Misnomers....sports teams names that missed the mark.

[pickettt]

Originally Posted by Blansky

My parents used to drop us off at the hockey rink and pick us up at the end of the season.

Like I said, they don't make 'em like they used to.

[Stud Screw]

Originally Posted by Boopie

This can happen when teams move.

Los Angeles Lakers. Totally made sense when they were based in Minnesota, the “‘land of 1000 lakes.”

Then there’s the Dodgers, from Brooklyn to LA…

Some think the Raiders earned their name from the moves…

I never understood the Utah Jazz.

The NFL expansion teams Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars, to me, seemed that they were just going for alliteration. Titan stadium is right across the river from downtown Nashville and its music scene. Surely there’s a more fitting name than the Titans.

I never understood the significance of Titans, either. The minor league baseball team is called the Sounds.