The Los Angeles Lakers used to be in Minneapolis - but then again, they were squeakballers.

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> From: Bob [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 4:51 PM
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> Subject: Re: RPI 5, Mercyhurst 3
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> One web site' compilation of nicknames extends the list to
> seven Lakers.  With MN being the Land of Lakes, none are in
> that state.  Go Figure.
>    Bob Hamilton
>
> Lakers ---
> Clayton College and State University (Morrow, Georgia)
> Grand Valley State University (Allendale, Michigan)
> Lake Superior State University (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan)
> Mercyhurst College (Erie, Pennsylvania)
> Purdue University-Calumet (Hammond, Indiana)
> Roosevelt University (Chicago, Illinois)
> Wright State University-Lake Campus (Celina, Ohio)
> From  http://www.smargon.net/nicknames/
>
> OR, a book about college mascot history book published
> By Street Characters Inc. Communications staff
> If you want to know the names and origins of college and
> university mascots in the United States, you will want to
> read a new book published by a Pennsylvania based sports
> management professor.
>
> The book, "Mascots, The History of Senior College and
> University Mascots/Nicknames," is written by Dr. Roy E.
> Yarbrough, an associate professor at Neumann College, located
> in Aston, PA.
>
> The book identifies the mascots and nicknames of more than
> 1300 American post-secondary institutions, from the well
> known Notre Dame Fighting Irish to the obscure Banana Slugs
> of the University of California Santa Cruz.
>
> Dr. Yarbrough's interest in mascots is long seeded, harkens
> back to his days as a college student in the late 1960s.
> While an undergrad at Greenville College in Illinois, he
> performed as The Panther, in a costume built with the help of his mom.
>
> The book retails for $24.95 US and may be ordered by phone
> through Book Masters Inc. The number to call is 1-800-247-6553.
>