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September 24th, 2004

What’s In A Name, Ad Infinatum

Leftover from yesterday is this piece from Eugene Volokh, guest blogging for Glenn Reynolds at MSNBC and taking a hard look at how we name sports teams:

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4 Responses to “What’s In A Name, Ad Infinatum”

Ninja says:

September 24, 2004 at 10:21 am

don’t forget the Comanche
John says:

September 24, 2004 at 10:34 am

Agreed. Unlike other team names, though, I’m not so sure that “Redskin” is a term of respect.
dcthrowback says:

September 24, 2004 at 11:39 am

Better than Potomac Drainage Basin Indeginous Persons….

(hat tip: TMQ)
Tom says:

September 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm

The Potomac Drainage Basin one is hysterical, BTW. Better than Jersey/A and Jersey/B – but not better than Flaming thumbtacks.

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