If you’re a Los Angeles Rams fan who is looking forward to seeing the Rams return to their royal blue-and-yellow color scheme, then you’ll probably have to wait for a couple more years. In an interview with the LA Times, Rams Executive VP of Football Operations Kevin Demoff made it
Month: March 2016
Ballclub Re-Brands As Cheesesteaks for One Night Only
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs have announced they will be known as the Cheesesteaks for one night only in 2016, a nod to their in-state Major League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phillies. This follows the popular “Taco Night” promotion held by the Fresno Grizzlies last season (and will again this Summer) in
Sporting Clube de Portugal wears intentionally misspelled NOBs
If you’re a fan of Sporting Clube de Portugal, then you are probably well acquainted with the names that you see on the back of the jerseys. However, Sporting CP fans received a bit of a surprise on Saturday during their home match against Arouca — the players’ names on
The Evolution of Dinosaurs in Utah: The Story Behind the Ogden Raptors
The Ogden Raptors, advanced rookie level affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, were never meant to be. In 1993, Dave Baggott, who describes himself as the founder, president, owner, and janitor of the team, went to the mayor of Ogden, Utah, with the idea of bringing a minor league team
Bulls keep Durham classy with Bull City Blues unis
In 2016, minor league baseball teams at all levels will trot out alternate uniforms featuring the likes of tacos, asparagus, zoo animals, and Saul Goodman, to name just a few recent examples. In the face of these increasingly wacky promotional duds, the Durham Bulls have done an about face with their elegant “Bull
Nike Unveils 2016 Olympic Basketball Uniforms
Nike held an event yesterday in New York where they (among other things) unveiled the basketball uniforms for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held later this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We weren’t there nor were we privy to a media kit of the unveiling, so… enjoy your bare
2016 MLS Kit Roundup
Alright, folks. We’ve covered most of the new MLS kit reveals for the 2016 season, so now it’s time to take a look at what the entire league looks like. For a basic look at what every team in MLS will be wearing, the league itself has given us a
US Soccer officially unveils new kits for 2016
If US Soccer’s new crest was a badly-kept secret, then the new shirts were probably an even worse-kept secret. However, the secret is officially out now, as US Soccer has now unveiled their new kits for 2016 and beyond. For better or worse, the designs that we’ve seen leak out
A Different Bracket: 2016 NCAA March Madness Circle Bracket!
If anyone out there in Sportslogos.net land has followed me on twitter, then they’ll have seen my various incarnations of the circle bracket. I first saw the idea being used for the 2010 World Cup, and have fallen in love with the format since then. It’s a much more compact and
It Is Easy Being Green: Stockton Ports to Celebrate Asparagus Night
The Stockton Ports are finding that it is easy being green. There are at least four cities in the United States alone that claim the status of asparagus capital of the world, but only one of them will send a minor league baseball team out on the field wearing asparagus-themed jerseys
NCAA will have new court designs for tournament games
After 8 seasons of sticking with a pretty bland and extremely standardized court design for non-Final Four NCAA Basketball Tournament games, the NCAA has finally decided to go with a new court design for tournament games. For reference, here’s what the courts for tournament games have looked like (for the
Seattle Mariners wear two different uniforms during spring training game
Oh, spring training. Everybody loves you because you’re the official sign that baseball (that actually counts) is right around the corner, but you’re also a prime location for all sorts of weirdness. It’s the quirkiness of spring training that can help make it go by quicker, and nothing’s quirkier than