There are many offensive names if they go down that road.
Boston Celtics is offensive to the actual Celtic people.
Minnesota Vikings offensive to those Scandinavian countries people.
Fighting Irish of Notre Dame would be offensive.
Dallas Cowboys is offensive to real cowboys.
Pittsburgh Steelers is offensive to real steel workers.
Green Bay Packers is offensive to real meat packers.
Milwaukee Brewers is offensive to real beer brewers.
New Orleans Saints, San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Angels are all offensive to the Catholic church and Catholic people.
All the animal nicknames are offensive to those animals and to PETA types.
Is any sports nickname not offensive to someone in some way?
nickname not offensive
Crimson Tide is the only one I can think of
Red Sox? White Sox?
Even the USC Trojans' mascot is under attack, despite being from antiquity. The sculptor who created iconic statue of a Trojan warrior in the center of the campus known as Tommy Trojan has come under fire for using a white athlete as his model; a white horse is ridden around the field when the team scores, and the horse's name is Traveler, the name of General Robert E. Lees horse.
Much, much worse. The Packers were named for Curly Lambeau's employer, The Indian Packing Company.
Or, maybe, two birds with one stone.
Why is this so shocking? Georgia was said to be racist that they couldn’t host the All Star game. Now they are racist because they are in the World Series.