To avoid the ambiguity of the term British, and to more emphatically associate the team's identity with both the United Kingdom and Ireland, from the 2001 tour of Australia the name British and Irish Lions has been used.

A fan contest, drawing 33, 288 voters, was then held to determine the team's name.

For years many sources have listed " Pilgrims " as the early Boston AL team's official nickname, but researcher Bill Nowlin has demonstrated that the name was barely used, if at all, during the team's early years.

The NL actually gave permission to the AL to put a team in Chicago, provided he not use the city name in the team's branding.

In June 1945, a committee selected " Panthers " as the new team's name.

Several Grand Prix teams established formal links with F3000 teams to develop young drivers ( and engineering talent ); these relationships varied from formal " junior teams " ( such as the one McLaren set up for Nick Heidfeld ) to fairly distant relationships based mostly upon shared sponsors and the use of the ' parent ' team's name.

The team immediately excelled under Kuenn's low-key managerial style and gained a new nickname as Harvey's Wallbangers, a play on the drink Harvey Wallbanger and the team's manager's name.

The following winter, locals were allowed to submit ideas for the Boston football team's official name.

In 1980, the Saints lost their first 14 games, prompting local sportscaster Bernard " Buddy D " Diliberto to advise Saints supporters to wear paper bags over their heads at the team's home games ; many bags rendered the club's name as the "' Aints " rather than the " Saints.

His first order of business, after changing the team's name and jerseys, was to sign Joe Namath to an unprecedented contract.

Also New Order recorded the official song of the England national football team's 1990 World Cup campaign, " World in Motion ", under the ad-hoc band name EnglandNewOrder.

Until 1954, when the uniforms had " Athletics " spelled out in script across the front, the team's name never appeared on either home or road uniforms.

Upon moving to Oakland, the " A " cap emblem was restored, although in 1970 an " apostrophe-s " was added to the cap and uniform emblem to reflect the fact that Finley was in the process of officially changing the team's name to the " A's.

The nickname " A's " has long been used interchangeably with " Athletics ," dating to the team's early days when headline writers wanted a way to shorten the name.

From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.

In 1973, the team's name was added below the eagle, which returned to its pre -' 69 look.

The team's logo combination ( the eagle and club name lettering ) also changed in 1996, with the eagle itself limited to a white ( bald eagle ) head, drawn in a less realistic, more cartoon-based style, and the lettering changing from calligraphic to block letters.

The new owner, Bob Carpenter, Jr., scion of the Delaware-based DuPont family, tried to polish the team's image by unofficially changing its name to the " Bluejays ".

The team's name was created by Tom Hall, the lead designer.

The team's name, Spanish for " fathers ", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769.

After the new Adelphia Coliseum, now known as LP Field, was completed in 1999, the team's name was changed to Tennessee Titans.

In tournament play, the chair umpire announces the end of the match with the well-known phrase " Game, set, match " followed by the winning person's or team's name.

The team's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name.

The stadium " Tivoli ", opened in 1928, served as the venue for the team's home games and was well known for its incomparable atmosphere throughout the whole of the second division.

Both Johnson and Schilling had suffered injuries during the season and Schilling was traded in the off season to the Boston Red Sox where he contributed to that team's 2004 World Series victory.

Jeff Moorad, a former sports agent, joined the partnership, and was named the team's CEO ; becoming its primary public face.

However, the team's history during that period was hardly one of futility, but was rather punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, including Enos Slaughter's " mad dash " in, the " Impossible Dream " of, Carlton Fisk's home run in, and Bill Buckner's error in.

" The team's first demonstration before Navy officials took place on 10 May 1946 and was met with enthusiastic approval.

The team's SNJ was also replaced by a F8F-1 " Bearcat ", painted yellow for the air combat routine.

He was replaced by Captain Greg McWherter, the team's previous Commanding Officer.

In 1983 the Brabham BT52, driven by Piquet and Italian Riccardo Patrese, was powered by the BMW M12 Straight-4 engine, and powered Brabham to four of the team's 35 Grand Prix victories.

The team was founded in the 1940s as a charter franchise in the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ), with Paul Brown, the team's namesake and a pioneering figure in professional football, as its first coach.

Negotiations with players were handled by John Brickels, the team's acting manager, as Brown was still in the Navy.

Former Browns RB Jim Brown, who was a prominent member of the 1964 NFL Championship team, the team's all-time leader in rushing yards, and a Pro Football Hall of Fame member.

After Seifert was fired following the disastrous 2001 season, the Panthers hired New York Giants defensive coordinator John Fox as the team's third head coach.

Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports Compounding matters were off-field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was actually released by the Bengals at one point, but was then re-signed for the season.

Lajoie was named manager in, and the team's fortunes improved somewhat.

Manny Acta was hired as the team's 40th manager on October 25, 2009.

The team's commitment to contend was complete when Green made a midseason deal on June 15 to shore up the starting rotation due to injuries to Rick Reuschel ( 5 – 5 ) and Sanderson.

Once again, though, the team's pitching was a glaring weakness, as the staff had an ERA of 6. 02.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the crest of the former metropolitan borough of Greenwich was used as a symbol for the club but this was not used on the team's shirts.