst: Jaguars (Really?), Titans (no imagination), Redskins (racist)

NBA best: Lakers, Sixers (I was born in 1976), Bucks (Fear the Deer)
worst: too many in this league. Nets (lame), Wizards (see nets), Clippers (see nets), Grizzlies (should've been renamed Blues or Blue Notes or something dealing with music), Bobcats (already going back to the Hornets).

MLB: Padres, A's, Brewers, Mets (hate NY teams, but this does fit), White & Red Sox (only sport that can get away with a team name after clothing).
worst: Marlins ( was Sharks too easy or hit too close to home for the owner?).
On a side note, how is there not a team in Louisville?

NHL best: the original 6 and the Devils.
Worst: Blue Jackets (worst in sports).

Are we doing college next?

[Dave Gray]

I hate the Lakers name, in LA.

I actually like Blue Jackets.