The Cleveland Sirens were officially announced as the newest WNBA team on Tuesday. The new franchise will begin play in 2028.
The new name and logo were revealed during a press event this morning. The name was teased with the slogan "hear the call" and the logo was discovered on the team's website a few minutes before the big reveal. It seems that Cleveland has landed on a name that is both classic and culturally relevant.
The mythical creatures are having a moment thanks to The Odyssey and now they're part of a league experiencing rising popularity and attention. Now they just have to wait two years to start playing basketball. The team will be put together ahead of the 2028 season, starting with an expansion draft.
One of the breakout memes of the summer features Matt Damon screaming. That image comes from Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey." In the scene where Damon is screaming, Odysseus is tied to the mast of his ship hearing the siren song.
Considering the source material for that movie is over 2,000 years old, sirens aren't exactly new. There are siren references in the Harry Potter series. Some of the outcasts in Netflix's "Wednesday" are sirens. There are even sirens in "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants."
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The new name and logo were revealed during a press event this morning. The name was teased with the slogan "hear the call" and the logo was discovered on the team's website a few minutes before the big reveal. It seems that Cleveland has landed on a name that is both classic and culturally relevant.
The mythical creatures are having a moment thanks to The Odyssey and now they're part of a league experiencing rising popularity and attention. Now they just have to wait two years to start playing basketball. The team will be put together ahead of the 2028 season, starting with an expansion draft.
One of the breakout memes of the summer features Matt Damon screaming. That image comes from Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey." In the scene where Damon is screaming, Odysseus is tied to the mast of his ship hearing the siren song.
Considering the source material for that movie is over 2,000 years old, sirens aren't exactly new. There are siren references in the Harry Potter series. Some of the outcasts in Netflix's "Wednesday" are sirens. There are even sirens in "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants."
#name #damon #logo #years
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