Gold Alert   
Hockey Team Threatens U.S. Army   

   As if the Army doesn't have enough trouble with the Taliban, ISIS and leakers of classified documents, the Las Vegas pro hockey team inflicts damage without firing a shot.

   Army's legal challenge doesn't come from West Point, but the hockey owner is a West Point grad and donor. He registered his team as the Golden Knights, which the Army chose for its parachute team in the 1960s, and uses for public relations and recruiting. 

   The Army also claims "common law rights" for the color scheme of black, gold, yellow and white. West Point athletes are the Black Knights, and their hockey arena is painted the colors of both teams. 

   Las Vegas said, "We are not aware of a single complaint from anyone attending our games...that they were expecting to see the parachute team."

   Clever, but they might want to reconsider. The Army has guns. 

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   None of this involves the University of Central Florida, the just plain Knights. However, it might help if they officially distinguished themselves as the Plain Knights. 

   Next, Princeton, Missouri, Auburn, LSU and Clemson will go to court over who has the rights to Tigers. 

   Did you know - the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Pitt Panthers are the same animal? Once common in Pennsylvania. The Detroit Lions won't add Nittany to their name, for fear of being thrown to real lions...imported of course. 

   Down South, the Seminoles are okay with Florida State, but we wonder if the Aztecs are offended by San Diego State.   

   We know of one school that has no worry about trademark rights - ever: 
the Virginia Tech Hokies. 

   Good knight,

       Jimmy