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A list of sports teams named after technology, including the Detroit Pistons, the Houston Rockets, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Brooklyn Nets. Additions welcome.

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Bob Clewell

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Triple-A minor league team of the Yankees.

Haverford College Fords

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Jonah

Isotopes (as in the Albuquerque Isotopes) aren't technology per se, but it took technology to discover them and they are key to a lot of technology.

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Mac Brown

Serious miss - the Akron Zips. Named after rubber overshoes

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Samuel Arbesman

Fun one! I haven't been including clothing (Red Sox, White Sox), but maybe I should?

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Mac Brown

I'm not sure about clothing - I feel like the focus for the Zips is really on the akron/Goodrich rubber connection rather than the clothing themselves, if that makes sense?

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Samuel Arbesman

Interesting! Let me think about this one more.

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Mac Brown

Love it when a silly rule set makes you think!

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Reb Butler

One of my alltime faves, the Lansing Lugnuts!

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Jerm

Orlando Magic.

It's a sufficiently advanced technology...you've probably never heard of it.

Tim Erskine

You win.

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Samuel Arbesman

Amazing.

Tim Erskine

CAUTION: Much hockey ahead!

  • Windsor Spitfires (Ontario Hockey League), named after the Supermarine Spitfire
  • Kelowna Rockets (Western Hockey League)
  • Laval Rocket (American Hockey League)
  • Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Kontinental Hockey League)
  • Dinamo Minsk (Kontinental Hockey League)
  • Dynamo Moscow (Kontinental Hockey League)
  • Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Kontinental Hockey League)
  • Traktor Chelyabinsk (Kontinental Hockey League)

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