“What’s in a name?”
This quote from the classic William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet discusses the complexities of a name, something that applies to sports teams.
At work recently, someone asked me about my “Minnesota Ducks” shirt. After explaining that it is, in fact, a Loon on my MNUFC shirt, they were confused that loons and ducks are different. They are similar, but NO they are not ducks. Ducks are cool, but not as cool as a loon. So where did the Loons name come from?
The Common Loon has been the state bird of Minnesota ever since 1961.