Happy Hallowe’en everyone, let’s celebrate the spooky holiday with our annual World Series Champions “phantom” merchandise post! This year our phantom world champs are the Detroit Tigers who swept away the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS before being swept themselves by the San Francisco Giants. As with all of the
Month: October 2012
Team Fans Riot Against Pink Jerseys, Cause Game Cancellation
Not everyone is a fan of the pink influx into sports this month. Some have more passionate ways of showing it. Apparently, fans of Venezuelan Primera Division side Deportivo Tachira were expecting their team to be wearing their traditional black and yellow kits and were taken by surprise when the
SportsLogos.Net 2012 College Football Awards!
Best and Worst of College Uniforms 2012 Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the first annual awards ceremony for the sartorial-minded among us sports fans. We asked you, the readers, to give us your input on what teams, with new uniforms for the 2012 season, looked sharp and who came
Online Shop Leaks New Astros Primary, Wordmark Logos
What a terrible weekend for the Houston Astros! For the third time in the last two days (and the fourth time this month) the Houston Astros have had their new logo leaked online and this time it’s the big guy – the new Astros primary logo, as well as a
The 25th Year of World Series Patches
Major League Baseball was the first major sport to market its biggest brand event on the uniforms of the participants, a couple of years ahead of the NHL, and almost a decade ahead of the NBA and believe it or not, the NFL. Back in 1987, the St. Louis Cardinals wore the
Houston Astros New Logo Leaks
After several blurred and hard-to-see leaked new Houston Astros logos for the 2013 season, we finally got ourselves a nice clean image for a change. Twitter user Ernest Moreno (@astromo1977) spotted the new logo on a t-shirt on sale at his local Academy store and snapped the following pic: Following the
Topps Leaks New Houston Astros Logo on Twitter
It just keeps on happening! This time Topps is the culprit, tweeting out a photo of their new 2013 MLB baseball card set under construction apparently completely unaware that the new Houston Astros logo is right there on about three of the cards shown. The logo matches up with what
NFL Using Pink Flags Thanks to 11-Year-Old Fan
Thanks to a letter from 11-year-old football fan Dante Cano, the National Football League will be using pink penalty flags for their Miami Dolphins – New York Jets game this Sunday night. Cano wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goddell suggesting the league use pink flags as part of
New York Islanders to Brooklyn in 2015
The New York Islanders today announced they will be relocating to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the 2015-16 NHL season. A press conference was held earlier today at 1pm ET at the new arena to announce the news. The four-time Stanley Cup Champion Islanders have played at the Nassau
Saskatoon Blades Hold Jersey Design Contest
Get out yer crayons, it’s a good old fashioned jersey design contest! The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League are seeking input from the fans for a special one-game jersey to be worn this season on February 2, 2013. Their rules are simple and actually make a lot of
St Louis Cards 2012 Back-to-Back NL Champs Gear
The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The San Francisco Giants sure gave the St. Louis Cardinals a taste of their own medicine didn’t they? The comeback kids of the last two post-seasons were up 3-games-to-1 before dropping three straight ending their bid at a second consecutive
Maryland to Honor Dodgers for Game in Brooklyn
OK, let us get all of the facts straight. On November 9th, the Maryland Terrapins will play the Kentucky Wildcats at Barclay Arena in Brooklyn. Maryland has announced that to honor the “sports history of Brooklyn” they will have a one-game “wool-look” grey uniform that is intended to look