Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Quote of the Day

"What? No team name to pay tribute to Allen's Coffee Brandy?"

- Commenter ZenElvisX's reaction to the seven lame nicknames suggested for the new NBA D-League team slated to start play in Portland next fall.

- John C.L. Morgan

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2 comments:

Hurdy Chadwick said...

Lame? LAME? Are you seriously calling "The Maine Claws" a lame team name? Oh, right...never mind...

Westbrook Diarist said...

I just hope this wasn't their source of inspiration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V2ylVXLgcQ&feature=related.

Seriously, though, I'm a little more sympathetic to the idea of the Red Claws, now that I know it's a nod to a certain cigar-chompin' Celtic legend.