Top 10 Worst Sports Team Names
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team competes in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division. It's not a stupid name. To tell you the truth, there was a team in the city of Houston called the Oilers, but that team moved to Tennessee.
They wanted to show Texas pride, which is hard to do since the Cowboys reign supreme in Texas for now.
The New York New Yorkers. The Buffalo New Yorkers. What does a bull have to do with living in Houston? The city is mostly not a bunch of rodeo, cattle-driving cowpokes.
Houston is too much of a melting pot to be considered the majority as "Texans." They should have picked Bobcats.
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.In 2020, Washington after 87 years got rid of the Redskins trademark due to it being labeled racist to native culture. It was named the Washington Football Team until February... read more
Racist. People are not mascots. What's next, the Washington Caucasians or the Washington Hispanics? Stupid idea for a mascot.
Native Americans deserve respect. This is their land, not ours. They were here first.
They are not the Redskins anymore, thankfully.
Pretty offensive to Native Americans.
The Los Angeles Angels (known as the California Angels from 1965 to 1996, the Anaheim Angels from 1997 to 2004, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2005 to 2015) are an American professional baseball franchise based in Anaheim, California, near Los Angeles. The Angels compete in Major League... read more Well, it's no wonder they have a stupid name considering they used to be owned by Disney.
This is just a bit of a stretch.
If they wanted to still represent Anaheim, why didn't they just stay there?
I'd like to know what the guy who said, "Yeah, that sounds good," was thinking.
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League as a member team of the American Football Conference North division... read more Really? After their coach? Would the New England Belichicks be bad enough?
Brown is not a mascot. It just doesn't make sense.
The New York Knickerbockers, commonly referred to as the Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.
The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. Naming your team after a wimpy style of music. No other NBA team will ever view them as a threat.
Utah - Home of Jazz music? You do know you could have changed the name when the team moved, right?
Utah isn't even known for jazz. That's New Orleans.
Oh? So what about the Chicago Illinoisans or the Boston New Englanders? Naming your team after the state or region they play in is just absolute bull crap.
The athletic teams for Stanford University, known as the Stanford Cardinal, compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The school is renowned for its strong programs in various sports, including swimming and tennis, and has won numerous Director's Cups for overall... read more Not that it makes it a better name, but it is Cardinal and not Cardinals because the team is named after the color instead of the bird.
I'm confused about what this name is supposed to mean.
Why is Cardinal not plural?
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association, as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division.Head coach: Frank Vogel
Arena/Stadium: Staples Center... read more
When they moved from Minnesota to LA, they kept the team name, even though Los Angeles isn't even known for having tons of lakes.
Is there a lake in Los Angeles I didn't know about?
I don't recall there being any lakes in LA.
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League.
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The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference South division.
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference. The club was founded as the Kansas City Scouts in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1974. The Scouts moved... read more
The Los Angeles Clippers, often abbreviated as the LA Clippers, are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League Central division.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often simply referred to as the Leafs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Funny, because it's "leaves" and not "leafs."
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association as a member club of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division.
The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League. Please choose a specific species of animals. Think... umm... coyotes. And the existing Coyotes should change their name to Cacti because that is what is in Arizona.
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League East division. They play their home games at Citizens Bank Park. They won the World Series in 1980 and 2008. They should have stayed with the name Quakers. They have a role in the history of Philadelphia. "Phillies" just makes them sound lazy.
Dumb name. You might as well call the Reds the Cincinnati Cincies and the Giants the San Francisco Francies.
Ok. How about team names like the Pittsburgh Pittsburghers or the Denver Denverans?
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association, as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. "Abracadabra, the ball's in the net now!"
This is the exact opposite of what I'd expect a Washington D.C. team to be called.
This MLB team is part of the American League West division and represents Oakland, California. With a history of World Series championships, their home games are played at the Oakland Coliseum. The team's colors are green, gold, and white. Really? Not everyone on a baseball team is all that athletic. Would you call a Chicago team the Pitchers?
Athletics? What is this, a high school sports program? I will knock some sense into them.
It's honestly not that bad, although the nickname could be a lot better.
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, that competes in Major League Baseball. Next, it's gonna be the Miami Blue Sox, Houston Yellow Sox, and the Chicago White Sox! Oh wait, the last one already exists.
"A tribute to the Triple Cities' rich carousel heritage, the Rumble Ponies is a herd of fierce horses that no carousel center pole can contain."
It's funny because no one gives a flying french fry about carousels, and the name is the polar opposite of fierce.
Adding "Rumble" in front of Ponies does not make it sound more fierce.