In 1951, Labatt launched its Pilsener Lager ; when it was introduced in Manitoba, the beer was nicknamed " Blue " for the colour of its label and the company's support of Winnipeg's Canadian Football League ( CFL ) franchise, the Blue Bombers.

The Saints and the Carolina Panthers have been minor rivals since Carolina was introduced into the NFC West as an expansion franchise in 1995.

The Donoughmore reforms of 1931 repudiated the communal representation and introduced universal adult franchise ( the franchise stood at 4 % before the reforms ).

In the American Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Maquis are a 24th Century paramilitary organization or terrorist group first introduced in the 1994 episode " The Maquis " of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who subsequently also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.

Despite a somewhat lackluster library of games, the console introduced at least one notable franchise.

A new type of Sentinel called the Prowler ( a scorpion-like machine reminiscent of the Spider-Slayers of the Spider-Man franchise ) is the first Sentinel that was introduced.

In borough constituencies all male householders living in properties worth at least ten pounds a year were given the right to vote – a measure which introduced to all boroughs a standardised form of franchise for the first time.

Adult franchise for local government elections was also introduced, together with Legislation to safeguard native flora and to penalize ships for discharging oil.

In 1785, he introduced a bill to remove the representation of thirty-six rotten boroughs, and to extend in a small way, the electoral franchise to more individuals.

In 2003, the Wario franchise introduced a new series of games, starting with WarioWare, Inc .: Mega Microgames!

In 1792-93 he succeeded in carrying a Roman Catholic Relief Act conferring the franchise on Catholics ; in 1794 in conjunction with William Ponsonby, he introduced a reform bill which was even less democratic than Flood's bill of 1783.

Rocky's leather coat introduced in Rocky IV makes its second and final appearance in the franchise at the start of the movie.

However, the Conservatives lacked a majority and Russell introduced a resolution in March 1859 arguing for widening the franchise, which the Conservatives opposed but which was carried.

As of the general election in 1921, universal and equal franchise was introduced for men and women alike, and the Riksdag finally achieved a system of democratic representation for all citizens who were at least 23 years old on election day.

He accordingly introduced in the Riksdag of 1896 a very moderate bill for the extension of the franchise, which was, nevertheless, rejected by both chambers, all similar proposals by private members meeting the same fate.

The program was introduced by a pilot program at its franchise store in Macon, Georgia.

, spelled as Freeza in the Japanese version, Freezer in English and Spanish version is a fictional character, a Supervillain and a major antagonist from Frieza arc of the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama, who first introduced the character in his manga Dragon Ball, followed by its anime adaptation Dragon Ball Z. Frieza also appears in the television special Bardock: The Father of Goku, two Dragon Ball Z movies, the side story The Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, and in Dragon Ball GT.

In 1973 the Bond franchise introduced a new main lead, Roger Moore, who played Bond for the next twelve years in the role and making seven films.

The franchise is based on the fictional character Freddy Krueger, introduced in A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 ), who stalks and kills teenagers in their dreams.

In the twentieth century, the Legislative Council of Queensland was abolished, while direct elections on a broad franchise were eventually introduced for all of the remainder.

The practice of making sandwiches to order is absent in both, and is limited to fast food joints like the recently introduced Subway franchise.

In 2009, the Falcons introduced a new set of alternate uniforms based upon the ones used by the franchise in its first season of 1966, featuring red helmets, black jerseys and white pants.

On November 13, 2007, Roth was introduced as the majority owner of a Seattle, Washington-based Major League Soccer franchise along with Paul Allen.

The Texans joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they are now the Tennessee Titans.

The team was founded in 1959 as the Titans of New York, an original member of the American Football League ; later, the franchise joined the NFL in the AFL – NFL merger.

Wismer was granted the charter franchise later dubbed the Titans of New York as Wismer explained, " Titans are bigger and stronger than Giants.

He was hired by New York's AFL franchise, which had just changed its name from Titans to Jets.

Bud Adams established the Titans / Oilers Hall of Fame after the 40th season of the franchise to honor past players and management.

He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Tennessee Titans ( both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers ).

With the city prepared to welcome a National Football League franchise, the Tennessee Titans, Schmittou felt that revenue would be drawn away from his baseball team.

Shortly after the original team's departure from Nashville, Bud Adams, the owner of the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League, purchased the rights to an expansion franchise in Nashville ( along with the Kats identity ).

The franchise continues to honor the number in its current incarnation as the Tennessee Titans.

When Sonny Werblin bought the New York Titans franchise of the American Football League in 1963, he changed both the team's name ( to the New York Jets ) and its coach.

Immortal Grand Prix ( IGPX ), created by Toonami producers Sean Akins and Jason DeMarco and produced by anime studio Production I. G, aired in five short installments and served as a pilot for the second Toonami original series, which premiered in November 2005 ( a brief note: although Megas XLR was the first original American-made franchise to actually debut on the block, it was initially a Cartoon Network original that was planned to air on Friday nights ; other Cartoon Network action properties, namely Samurai Jack, Teen Titans, and Justice League, aired on Toonami but weren't exclusive to the block until their final seasons ).

Kenneth Stanley " Bud " Adams, Jr. ( born January 3, 1923 ) is the owner of the Tennessee Titans ' National Football League franchise.

Adams became a charter AFL owner with the establishment of the Titans franchise, which was originally known as the Houston Oilers.

Particularly crucial to the league's early years was Adams ' relationship with Harry Wismer, original owner of the league's New York franchise, the Titans.

* Bud Adams, Owner of the Tennessee Titans National Football League franchise

The Titans set a franchise record by averaging 4. 7 yards per carry, and the offensive line, led by Mawae, finished tied for 10th in the league with only 29 sacks allowed, Titans running back Travis Henry finished 2006 with 1, 211 rushing yards and rookie quarterback Vince Young was named AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Harry Wismer ( June 30, 1913 – December 3, 1967 ) was a sports broadcaster and charter owner of the New York Titans franchise in the American Football League.

His New York franchise was nicknamed the " Titans ".

The close loss to the Dragons wouldn't last long in the memories of Titans fans as a week later the Gold Coast franchise recorded their first official victory in another tight match, winning 18 – 16 against the Cronulla Sharks at home.

In the final round, a 50 – 6 thrashing at the hands of eventual Premiers Melbourne Storm ended the Titans ' debut season on somewhat of a sour note, with the young Gold Coast franchise finishing the season in 12th position with 10 wins, 14 losses and a bye for 22 competition points.

The franchise started as the Trenton Titans and played their first season in 1999.

One week after the Devils suspended operations, a group of local fans began lobbying investors to restart the franchise under the Titans name.