Brooklyn New Yorkers: Did Four U.S. Trademark Applications Reveal New Name of Nets?
By Eric Macramalla
It’s possible that four U.S. trademark applications have revealed the new name of the New Jersey Nets when they move to Brooklyn in 2012: The Brooklyn New Yorkers.
In 2005, the Nets announced plans to locate the team in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn (one of the members of the ownership group is rap mogul and Brooklyn native Jay-Z; the majority owner is Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov).
Possible names for the team included the Brookl