Did You Know:
Did you know...
...here are a few notable team name changes in North American professional sports where the team remained in the same city but just changed their name:
In the NBA, the Washington Wizards changed their name in 1997 from the Bullets.
In Major League Baseball…the official name now of the former Anaheim Angels is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Before the start of the 2008 season, the Tampa Bay Rays dropped the word “Devil” from their name.
In the NHL, the most notable recent team name change is also found in Anaheim, where the team is now know as the Anaheim Ducks, shortened from the Disney inspired original name, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks back before the start of the 2006-07 season.
Oddly, you have to go back to the 1960’s in the NFL to find an existing franchise remaining in the same city who changed their team name…in 1963 the New York Titans of the then AFL league became the current New York Jets!
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Georgie Thompson, UK, broadcast journalist and presenter on Sky Sports News
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