Sonics' rebirth: NBA files for six OKC trademarks

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Saturday Roundup: All Membership Cards Accepted
Published 7/26/2008 by Cousins of Ron Mexico at The Big Lead
... The NBA filed for trademark rights of 6 possible team names. I don’t know why, but the “Bison” instills fear in my heart. (ESPN) ...

Oklahoma City Blows.
Published 7/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Nic) at I *Heart* Celtics
It was just reported that after stealing Seattle's Basketball team, they are going to make a horse's ass of the franchise by giving it a WNBA name. They have filed the following patens for team names: Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind. LAME.

Links of the Day 7/26/08
Published 7/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) at The Victoria Times
The Dodgers are close to acquiring Casey Blake for a package including Carlos Santana. Smooth. This is going to be great for when I'm always frickin' working on Sunday night . My favorite part of this story is that the NBA may have applied for a patent and misspelled what they were patenting. Labels: Links of the Day

Sadly, Thunder Is One Of OKC’s Better Name Options
Published 7/27/2008 by Harvey Bars at Tirico Suave
There’s an 83.33% chance that the former Seattle Sonics are going to have an absolutely terrible nickname when they relocate to Oklahoma City next season. Here are the name options that NBA has filed for trademark rights to: Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind. I’m not sure who was in charge of coming up with possible team names, but both you and I are better at our jobs than he/she is at their’s. Oklahoma City Barons is ...

Tony Allen Ready To Move On
Published 7/27/2008 by redsarmy at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... And Oklahoma City is apparently considering the following nicknames: Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind.  Oh… please be the last one.  I can’t wait for their first blowout loss, followed by the headline: “Celtics Break Wind”.  And if you didn’t think the fix was in to move that team out of Seattle before… you might ...

Former Sonics to have really lame name in OKC
Published 7/28/2008 by Lance at The Sports Culture
... Now that they’re going to be playing in Oklahoma City, they won’t be the Sonics anymore. They NBA has bid on six nicknames for the team: Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, Thunder and Wind. ...

How's about the Gold?
Published 7/28/2008 by Vinnie (noreply@blogger.com) at Yellow Chair Sports
EDIT: Evidently this story broke three days ago. Where the hell was I? Exhibit Q why our blog is terrible. As first drawn to my attention by friend of YCS The Interactive Gangbang, the Oklahoma City ex-Seattle Supersonics have announced a list of six possible names for the relocated franchise. They are: Marshalls Barons Bison Energy ...