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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY

EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS

Location: Portales, NM

Division: NCAA Division 2

Conference Affiliation: Lone Star Conference

Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball, rodeo 

Site: http://www.goeasternathletics.com/index.aspx?path

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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FIREBIRDS

Location: Washington, DC 

Division: NCAA Division 2

Conference Affiliation: Independent

Major sports: basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis 

Comment: The NAIA has the Sunbirds, D2 has the Firebirds! It seems odd that a city known for

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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – CISCO COLLEGE

CISCO COLLEGE WRANGLERS

Location: Cisco, TX

Division: JUCO

Major sports: football, basketball, base/softball, soccer, volleyball

Site: http://www.cisco.edu/s/926/athletics/athletics.aspx?sid=926&gid=1&pgid=287 

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HAPPY SUPER BOWL SUNDAY! THE COOLEST HELMETS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Team: MILLERSVILLE MARAUDERS

Location: Millersville, PA

Site: http://www.millersvilleathletics.com/

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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: ANNA MARIA COLLEGE

ANNA MARIA COLLEGE AMCATS

 Location: Paxton, MA 

Division: NCAA Division 3

Conference Affiliation: Commonwealth Coast Conference 

Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft-ball, soccer, volleyball 

Site: http://www.annamaria.edu/athletics/

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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: CALUMET COLLEGE

CALUMET COLLEGE CRIMSON WAVE

Location: Hammond, IN

Division: NAIA

Conference Affiliation: Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Major sports: basketball, base/soft-ball, soccer, volleyball 

Site: http://www.ccsj.edu/athletics/home.html

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THE 20 COOLEST-NAMED USCAA AND NCCAA SPORTS TEAMS

Once again it’s time for another Top 20 contest. This time we’ll be looking at the coolest-named sports teams in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Christian College Athletic Association. As usual readers will have the next 20 days to e-mail me with their votes for which team they feel has the coolest name. I can be reached at Thtcom15@aol.com

20. OHIO STATE-MARION SCARLET WAVE

Location: Marion, OH

Comment: The Scarlet Wave is a nickname every bit as cool as The Crimson Tide and The Green Wave. You can’t go wrong with names like this for sports teams as far as I’m concerned and I’ve been saying for years that when Syracuse changed their team’s names from The Orangemen to The Orange that they’d have been better off going with Continue reading

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