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Oklahoma City Thunder
Published 7/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (SJ) at The Rip City Project
Yahoo is reporting that Oklahoma City is going to name it's team the Thunder. I was all set to rip Clay Bennett another new one for not having some sort of fan vote-in contest (which at this point would make him one gigantic you know what) but The Oklahoman lets me know that Thunder actually won a 64-name bracket in the spring, defeating Outlaws in the Finals. I for the life of me can't actually find the bracket to see exactly how Thunder won but oh well I will take their word on it. I can't really rip the fans for choosing a name for their own team. Let me tell you it does make me feel a little ill knowing that the Seattle SuperSonics are about to ...

Oklahoma City's new NBA team will be called ...
Published 7/21/2008 by Clay Travis at Deadspin
Oklahoma City's new NBA team will be called the Thunder. Lame name for lame city? Check. [Yahoo] ...

Published 7/21/2008 by Laura J. Wurst at The Sports Girl
Daily Rundown:  July 21, 2008 Basketball Oklahoma City Thunder.  Oklahoma City’s new NBA franchise has nicknamed itself the Thunder. Allen and House Will Stay in Boston.  The Boston Herald reported Monday that Eddie House and Tony Allen, two key bench pieces of ...

Why not just call them Mariah?
Published 7/26/2008 by edwzipper at Sports Frog
The NBA filed for trademarks on six nicknames for Oklahoma City's new franchise, The Oklahoman reported on Friday. Citing the United States Trademark and Patent Office, the newspaper said that the league filed for a trademark on Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind. I would also suggest they find a large dust bowl as a mascot.