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The problem with the Blackhawks

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The problem with the Blackhawks

Bob Dolgan
Mar 17, 2023
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For a brief time, I thought the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks could keep their name if they simply changed their mascot to a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk. Here’s a picture of a juvenile Rough-legged Hawk, as seen in THE MAGIC STUMP. It’s all chocolate brown. Dark chocolate brown. Almost like a “black hawk.”

Image via Tyler Funk.

It would have be an opportunity for the Chicago NHL team to celebrate local nature, as Rough-legged Hawks spend winter in open spaces all across Illinois.

I’ve reconsidered this idea, though, as someone who has been a life-long fan of the Cleveland baseball team, and now enjoys the nifty nickname of the Guardians.

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