Today, the New Orleans Hornets announced they will begin using the nickname New Orleans Pelicans beginning this offseason.
It's official: The New Orleans Hornets will become the Pelicans. Defenders of this change will immediately point out the lack of lakes in L.A., the paucity (paw-city?) of grizzly bears in Tennessee and the incongruity of Jazz in
In the early 19th century, author Washington Irving generated publicity for his first major book by posting missing persons announcements around New York for Knickerbocker, a Dutch journalist visiting Manhattan. According to Irving, Knickerbocker left
Remember the good old days when the New Orleans Hornets were the Charlotte Hornets and the New Orleans Hornets weren't in existence? Well, those days just got even older as the New Orleans Hornets just unveiled their new name — the Pelicans,
Today, the New Orleans Hornets announced they will begin using the nickname New Orleans Pelicans beginning this offseason.
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