Jazz find or Jazz finds?

England are furious with this question!

 

You're spot on about that old bean!

 

But what about Wolfpack or Wolf Pack? It is a pack of wolves and 'pack' is singular.
You don't make 'team' singlular, do you?
I agree that Jazz is no singlular, just like Lightning, Crush or Golden Hurricane, etc. But a blanket rule isn't right.

 

Yeah, that's always been weird to me, but obviously, they're consistent with it, just as we are with Heat are, Jazz are...whatever your style is.

 

Jazz find groove
Jazz find their groove

It's plural.

 

England is a location; the English are the people. There is such a thing as singular plural, which took AP and many news organizations around the country a decade to come around to accepting. Wouldn't use "it" in reference to the Fighting Irish, would you? At the very least, for the sake of parallel construction, it seems that you'd want both teams' nicknames to be handled as plural.

 

I've always been beaten down with "team is an it", but nicknames that are plural are treated as being plural. So, Miami finds new QB, Dolphins find new QB. But I hate having to treat Heat, Magic, Jazz, etc., as singular. It sounds like we're trying to be smarter than everyone else, which we're not most of the time. I'd prefer to make them all plural.

 

Didn't mean to bash or lecture, and I apologize if it came off that way. Just saw this as an opportunity to share a thought, and the very premise of why my place chooses to treat all team nicknames as plural.

 

The simple answer is:

Ask what your paper's style is when you begin there.

Consistently apply said style without deviation.

And don't spend another nanosecond worrying about whether it sounds "right" to you or not.