Off-color team nicknames in youth sports

My niece (age 7) played soccer against another team called the Vixens. I quickly scanned the crowd for Chris Hansen.

 

Ah. ... I, uh ... well, thanks for that.

The more you know.

 

To be honest, I had no idea myself.

Your baseline sig sums it up pretty well.

 

That was outstanding.

 

We had an (adult) team named faque in our rec league standings for a long time until I finally pronounced it out loud. After that, they were Team F.

 

If I start a softball team, it'll be called With Ourselves.

Wife: So what are you doing Saturday?
Husband: Looks like me and the guys will be playing With Ourselves.
Wife: GOD DAMN YOU HAROLD WHY CAN'T YOU BE TRUE

 

One of the teams I cover just lost in the state championship to the "Syrupmakers". I've been using that as a catch-all racial slur ever since.

"Get out of here you damn SYRUPMAKER!"

 

Not off-color, but just a bit strange.
Lima Bath High in Lima, Ohio, has the nickname of Wildcats for the boys. The girls are called ... Wildkittens.
Wildkittens? Sounds like a really bad '80s soft porn movie title.

 

Mercer University's women's teams in Georgia used to be known as the "Teddy Bears."

 

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, how cute.

Of course, the REAL VARSITY TEAMS are the Wildcats. The little girly girls pretending at playing sports, are the Kittens.

 

There is a team in the local high school rec league called BAMF (Bad Ass Mother F***er) Crew. I had to google what BAMF meant. I don't think it's our job to change the names, though we just run agate. I'd be happy if someone complained about a name in our agate section because that means I know someone is reading it. I'm more annoyed that the local rec has every team in all caps, so I sometimes have to do some research to see what letters need caps for certain company teams.

 

The moral: Don't name a team after something in Smasher's DVD collection.