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I guess they had the best 90s colors if you just wanted random sports clothes.

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[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I was a Hornets fan back in the 90s, but I also lived in Charlotte, so it was a gimmie. I was pissed when Shinn not only moved them to New Orleans, but took the name with them. Hornet’s Nests are a symbol of Mecklenburg county history and we just let part of that heritage walk away with Shinn. I’m glad we finally got it back.

[-] tromars@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

I mean, I know that many if not most places in the US are named after European ones, but somehow Mecklenburg caught me really off guard just now

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Any particular reason?

North Carolina being one of the original 13 colonies has a lot named after European/British places/people.

[-] tromars@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

Nah, I can’t think of any reason tbh. Just somehow unexpected I guess because I usually only hear it in the name of the german state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Los Angeles still needs to give back our basketball team name. Fuckers.

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