- Year founded: 1995- Overall record: 180-253-0In 1993, Ray Potts, a Jacksonville resident, won a naming contest for the city’s new NFL team with his entry of Jaguars. Potts won season tickets for his choice and a trip to the…
- Year founded: 1953- Overall record: 543-481-7- Previous team names: Baltimore Colts The Colts, like many sports teams, were named thanks to a fan contest. The team eventually moved from Baltimore to Indianapolis, but when football returned to Baltimore in…
- Year founded: 2002- Overall record: 139-182-0 Houston’s expansion football franchise conducted months of research into devising a team name. Five candidates were considered—Apollos, Bobcats, Stallions, Texans, and Wildcatters. Texans was selected as the winner, with a live ceremony on…
- Year founded: 1921- Overall record: 782-581-38Green Bay’s football team was sponsored by local packing companies; hence, the name Packers. The Packers have won four Super Bowls, including the first two, and are among the most successful and popular teams…
- Year founded: 1930- Overall record: 570-694-34- Previous team names: Portsmouth Spartans According to the book “The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr,” Detroit’s NFL team came to be known as the Lions as a counterpart…
- Year founded: 1960- Overall record: 495-444-10 After a new AFL franchise was awarded to Denver, the city held a contest to name the new club. The name Broncos was selected as the winner, which was also the name of…
- Year founded: 1960- Overall record: 538-403-6 They like to call themselves “America’s Team,” but the Cowboys is their official name. This came to be after the Cowboys were originally going to be called the Rangers. But the existence of…
- Year founded: 1950- Overall record: 494-514-11 Before the birth of the Browns, a contest was held to name the new team. A favored suggestion was the Browns, after Paul Brown, who was already revered in the state of Ohio.…
- Year founded: 1920- Overall record: 783-610-42- Previous team names: Decatur Staleys, Chicago Staleys The Bears have been with the NFL since its start (even though they were originally called the Staleys). According to the franchise, the team’s name switched…
- Year founded: 1995- Overall record: 205-227-1 The Richardson family, who originally owned the Panthers, came up with the team’s name before their 1995 debut. They chose black, blue, and silver as the colors to create synergy with the name.…
- Year founded: 1960- Overall record: 449-492-8 A Buffalo football club in the All-America Football Conference was named the Bisons, but in 1947, a renaming contest was held. The name Bills was chosen after Buffalo Bill Cody, and 13 years…
- Year founded: 1996- Overall record: 233-183-1 Shortly after Art Modell moved his football team in Cleveland to Baltimore, panel discussions, focus groups, and fan polls were held to come up with a new name. Ravens, which draws upon a…
- Year founded: 1966- Overall record: 376-483-6 In the 1960s, the American Football League and NFL were interested in adding a team in Atlanta. Before the NFL introduced the franchise in 1966, a naming contest was held, and Julia Elliott,…
- Year founded: 1920- Overall record: 577-777-41- Previous team names: Chicago Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals, Phoenix Cardinals Despite locations in three cities, the Cardinals have kept the same name for almost 100 years. The team initially bought used football jerseys…
There are no National Football League teams in the magical world of Oz, but there are Lions, Bengals, and Bears. The NFL has 32 teams—each with a unique story about how it came to be. Some names were chosen by…
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The U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday that it was deploying advanced fighter aircraft to the United Arab Emirates to help protect the country against the threat posed by Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels. In a statement, the Pentagon said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin informed UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahy via telephone Tuesday that he was sending the aircraft to bolster U.S. military support for the country. Austin also agreed to send the USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer... Читать дальше...
'BJP Bheem Deeksha' hunger strike will be taken up in New Delhi by party president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar and fellow MPs - Soyam Babu Rao, D. Aravi
