Pro Teams Without "S"

BY SCOTT MORGANROTH

Throughout my lifetime, I was always under the impression that the letter "S" is plural. That's what my English Teachers and Professors in Grade School and College taught me. 

But these people should look in the Sporting World because Marketing & Creativity have taken over. As I researched this, there are some really Neat Nicknames that don't require the letter "S" at the end to make them plural.

These nicknames are becoming more common with the Arena Football League, WNBA, Major League Soccer, and the United States Football League. While it will be impossible to mention every team in all of these auxiliary leagues, I'm going to list the main ones because of their creativity. Some of these nicknames came during the expansion era in the NHL and NBA as well as relocation.

In this list, the NFL is the only league where every team's nickname does end in an "S" and everything is plural as we know it.

I hope you enjoy reading this list as much as I had fun composing it. 

NBA (4)

1. Miami Heat

2. Orlando Magic

3. Oklahoma City Thunder

4. Utah Jazz (formerly New Orleans)

NHL (3)

1. Tampa Bay Lightning

2. Minnesota Wild

3. Colorado Avalanche

NFL (0)

All Plural

MLB (2)

1. Boston Red Sox

2. Chicago White Sox

WNBA (9) in 12 team league

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

1. Atlanta Dream

2. Chicago Sky

3. Connecticut Sun

4. Indiana Fever

5. New York Liberty

WESTERN CONFERENCE

1. Minnesota Lynx

2. Phoenix Mercury

3. Seattle Storm

4. Tulsa (formerly Detroit) Shock

Major League Soccer  (MLS) 12-18 Teams

EASTERN CONFERENCE

1. Philadelphia Union

2. Columbus Crew

3 Sporting Kansas City

4. Houston Dynamo

5. D.C. United

6. New England Revolution

7. Chicago Fire

8. Toronto FC (Football Club)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

1. Los Angeles Galaxy

2. FC Dallas

3. Real Salt Lake

4. Chivas USA

Original North American Soccer League (NASL) 

1. Dallas Tornado

2. Chicago Sting

3 New England/Jacksonville Tea Men

4. Montreal Manic

5. Philadelphia Fury

6. Detroit Express

Original USFL

1. Chicago Blitz

2. Denver Gold

3. Los Angeles Express

Arena Football League (AFL)

1. Detroit Drive

2. Chicago Rush

3. Tampa Bay Storm

4. Philadelphia Soul

5. Grand Rapids Rampage

6. Kansas City Brigade

7. Colorado Crush

8. New Orleans Voo Doo

9. Charlotte Rage

10. Detroit Fury

11. Georgia Force

12. Utah Blaze

13. Spokane Shock

14. Fort Worth Cavalry

15. Las Vegas Sting

16. Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz

17. Texas Terror

18. Pittsburgh Power

19. Kansas City Command

20. St. Louis Stampede

21. Milwaukee Iron

I look forward to your feedback as to which ones you like the most.

Scott Morganroth can be reached at scottsports33@aol.com and his blog can be seen at www.scottsports33.com.