No one has given it a name since coyotes probably aren't seen as being cute, like Flaco the owl was who captured the city's attention and love when he lived free for almost a year after escaping from the Central Park Zoo when his enclosure was vandalized.
Flaco of course met his death when he likely devoured a rat who had ingested the rat poison that is spread down to help decrease their numbers. Goodbye Flaco. I don't want to have what he just had.
The New York Post carries the story and tells us coyotes have been spotted in all the boroughs except Brooklyn for some reason. A city Parks Department spokesperson tells us, "we have no reason to believe this particular coyote is unhealthy or pose a threat to human safety." Of course they haven't been spotted in Brooklyn yet. Just wait.
A jogger in the park noticed the coyote over the weekend during a morning run and naturally had their celllphone with them and recorded the critter's movements. Famous for a day.
It's not likely the coyote made its way from Phoenix, Arizona where the N.H.L. team is set to move to Utah's Salt Lake City. The New York Times did a story via their outsourced sports department, The Athletic, on how the Phoenix Coyotes are moving to Utah.
I was shocked! to learn that the former Winnipeg Jets were playing temporarily for two years in a 4,600-seat arena in Phoenix. The N.H.L. team has been in Phoenix now for 27 seasons under various ownerships. They were booted from their home ice in Glendale, Arizona after a deal to build a new multi-function arena and $2.1 billion entertainment district fell through, thereby sealing their fate in Arizona.
Naturally, a move to another city will require a name change, but to what? The atlas in the car has never been turned to Utah. The pages are pristine and not dog-eared. I've only ever been to two states west of the Mississippi, Nevada and California. Utah will probably never be a destination.
Ryan Smith, who also owns the Utah Jazz N.B.A. team, says they will play the hockey games out of Delta Arena, an 11,000 seat venue that will be remodeled to accommodate hockey. So, what will the new team be referred to as?
Smith tells the reporter "Utah" will be on the front of the Jerseys for the 2024-2025 season. "It will be 100% 'Utah' and then it will be 'Utah Something.'" They are going to take time before committing to a name for the team.
So, what do you think they will call the team? Certainly nothing referring to Indians or The Church of Latter Day Saints. Too controversial. The new Seattle franchise chose Kraken to recognize a mythological Norwegian sea monster. They're big on the water in Seattle.
Wasn't there something about the Utah state flag a while ago? Yes. I wrote a posting on it last year.
It seems last year the Wall Street Journal did one of their inimitable A-Hed pieces on the fact that the governor of Utah didn't like the state flag: too generic. So what did they come up with?
Naturally it doesn't please everyone, but apparently Utah's nickname is the Beehive state. Huh?
Well, it seems it is a symbol used by the Mormons to honor the pioneers who arrived (Mormons) in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. Google tells us:
Mormons believe the beehive is a symbol of harmony and cooperating and work for the early pioneers of the Church. Brigham Young used the symbol to inspire Church members to work together to transform the barren Salt Lake Valley into a beautiful and thriving community.
flag now looks like a beehive, with a backdrop of the mountains.
The Utah Bees. You can hear the announcers now: "The bees are buzzing around the goaltender."
Golden Spikes is not bad either.
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