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- New York Jets. By 1960, the decades-old NFL fielded 12 teams, and that year, the rival American Football League started play with a collection of eight teams.
- Tennessee Titans. Texas oilman Bud Adams helped found the American Football League, and in 1960, his team, the Houston Oilers took the field. The Oilers won two AFL titles, weathered a merger with the NFL, and were a respectable team that frequently made it into the playoffs, but in 1997, they moved to Tennessee.
- Washington Commanders. The Boston Braves joined the 12-year-old National Football League in 1932, but after just one season with that name, owner George Preston Marshall decided to change it to something that similarly traded in Native American cliches and iconography, but more explicitly off-color.
- Cleveland Guardians. American sports teams have a long history of picking names that play on Native American imagery and warrior stereotypes. One of the oldest franchises with such a moniker is the simply and bluntly named Cleveland Indians, operating with that name since 1915, following stints as the Blues, Bronchos, and Naps.
Feb 2, 2022 · Whether an owner chose it or fans sent in ideas, every team name has a creation story. How did your team do it? Our NFL Nation reporters have the answer.
Oct 29, 2021 · When you explore it within a sports bubble, it’s very hard to feel like you should change anything. You think, “We’ve been the Chiefs forever. Why would we ever change?” Your overwhelming sense is that it’s mostly OK and that there’s a few people complaining about it on the fringes.
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Jul 23, 2021 · The decision by Cleveland's MLB team to change its name to the Guardians has prompted questions about possible name changes for other professional sports franchises.
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With the Washington NFL team finally giving in to decades of pressure and announcing yesterday it will change its name (eventually), an uncommon rebranding is about to take place. Absent a move to another city, it's pretty rare for a pro sports franchise to switch names. Here are some of the more interesting examples: Houston Colt .45s → Astros Whe...
The finalists for the NHL players' MVP award are Leon Draisaitl, Nathan MacKinnon and Artemi Panarin. Those were the top three vote-getters for the Ted Lindsay Award, which goes to the "most outstanding" player of the regular season as voted by the players. Draisaitl is the favourite after running away with the scoring title by an impressive 13 poi...
College football is showing its true colours (again). The sport is ruled by the so-called Power Five conferences. Two of them — Big Ten and Pac 12 — have already announced they're shifting fall sports to intraconference-only schedules on account of the pandemic. The Southeastern Conference (SEC), Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Big 12 are c...
Jul 23, 2021 · Yenyo will be able to attend because Cleveland announced on Friday that it will change its name from Indians to Guardians, becoming the latest sports team to veer away from team names and...
Jul 10, 2020 · As racial justice reckoning occurs across the country, a number of professional sports teams are feeling pressure to change their names that are viewed by some as deeply offensive.
