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2 unusual facts about New Orleans Pelicans


Charlotte Hornets

After relocation, the team played as the New Orleans Hornets until 2013, when they were renamed the New Orleans Pelicans

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On September 25, 2008 the New Orleans Hornets announced that Sunny 103.3 would be the Baton Rouge flagship station for the team's radio network.


Andy Kyle

After his brief major league stint, Kyle played for the New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association in 1913, where his batting average fell to .194.

Falcons–Panthers rivalry

That moniker, however, has no real connection to games played between the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Bobcats, as these two franchises regrettably have no real rivalry; the Hawks to some extent were rivals of the Charlotte Hornets from 1988–2002, before the team moved to New Orleans (the New Orleans team is now known as the Pelicans, the current Charlotte teams is expected to assume the Hornets nickname in 2014).

George Shinn

George Shinn (born May 11, 1941) is the former owner of the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets as well the Charlotte Knights and Gastonia Rangers minor league baseball teams along with the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks of the World League of American Football.

Tyshawn Taylor

On January 21, 2014, Taylor was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for cash considerations and the rights to Edin Bavčić.

Yulman Stadium

The stadium’s field will be known as Benson Field, after New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans owner Tom Benson and his wife Gayle, who jointly donated $7.5 million from the Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation.


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