Name That Team! How the Sharks and the Golden State Warriors Got Their Names

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Why are the Warriors the only team with a state nickname in their name? And how did we end up with the San Jose Sharks? Reported by Ryan Levi. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Erika Kelly, and Julia McEvoy. Holly Kernan is Vice President for News. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Hey guys, so the grand plan was we were going to record this week's Bay Curious episode in a sports bar.
0:09.0	But then Olivia had to go and get sick.
0:12.0	I'm sorry, my immune system has failed. Then Olivia had to go and get sick.
0:12.7	I'm sorry, my immune system has failed me.
0:15.8	But I did bring beers into the studio,
0:18.4	so it can kind of feel like a sports bar.
0:20.4	Very nice. I'm Olivia Alan Price, and this week I'm Olivia Allen Price and this week I'm talking Sports with Ryan Levy our new
0:26.8	sports correspondent. How do you feel about Senior Sports Correspondent? Don't push it
0:32.1	Levy. Fine.
0:34.0	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
0:38.0	Still family owned, operated, and argued over.
0:41.0	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold. and find your new favorite beer today.
0:52.7	Okay, so you have not one, but two sports stories for us today,
0:56.1	is that right?
0:56.8	This is true.
0:57.5	So one is about basketball and one is about hockey.
1:00.7	They both have to do with history and names.
1:03.0	History and names.
1:05.0	I thought this was a sports show.
1:07.0	It is, but it's a Bay curious sports show.
1:09.0	Fair enough.
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