how did the baltimore ravens get their name
Baltimore Ravens The name "Ravens" was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven.[2][10] Chosen in a fan contest that drew 33,288 voters, the allusion honors Poe, who spent the early part of his career in Baltimore and is buried there.[11] As the Baltimore Sun reported at the time, fans also "liked the tie-in with the other birds in town, the Orioles, and found it easy to visualize a tough, menacing black bird."[12]
The Pale The word pale derives ultimately from the Latin word
Philadelphia Flyers On April 4, 1966, Putnam announced a name-the-team contest.[18] Details of the contest were released on July 12.[18] The team name was announced on August 3.[18]
Religio The Latin term
AP Poll The football poll is released Sundays at 2pm Eastern time during the football season, unless ranked teams have not finished their games.
Vegas Golden Knights The team's name includes "Knights" as a homage to the Black Knights of the United States Military Academy, Foley's alma mater, and because knights were, according to Foley, "the epitome of the warrior class".[40][41] Foley had hoped to name his team the Black Knights, but dropped that plan after encountering resistance from federal officials. Foley was unable call the team the "Vegas Knights" due to the London Knights owning the "Knights" name in Canada.[41][42][43]