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In 2020, Carthage's board of trustees unanimously voted to retire the name Red Men/Lady Reds and the mascot "Torchie" from Carthage athletics and will compete as Carthage Athletics during the 2020–21 academic year. A new team name and mascot will be approved and announced prior to the 2021–22 academic year. [37] Redmen
The 2008 season saw Barons/O!Karte get to the Baltic Basketball League final where they lost to Kalev/Cramo in a 'best out of two' game. The season can be considered historical for Barons/O!Karte, because for the first time Barons won the Latvian championship and FIBA EuroCup. Barons won the Latvian championship again in 2010.
Using Indigenous names and mascots, like the former Washington Football Team name, extends beyond racial insensitivity; it reinforces colonialism and erases Indigenous identity and land. [1] Such practices maintain the power relationship between the dominant culture and the Indigenous culture, and can be seen as a form of cultural imperialism. [4]
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.
Aliyah Boston won the FIBA U17 World Cup as well as the 3x3 U18 National championship, and most recently made the training camp roster for the USA Basketball women’s national team.
Many American sports team names and mascots are based upon or use religious symbolism. The majority are scholastic teams at institutions founded by various denominations of Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant. Saints is the most popular of these names not only at religious schools but public schools. However, the latter are often ...
The Wilkes-Barre Barons were an American basketball team based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania that was a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League and the American Basketball League. [3] The franchise was one of six original teams in the EPBL, and won the 1946-1947 President's Cup playoffs that season before moving to the American ...
Players for the Wilkes-Barre Barons, a minor league basketball team that competed in the Continental Basketball Association between 1946–47 and 1979–80. Please note that the Wilkes-Barre Barons was a franchise in numerous leagues throughout its existence: Eastern Professional Basketball League (1946–47) American Basketball League (1947 ...