The Ozarks is proud home to Licking, the best-named town for lewd sports headlines. Licking girls take on Salem evokes a visual -- actually, several visuals -- that are best left untyped.
A story from New Zealand takes matters to a completely ridiculous level. Seems a badminton team is being urged to drop its nickname: Black Cocks.
It was supposed to be a "gimmicky label to attract sponsors and fans," according to a report in The Register. But things came to a head when the president of Badminton NZ, Nigel Skelt, was at the New Zealand Open. "[C]rowds were yelling out 'c'mon the Black Cocks,'" he said. "If you're over in China and you get introduced as the Black Cocks, it raises some issues."
The nickname might be ditched during a November meeting of the 27 regional associations of Badminton NZ. If only a local school district would pick up the Cock and play with Licking.
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