Texas couple names son ESPN in honor of the cable sports network

[Sandpiper]

Sick, sick, sick. I wonder if they're planning on naming their next two kids Ronald MacDonald and Coca Cola.


Saturday, June 26, 2004


Associated Press

PAMPA, Texas -- A Texas couple who named their son ESPN after the cable sports network will soon be getting a visit from the toddler's namesake.

An ESPN film crew is coming to this Panhandle town next month to interview the family of 2-year-old ESPN Malachi McCall for a feature on several children around the country named after the network.

ESPN (pronounced Espen) McCall is one of at least three children in the United States known to be named for the sports network. A couple in Corpus Christi named their son Espn Curiel in 2000, the same year Espen Blondeel was born in Michigan.

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"We don't have viewers. We have fans," Nagle said Saturday. "And I guess there's no better testament than when someone names their child after your product. It just shows the bond we have with people."

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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1829996

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1. in a related story, oklahoman baby named "myparentsarefuckingmorans"

[Parrcrow]

2. alot of Aunt Moms and Uncle Dads here too I think.

[Taverner]

3. No offense...but why do these things happen in Texas more often than not?

No offense Texas DUers...but you gotta admit there is the occasional propensity towards goofiness, with its sports worship, fundamentalism and general disregard for human life....

And I'll admit we Californians have Modesto....

[alwynsw]

9. Ah Ha! Californians are just as strange when naming babies.

Let's not forget poorlittle (I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP) Zippity Do Daw of Los Angeles. Poor schmuck was born in the late 70's or early 80's as I recall. It made the papers in Phoenix - where I was living at the time.

You guessed it - pop was a Disneyland fanatic.

[smirkymonkey]

4. An American Tragedy...

there are times when I am thoroughly ashamed to be an American.

Naming a child after a "product" - "it just shows the bond we have with people." :puke:

[Sandpiper]

5. It shows how completely entrenched

The consumer culture has become.

Well, I have to run, It looks like little NASCAR needs his diaper changed. ;-)

[smirkymonkey]

6. LOL!

You know, there probably is a baby NASCAR out there somewhere in freeperland. Groan! :)

[Kellanved]

8. well,

there is that German Girl named Pepsi Carola...

Maybe it is not an uniquely American problem.

[Tripper11]

7. Not only that...

but imagine this poor kid youth as he grows up....kids are going to have a heyday with him.

[RoadRunner]

10. ESPN =

Especially Stupid Parental Naming?

:shrug:

[UrbScotty]

11. Not as good as Joe Louis Arena

Thet's the name of the Red Wings' stadium.

A suburban Detroit couple named their kid after the ice rink.