It’s the 70th anniversary of the first season of what is now known as the National Basketball Association, the first game of that that first season was played in Toronto between the New York Knicks and the long defunct Toronto Huskies. The Raptors, Toronto’s modern-day NBA franchise, has acknowledged the Huskies several
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2016 NL Phantom Champs Merchandise
Sorry Los Angeles, the Baseball Gods felt “enough was enough” for those long-suffering fans of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubbies are off to the World Series for the first time since 1945, trying to win their first title since 1908(!) where they’ll face a Cleveland Indians team who hasn’t
Boston Bruins Announce New Alternate Uniform
The Boston Bruins today announced that their 2016 Winter Classic uniform would be their new alternate uniform for the 2016-17 season. The announcement was snuck into their pre-game notes ahead of their home opener to be held later today. Boston’s Winter Classic jersey is black with two thick yellow (they call it
Bucs Players Fail At Sketching NFL Logos
Hey, Buccaneers… don’t quit your day job (whatever that is) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had eight different players take a stab at drawing various NFL team logos, all from memory, during an episode of their official team site’s web series “Casey’s Corner”. It wasn’t pretty. For example, can you name what
Stamps Cover-Up Gun Logo on Jersey After Teammate Murdered
The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League will be covering up the crossed pistols logo on their jersey shoulder after one of their own was gunned down late last month Stampeders defensive back Mylan Hicks, a former player with Michigan State, was killed following a shooting at a Calgary nightclub
Toronto Blue Jays 2016 AL “Phantom” Champions Merchandise
Hey, the Toronto Blue Jays are Back to Back Champs once again! Oh, my childhood memories are … not quite come flooding back to me. It seems phantom championships are not nearly as fun, there’s no banners, no parades, sure there’s still tears but oh whatever. Congrats to the Clevelands for winning
Bauer Chose Indians Blue Jerseys to Hide Blood
When you could be faced with rule violations by pitching with a bloody finger what do you do? Try and hide the blood as best you can. That was Trevor Bauer’s strategy going into Game 3 of the 2016 American League Championship Series in Toronto when he decided that the
The Origin of the Dodgers Interlocking LA Logo
The Los Angeles Dodgers are three wins away, with three games at home coming up, from winning their first pennant in twenty-seven years. The boys in blue have won nine NL titles and five World Series since moving to the west coast in 1958, and they’ve done so wearing the same ball
2016 ALDS/NLDS Phantom Champs Merchandise
Less than two weeks into the 2016 Major League Baseball Postseason and we’ve already kicked out half the teams that made it in. Six teams down, four to go. It’s time for the League Championship Series. On the way to the LCS those fallen teams had merchandise created for them
Tucson Roadrunners Unveil Inaugural Season Uniforms
Arizona’s newest pro hockey team has unveiled the uniforms they’ll wear during their inaugural season in the American Hockey League. As the top-level affiliate of the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes, the Tucson Roadrunners (previously the Springfield Falcons) went with a colour scheme very similar to the Coyotes but in a nice, unexpected nod
Opening Night 2016-17 NHL Team Logo Power Rankings
It’s opening night! The 100th National Hockey League season gets underway tonight with four games, the first at 7pm ET when the Toronto Maple Leafs travel to Ottawa to take on the Senators. First game and the first new logo debuts, well done NHL schedule makers! What we’ve done here is
Sacramento Kings Announce Jersey Sponsor
The Sacramento Kings are the second NBA team to announce a jersey sponsor patch for the 2017-18 season which is the first year in which sponsorship patches will be allowed on in-game uniforms. Sacramento’s deal is with Blue Diamond Growers, the Sacramento-based world’s leading brand of almonds. Blue Diamond Growers has been based