Colangelo's group was so certain that they would be awarded a franchise that they held a name-the-team contest for it ; they took out a full-page ad in the sports section of the February 13, 1995 edition of the state's leading newspaper, the Arizona Republic.

On April 4, 1966, Putnam announced there would be a name-the-team contest.

Originally, the new team was going to be called the Charlotte Spirit, but a name-the-team contest yielded " Hornets " as the winning choice.

A " name-the-team " contest was held to determine a new name for the franchise.

The name was chosen from a name-the-team contest.

The team name was selected based on a study followed by a name-the-team contest in which " schooner " was the winning selection.

A " name-the-team " contest yielded the nickname " Pittsburgh Pioneers.

The name " Kicks " was selected by a name-the-team contest and announced on January 28, 1976.

A name-the-team contest in the fall of 1995 drew thousands of entries, and team officials settled on the boll weevil as the team's new mascot, indicative of Kannapolis ' history as a textile mill town ( Kannapolis natives are even called " lintheads ").

After a name-the-team contest, the team announced on September 29 it would be called the Allen Wranglers.

The team name was chosen on September 20 following a name-the-team contest.

The team was going to hold a name-the-team contest, but then decided to keep the name Buzz.

This resulted in Toney's win being changed to a " no contest " — basically, a nullification.

The leadership contest that resulted was a two-horse race between Haughey and the Tánaiste, George Colley.

The key events during his reign were the contest with the Ottoman Empire, whose great advance into Central Europe began in the 1520s, and the Protestant Reformation, which resulted in several wars of religion.

" This poor showing in a state adjacent to Texas plus placing 5th in Iowa's caucuses resulted in Gramm's withdrawal from the contest on the Sunday before the New Hampshire primary.

The show finished with the three presenters inviting everyone on stage to sing a rendition of the English version of " Hallelujah ", the Israeli winner from the 1979 Contest, as a tribute to the victims of the Balkan War, who were unable to view the contest after the bombing resulted in their transmitters being blown up.

A ' name the team ' contest resulted in the Amigos name.

The succession resulted in a straight contest between Charles Haughey and George Colley.

They also competed in a Street Fight, which resulted in a no contest when Hardy performed a side effect on Edge off the entrance ramp into the sound speakers and other electrical equipment.

The spirit building contest was held at the CFB Moose Jaw base elementary school ( Bushell Park Elementary ) plus other local elementary schools and resulted in the name Snowbirds.

An architectural contest was held which in a first stage resulted in the selection of drafts by Ragnar Östberg, Carl Westman, Ivar Tengbom jointly with Ernst Torulf, and Carl Bergsten.

It was Bustamante's decision that the JLP would not contest a by-election to the federal parliament that resulted in his rival and cousin, Premier Norman Manley, calling the referendum in 1961 that led to Jamaica's withdrawal and the break-up of the Federation.

According to one report, in May 2007, MacKinlay made the nomination that resulted in Gordon Brown having enough nominations to be certain of not facing a contest over the leadership of the party.

The subsequent leadership election resulted in a straight contest between Charles Haughey and George Colley.

His fight with former United States Lightweight champion Norman Goins resulted in a three round no contest.

In September 1995 Kula Shaker were joint winners of the In The City contest ( along with Placebo ), which quickly resulted in a record contract with Columbia Records, who were eager to sign another band that had the multi-platinum, crossover appeal of Oasis.

The 2007 contest was called off by organizers because unusually mild weather resulted in no days with suitable waves by the end of March, the usual cutoff time for holding the competition.

The contest resulted in the publication of Wedge of Light ( Press Here ) in 1999.

This contest resulted in the creation of the boar of Freyr ( Gullinbursti ), the ring of Odin ( Draupnir ) and the hammer of Thor ( Mjolnir ), which were judged by the gods to be even more wondrous than the others.

In that contest he collected six tackles ( 5 solos ), including a pair of sacks, three stops for minus 12 yards and a pressure that resulted in an interception in a 24-6 victory.

