Can you name the one-syllable sports teams?

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One-Syllable Pro Sports Teams Quiz

by CUYanks

Created Oct 2, 2009 in Sports
Featured May 12, 2011
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	crigs71:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:08 GMT		11 points
	I feel like I've seen this before somewhere... Nice quiz anyway.

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	KLKLK:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:14 GMT		41 points
	bru-ins

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	idpsych:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:21 GMT		30 points
	I don't have a problem with the Knicks and Mets being on here because that is the only name we ever hear for them. But the A's jerseys still say "Athletics" on them.

	mccabebabe:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:23 GMT		16 points
	why do you accept "Avs" for Avalanche and "Knicks" for Knickerbockers but not leafs, habs, bolts, canes etc for which (respectively) the Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Lightning and Hurricanes are better known?

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	DidacticRogue:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:27 GMT		16 points
	Since we're giving bonuses for nicknames - Dallas "Mavs" (et al?), shouldn't the Montreal "Habs" fall into that category? I'm just sayin'.

	Scuba_Steve:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:41 GMT		13 points
	I guess at some point I have to commit to memory that the baseball team in Tampa is no longer the Devil Rays. This is like the 4th time I've missed them because of that.

	sam2085:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:42 GMT		23 points
	The official nickname of the Mets is just the Mets. No asterisk should apply. There should be one for the Knickerbockers though.

	jago706:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:57 GMT		9 points
	Thanks to SNL for saying "Da Bears" and "Da Bulls"

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	Tuning_Spork:	May 12th, 2011 at 19:59 GMT		12 points
	I agree, the Mets don't need an asterisk, but the As do since they are (once again) officially named the "Athletics".

	JWJr:	May 12th, 2011 at 20:13 GMT		35 points
	Gotta object to "Bucs" and "Cavs" - almost _every_ team has a one-syllable nickname.

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	puckstopshere02:	May 12th, 2011 at 20:25 GMT		33 points
	@blarg: They were The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim until they changed their name simply to the Anaheim Ducks after the 05-06 season.

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	cmkeller:	May 12th, 2011 at 20:34 GMT		7 points
	If the one-syllable dimiutives are going to be bonuses, you need to add "Cards" (St Louis in baseball, Arizona in football) and "Nats" (Washington, baseball).

	captveg:	May 12th, 2011 at 20:35 GMT		17 points
	shampoowoody - they changed their name to just "Tampa Bay Rays" a few years back, dropping the "Devil".

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	ajaxfam:	May 12th, 2011 at 20:44 GMT		2 points
	I think the A's are a bonus answer anyways.

	TL333s:	May 12th, 2011 at 20:55 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz, needs less time. I didn't feel rushed at all.

	MattCortese:	May 12th, 2011 at 21:06 GMT		20 points
	Wow a few people behind the times on the Ducks and Rays name changes. I don't know if there are still bonus answers with nicknames like Avs, but if there are they probably shouldn't be there. Go with the official names, because as someone else said, most teams have 1 syllable nicknames.

	pita:	May 12th, 2011 at 21:15 GMT		13 points
	For those who think Wild has 2 syllables, it only does for people who mis-pronounce it as "Why-uld". I can say just about every team name as Forest Gump would ("Cu-ubs") but that wouldn't make it right.

	pete32782:	May 12th, 2011 at 21:18 GMT		3 points
	Speaking of the Cubs, the Ducks and Rays both made it to their respective championship series in the first season with their shortened names, with the Ducks winning. Maybe the Cubs should change their name to the Chicago Cs. See what happens. Couldn't hurt after 100+ years of futility, right?

	midnightdj:	May 12th, 2011 at 21:19 GMT		16 points
	@refwen: While the name "Mets" is a shortened form of "Metropolitans", the official name of the team is METS. At one time it had an official corporate name of "Metropolitan Baseball Club of New York", but the team name itself has always been "New York METS". There should not be an asterisk.

	Bobman1:	May 12th, 2011 at 21:36 GMT		8 points
	Wait, wait, there's ANOTHER baseball team in New York? Man, I gotta get out more.

	Pogues:	May 12th, 2011 at 21:40 GMT		1 point
	Glad the NBA playoffs are being played. I nearly missed all three teams still alive in the East.

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	goldglover375:	May 12th, 2011 at 22:01 GMT		4 points
	The Mets have been officially/legally named the 'Mets' since 62. Mets is just short for Metropolitans, but there should be no asterisk since their actual name is the Mets.

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	listyguy:	May 12th, 2011 at 22:43 GMT		16 points
	I live in New York and root more the Mets and the Knicks. NO ONE reffers to them as the Metropolitans or the Knickerbockers. And further more, their uniforms don't say Metropolitans or Knickerbockers, they say Mets and Knicks.