NORTHWEST COLLEGE TRAPPERS
Location: Powell, WY
Conference Affiliation: American Frontier Conference
Comment: “Your future, our focus” is the motto for this excellent institution in Wyoming. Not only does NWC boast a Continue reading
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THE TWELVE COOLEST TEAM NAMES IN WNBA HISTORY
With the WNBA season well underway what better time for a look at the coolest team names in the league’s history. This list will include franchises that folded along with teams that are still active.
Comets
12. HOUSTON COMETS
Established: 1997
Comment: The Comets were one of the Original Eight WNBA franchises and were the league’s very first dynasty. The Comets won the WNBA championship for the first four years of the league’s existence. To put that in perspective not even the NBA’s Jordan/Pippin Bulls or Kobe/Shaq Lakers were able to win four titles in a row. Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: BUCKS COUNTY COLLEGE
BUCKS COUNTY COLLEGE CENTURIONS
Location: Newtown, PA
Division: NJCAA
Comment: “Thwow him to the gwound, Thentuwion!” … Had to be said. Now we can all Continue reading
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COOL LOGO FOR A SPORTS TEAM: LYON COLLEGE
LYON COLLEGE SCOTS
Location: Batesville, AR
Division: NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)
Conference Affiliation: American Midwest Conference
Comment: “FREEEEEEDOOOOMMM!” … Had to be said. Lyon College fans are called the Kilted Army and the institution’s mailing address is on HIGHLAND Road! Just as Notre Dame is considered the national team of the Irish Lyon College should be Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: WAYCROSS COLLEGE
WAYCROSS COLLEGE SWAMP FOXES
Location: Waycross, GA
Division: NJCAA
Conference Affiliation: GJCAA
Comment: This name takes the whole concept of cool-named sports teams to the next level! Everyone loves the Swamp Fox aka Francis Marion, hero of the Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: HAVERFORD COLLEGE
HAVERFORD COLLEGE FORDS
Location: Haverford, PA
Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference
Comment: Have you watched the Haverford Fords … lately? The alternate nickname for the Fords is the equally cool Black Squirrels. Teams with boring names like Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED TEAM: COLBY COLLEGE
COLBY COLLEGE WHITE MULES
Location: Waterville, ME
Conference Affiliation: NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference)
Comment: Now that’s a cool nickname that really packs a kick! Colby College is known as one of the Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: WASHINGTON COLLEGE
WASHINGTON COLLEGE SHOREMEN
Location: Chestertown, MD
Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference
Comment: “So long, Shoremen” would be a great punchline for an incredibly lame joke, wouldn’t it? George Washington College in historic Chestertown, MD may very well have the coolest sports team nickname out of the many schools that use the name of our first president. No matter what the Continue reading
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COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: CINCINNATI STATE
CINCINNATI STATE SURGE
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Conference Affiliation: Ohio Collegiate Athletic Conference
Comment: “Be great at Cincinnati State” is this college’s motto and it’s well-known for the way it churns out quality grads on a regular basis. Enhancing all of that is the Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BEACONS
Location: Eugene, OR
Division: NAIA
Conference Affiliation: Cascade Collegiate Conference
Comment: How cool is the nickname Beacons? From the Pacific northwest comes this excellent institution of higher learning founded in 1895 by Eugene C Sanderson. As usual with NAIA schools NCU has Continue reading
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