Last August, the NCAA unveiled the NET ranking, a comprehensive synthesis of numbers designed to supplant the…

Here at NOTY, it’s axiomatic that a truly great name has it going both ways. Just look at the Hall of Name: Assumption…

For one of the two men who have made it to this year’s Name of the Year final, destiny awaits.

Down goes Salami Blessing! Your Name of the Year final four is here, and it’s Jimbob Ghostkeeper vs. Makenlove…

The Name of the Year tournament is down to the elite eight. A lot of chalk, but not exclusively so. The Salami…

Every year we make a point of reading the Name of the Year bracket out loud, and every year the bracket succeeds in…

To all of you who have shouted at us on Twitter, through our email address, and in my Gchat windows: Yes, we know,…

Last month, the voting public selected Boats Botes as the 2017 Name of the Year. Congratulations, voting public, on…

The 2017 Name of the Year bracket has landed and, as always, the best way to properly judge entrants like Boats Botes…

Names are serious business.

These are exciting times for Name of the Year.

The bracket for the 2015 Name of the Year tournament has been released. We are ecstatic. Drew and Marchman will go…

Shamus Beaglehole has prevailed. Here's to you, Shamus.

This is it. This is the showdown we've waited an entire year for (OK, more like five months). In one corner, we have…

We're nearing the summit of this year's tourney, and the venerable spirits of Assumption Bulltron, Godfrey Sithole,…

We're down to just eight splendid name-inees, and we're happy to see each one of them picking up their own fan groups.…

We had a polling malfunction last week: The Bulltron and Sithole polls inexplicably closed early. Our bad, and thanks…

Before we get to the second round of our tournament, I'd like to share a tip we received from a reader named Jeffrey.…

We love it when our name-inees display some competitive spirit, so we were thrilled to receive an email in that vein…