A second long-running contest was " Calculatrivia ", where a long equation, of approximately 40 variables, was given, and each variable was associated with a clue that resulted in some numerical value.

A self-professed rocker and playboy, his bad-boy image resulted in him nearly getting eliminated from the contest.

In 1954, a public contest for a new name resulted in Parkette becoming Shoney's, which was also a reference to founder Alex " Shoney " Schoenbaum.

Finally, the positive experience with Sébastien Tellier in 2008 created considerable interest among the French show business for the contest, which resulted in the fact that Eurovision is seen now in the French media as a great advertising campaign and it has been decided that big names will represent France in the future.

It resulted in a lost after a seven round no contest decision.

After Deep Thought's 1989 match against Kasparov, IBM held a contest to rename the chess machine and it became " Deep Blue ", a play on IBM's nickname, " Big Blue ".

In 1974, in anticipation of moving into the NBA, the franchise held a contest to choose a new team nickname, as Rockets was already in use by the Houston Rockets.

A city-wide contest was held to determine the school's nickname.

Hattiesburg gained its nickname, the Hub City, in 1912 as a result of a contest in a local newspaper.

During the rest of 1953, a fan contest was held by all of the local media to pick the new nickname of the football franchise.

In this contest, a new nickname was chosen because it represented a local landmark and legend of the area.

Through this landmark and legend, the " Lions " nickname became the winner in the fan contest to become the new name of the franchise.

The nickname " the Crew " is the result of a local fan contest.

On October 20, 2003, the team was renamed the Swing of the Quad Cities ; the nickname, like the previous one, was chosen as the winning entry in a " name the team " contest.

It was at this contest that the fans gave him the nickname " Deadwood Dick.

The " Tiger " nickname of the 10th originates from a division-wide contest held while it was training in the United States, symbolizing the division " clawing and mauling " its way through the enemy.

In 1924, the uniformly graded sweet cream butter was given the name " Land O ' Lakes " after a contest, and the certificate forms used by the Association included the " Land O Lakes " marketing name ( Minnesota's state nickname is " Land of 10, 000 Lakes ").

Their nickname as Pontius Pilate's bodyguard, originated from a 17th century boasting contest with the French Regiment of Picardy, who boasted that prior to the Resurrection Christ's tomb was guarded by the French regiment.

Multiple stories exist to explain the origin of Wilson's nickname: By one account, a New York newspaper held a nicknaming contest ; the winning entry was " Hack " because he reminded many fans of another stocky athlete, the popular wrestler Georg Hackenschmidt.

The Biscuits ' owners selected the team's nickname from an entry in a " name the team " contest, due in part to the potential marketing and pun possibilities ( ex.

The name Bobcat was selected in a contest run by Cessna in their factory while in Army service it got the nickname " Bamboo Bomber " for its wooden construction.

In 2002, Suggs and Jones split time at tailback, and were together called " the Untouchables " following a contest for fans to give them a nickname.

Another early contest asked entrants to help choose a better nickname for Washington, D. C., to replace " A Capital City ".

In 1981, Seattle held a contest to come up with a new official nickname to replace " the Queen City.

With the new nickname, the Dash held a name-the-mascot contest for Wally's replacement.

Area fans chose the nickname " Volcanoes " in a contest.

He has earned the nickname " Mr. Overtime ," for having called the three longest televised games in NHL history, all of which have been playoff games — a 1996 game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals that went four overtimes ( third longest ); a 2000 contest that also featured the Penguins, this time playing the Philadelphia Flyers, which went five overtimes ( the longest ); and a 2003 matchup between the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Dallas Stars, which also went five overtimes, and lasted six hours ( second longest ).

Ivy was very much a part of the Ole Miss scene in 1936 when the editor of the school newspaper proposed a contest to produce a new nickname for Ole Miss teams, then known as The Flood.