On the eve of what would have been his 86th birthday, the Green Bay Packers announced during Thursday’s virtual shareholders meeting they’ll wear a helmet decal this season in honor of Hall of Fame defensive end Willie Davis, who passed away in April. Davis played 10 seasons in Green Bay,
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Fightin Phils to play as Reading Hot Dogs
The Double-A Reading Fightin Phils announced yesterday, on National Hot Dog Day, of course, that they will play some games next season as the Reading Hot Dogs. The team’s brand is forever intertwined with the encased sausage stuff, and according to their website, the Fightin Phils sell the most hot
NHL’s New Seattle Kraken Announce Name & Logos
The seas of the National Hockey League got slightly more terrifying this afternoon… we’ve seen stick-wielding seals, killer orca whales, creepy fishermen, but now there’s a kraken lurking in those deep, dark waters. Yes, today the NHL’s newest team made it official, they will be known as the Seattle Kraken
Washington Redskins To Temporarily Change Name To Washington Football Team
As first reported on Thursday morning by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Washington Redskins will now call themselves the Washington Football Team until they adopt a new nickname in the future. Washington, which earlier this month announced plans to retire the controversial Redskins name and logo at the conclusion of a
What Patches are the Ballplayers Wearing Today?
What patch are baseball players wearing today? Today all Major League Baseball players are wearing a commemorative patch celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro National League. All Major League Baseball teams and players will wear a red and white patch featuring the blue silhouette of a
Every New Baseball Logo and Uniform for 2020
The 2020 Major League Baseball season is here… seriously this time. Of course, it may have taken four months later than originally scheduled and we have no idea where the Toronto Blue Jays will play but… baseball! Every year we do a run-down of all the changes heading into the
UAlbany Great Danes Unveil Refreshed Athletic Identity
The State University of New York at Albany unveiled a refreshed athletic identity on Wednesday morning that includes a realistic depiction of a Great Dane as the primary logo. “This new brand identity truly exemplifies our culture of developing our student-athletes into Great Leaders, Great Champions and Great Danes,” athletic
Charlotte FC, 2022 MLS Expansion Club, Unveils Logo
The new Charlotte-based Major League Soccer team, an expansion club slated to kick things off in 2022, announced the team’s name and unveiled their logo today. They will be known as Charlotte FC. Alternate names the team had listed as finalists were All Carolina FC, Carolina Gliders FC, Charlotte Athletic
NFL Plans To Allow Social Justice Decals On Helmets
As first reported on Tuesday morning by Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports, the NFL plans to allow players to wear helmet decals that bear the name or initials of victims of police brutality and systemic racism during the 2020 season. League commissioner Roger Goodell has been working with the
Atlanta Hawks Unveil New Uniforms, Logos, Colours
The Atlanta Hawks this morning officially unveiled three new uniforms, a series of new alternate logos, as well as a new colour scheme. This unveiling confirms the leaked black jersey we saw just a few days ago. Yellow returns to the Hawks’ colour scheme, a hue that was sorely missed
Authenticity, Collaboration, Respect: The Story Behind the Spokane Indians
Recent conversations about the use of Native American imagery in sports brands have been adversarial, at best. The now-former name of the football team in Washington, DC, was an actual racial slur. The Cleveland Indians used a cartoon caricature of a Native American as a logo for decades. Fans of
Let’s all Choose the Best Milwaukee Brewers Logo Ever
Back to the ball diamond here in Our Best Logo Ever! Tournament, with the recently refreshed Milwaukee Brewers. After fifteen years of wearing it as a throwback uniform, the Brewers finally returned to their classic “Ball-in- Glove-Logo” for the 2020 season. Special thanks to everyone who has participated in our