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Originally Posted by barrysloate
You may recall the Washington Wizards were once called the Bullets. The team felt it was inappropriate and changed the name. And the St John's Redmen are now called the Red Storm. All well and good.
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I remember when Stanford changed their name from the 'Indians' to the 'Cardinal'. As a kid, I thought: "What's wrong - they have something against Indians?
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Here's an interesting article on that name change:
http://nacc.stanford.edu/mascot.html