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United States men's national basketball team, 1992 – "The Dream Team" [247] United States men's national basketball team, 2008 – "The Redeem Team" [248] Canada men's national basketball team – "The Road Warriors" [249] Spain national basketball team – La ÑBA [250] Turkey national basketball team – Oniki Dev Adam ("12 Giant Men") [251]
Texas-Tyler Patriots. Texas A&M Aggies. Texas A&M–Central Texas Warriors. Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders. Texas A&M–Galveston Sea Aggies. Texas A&M International Dustdevils. Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas. Texas A&M–San Antonio Jaguars.
Commenting on the proliferation of such team names, New York Times sportswriter Alan Schwarz called Utah "the state where sports fans go to get their Z's." [1] Local television stations KJZZ-TV (which was owned by Larry H. Miller from 1993 until his estate sold the station in 2016) and KPNZ also played off the Jazz's name to end their calls ...
National Basketball Association (NBA) team mascots are as follows. Two mascots, Go the Gorilla and Rocky the Mountain Lion were ranked fourth [1] and ninth [2] respectively on AskMen.com's top 10 sports mascots. As of now, four teams do not have a mascot, namely the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, and Golden State Warriors.
McKinley Titans – Glee. Mean Machine – The Longest Yard (1974 film) and The Longest Yard (2005 film) Miami Sharks - “Any Given Sunday” (1999 film) Miami Bucks – Semi-Tough. Nassau Rebels – The King of Queens (Kirbed Enthusiasm) New Jersey Blazers – Magnum, P.I. (One More Summer) New York Smashers – Kickers, Inc.
The practice of deriving sports team names, imagery, and mascots from Indigenous peoples of North America is a significant phenomenon in the United States and Canada. The popularity of stereotypical representations of American Indians in global culture has led to a number of teams in Europe also adopting team names derived from Native Americans.
The city of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States is home to more than a dozen professional, semi-professional, and collegiate sports teams. The Sporting News rated St. Louis the nation's "Best Sports City" in 2000 [ 1 ] and the Wall Street Journal named it the best sports city in 2015. [ 2 ] St. Louis has three major league sports teams.
Main article: Pittsburgh As the home of the MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, PNC Park is located in North Shore, in front of the Allegheny River, Roberto Clemente Bridge, and the Pittsburgh city skyline. Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball, hockey, and the first professional American football game had been played in the city by 1892 ...