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New Identity of the Day: The New Orleans Hornets Become the Pelicans
Let's go Pels!
It's official: the New Orleans Hornets will become the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2013 NBA season.
According to Yahoo News, Saints owner Tom Benson has been looking to change the name since he bought the team in April. The New Orleans Brass and the New Orleans Krewe (a reference to the city's mardi gras parade) had also been discussed. (Hornets was a name inherited when Nola picked up the Charlotte franchise in 2002.)