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10.1 Association football. 10.2 American football. 10.3 Canadian football. 11 Golf. 12 Horse racing. ... " Os" (Afrikaans nickname, which means Ox) = Os du Randt, Prop
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]
Nicknames in association football (21 P) B. Nicknames in baseball (1 C, 55 P) Nicknames in basketball (1 C, 8 P) Nicknames in boxing (12 P) C.
By JOHN DORN and JARED RUSSO NBA nicknames have taken on lives of their own over recent decades. Historically very good, the current generation has been known to crank out some terrible monikers ...
Austria. Wunderteam. Wonder Team. In the 1930s led by Manager Hugo Meisl, the team earned the Nickname after a 14 matches undefeated run. [6] Azerbaijan. Odlar Yurdu Komandasi. The Land of Fire Team. The Land of Fire is the adopted motto of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Men's. Tigers [ 10 ] The royal Bengal tiger is Bangladesh 's national animal. Women's. Tigresses [ 11 ] England. Men's. Three Lions [ 12 ] The English football team 's nickname is sometimes used for the cricket team, referring to the Three Lions crest of the England and Wales Cricket Board.
These nicknames are typically derived from well-known symbols of Australia. Often the nickname is combined with that of a commercial sponsor, such as the "Qantas Wallabies" or the "Telstra Dolphins". Some names are a portmanteau word with second element -roo, from kangaroo; such as "Olyroos" for the Olympic association football team.
Ain'ts: [1] Nickname given to the New Orleans Saints after their 1980 season of 14 consecutive losses. The name persisted somewhat as, although they would later qualify for the playoffs several times since then, they did not win a playoff game until their defeat of the defending Super Bowl champion Rams in the wild-card round of the 2000–01 playoffs.