Sabrejeff Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 It's a fun list of some obvious names with some ludicrous change suggestions.http://www.maximonline.com/Themostinapprop...es/1/24346.aspxMy favorite line: "Too bad the only things people dodge in L.A. are paparazzi, stable relationships, and food digestion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arts11 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 For Toronto, I've heard that Jurassic Park explanation a ton of times, but was that really that big of an influence? I mean, I don't know if any officials would acknowledge that reason, but I thought archaeologists actually found some velociraptor fossils around Toronto around the time the team was being set up. Maybe I'm just recalling it incorrectly then, it's been a long time since I watched the TV revealing of the Canadian teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I always thought Utah could be the Salt Lakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Maxim needs to stick to subjects they are familiar with like faux-nude pics of hot chicks and stay away from sports all together. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heernumurr Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Maxim needs to stick to subjects they are familiar with like faux-nude pics of hot chicks and stay away from sports all together. Agreed. Not only are the "jokes" useless, it's as if whoever was writing the article realised how embarrasing it was and gave up halfway through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 The single most impossible name are the New Jersey Lady Stallions, a former soccer team in the Umbro W-League.Think about it for a moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 The single most impossible name are the New Jersey Lady Stallions, a former soccer team in the Umbro W-League.Think about it for a moment.There's a bunch of jokes in there...but I'm not touching them with a 20 foot pole...No need to get myself in trouble...Also, Flames still kind of works in Calgary because of Alberta's oil...the same reason Edmonton has the Oilers...But yeah, dumb, pointless, etc. article...I wasted 90 seconds of my life on that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Pretty lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 For Toronto, I've heard that Jurassic Park explanation a ton of times, but was that really that big of an influence? I mean, I don't know if any officials would acknowledge that reason, but I thought archaeologists actually found some velociraptor fossils around Toronto around the time the team was being set up. Maybe I'm just recalling it incorrectly then, it's been a long time since I watched the TV revealing of the Canadian teams.You're mixing up the story of the Raptors name with the story of the Nashville Predators logo/name... Raptors was picked purely because of the Jurassic Park craze throughout 1993 (I believe the team was named in May 1994) --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net  "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfiji Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 But Raptors can open doors. We're all screwed now. Plainsman Parking Lot. Auburn Baseball Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1_ILWT_1 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 somehow i was expecting the Macon Whoopie to be in that list...i guess i didnt get their meaning of "inapropriate" lol GO GIANTS GO!!!mia Marek SchwarzTHANK YOU TREVOR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenguy Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 It's a fun list of some obvious names with some ludicrous change suggestions.http://www.maximonline.com/Themostinapprop...es/1/24346.aspxMy favorite line: "Too bad the only things people dodge in L.A. are paparazzi, stable relationships, and food digestion."I LOL'ed @ Pittsburg Spot Welders (its the steel city) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawk Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 It's a fun list of some obvious names with some ludicrous change suggestions.http://www.maximonline.com/Themostinapprop...es/1/24346.aspxMy favorite line: "Too bad the only things people dodge in L.A. are paparazzi, stable relationships, and food digestion."I LOL'ed @ Pittsburg Spot Welders (its the steel city)The Pirates got their name because a player was taken (or "pirated") away from another club in the league that he had signed with, I believe Philadelphia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I was hoping to see my personal favourite inappropriate names: the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. What should be next in this series? The "New Orleans Hurricanes", perhaps?Indeed, a cheeky English writer recently compared those two names to a hypothetical team called the "London Plague". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arts11 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 For Toronto, I've heard that Jurassic Park explanation a ton of times, but was that really that big of an influence? I mean, I don't know if any officials would acknowledge that reason, but I thought archaeologists actually found some velociraptor fossils around Toronto around the time the team was being set up. Maybe I'm just recalling it incorrectly then, it's been a long time since I watched the TV revealing of the Canadian teams.You're mixing up the story of the Raptors name with the story of the Nashville Predators logo/name... Raptors was picked purely because of the Jurassic Park craze throughout 1993 (I believe the team was named in May 1994)Ahhh okay. That clears things up. Geez, raptors really was a bad name then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 It's a fun list of some obvious names with some ludicrous change suggestions.http://www.maximonline.com/Themostinapprop...es/1/24346.aspxMy favorite line: "Too bad the only things people dodge in L.A. are paparazzi, stable relationships, and food digestion."I LOL'ed @ Pittsburg Spot Welders (its the steel city)Yeah, unfortunately, spot welding is only good for sheet metal I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjm Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I was hoping to see my personal favourite inappropriate names: the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. What should be next in this series? The "New Orleans Hurricanes", perhaps?Indeed, a cheeky English writer recently compared those two names to a hypothetical team called the "London Plague".Oklahoma City Bombers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I was hoping to see my personal favourite inappropriate names: the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. What should be next in this series? The "New Orleans Hurricanes", perhaps?Indeed, a cheeky English writer recently compared those two names to a hypothetical team called the "London Plague".Oklahoma City Bombers.New York Crash Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentrygraphics Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I was hoping to see my personal favourite inappropriate names: the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. What should be next in this series? The "New Orleans Hurricanes", perhaps?Indeed, a cheeky English writer recently compared those two names to a hypothetical team called the "London Plague".Oklahoma City Bombers.New York CrashNew York Jets.......oh wait.... "This isn't just the Oregon Ducks, it's Football's Future Turf Soldier War Hero Steel Robot Tech Flex Machine Army." -CS85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I was hoping to see my personal favourite inappropriate names: the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. What should be next in this series? The "New Orleans Hurricanes", perhaps?Indeed, a cheeky English writer recently compared those two names to a hypothetical team called the "London Plague".Oklahoma City Bombers.New York CrashNew York Jets.......oh wait.... That's just wrong...Of course, in 1963 playing next to LaGuardia, it seemed like a great idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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