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Teams in different professional sports leagues have used the same name. For example, in the United States, as of late 2019, the Cardinals (the NFL franchise in Arizona and MLB's in St. Louis), Rangers (NHL New York, MLB Texas), Giants (MLB San Francisco, NFL New York), Panthers (NFL Carolina, NHL Florida) and Kings (NBA Sacramento, NHL Los ...
A pre-tournament qualifier was held for the teams from states that have not conducted their leagues in 2021–22, from which the top two teams gained entry into the Hero I-League 2, bringing the total number of clubs to 20. These 20 teams are divided into the four groups of five and play each other in a round-robin home and away format.
This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such. Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The Professional Women’s Hockey League, created via a merger of competing leagues last year, played its first season with a slate of teams identified only by their city names. While the new ...
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
The league's first season consisted of eight teams from the previous NFL campaign and two teams from the 2nd Division to form a 10 team league. [9] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the title sponsors of the previous NFL, were named as the title sponsors of the I-League before the league kicked off in November 2007. [ 10 ]
Club names containing a reference to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey. Turkey Ata Spor Kulubu: Ajax: Club names containing a reference to Ajax the Great or Ajax the Lesser. The South African and American clubs are so named due to their affiliation with AFC Ajax of the ...