Here at the Worldwide Sports Logos Headquarters, we have many leather-bound books full of league logos and our conference room smells of rich mahogany. Sometimes, in between heated discussions over the merits of new logos, or how far into the depth of sport we are willing to go, tracking new alt uniforms, we
Author: JR Francis
JR Francis is an actor, writer, director, graphic designer, UX guru, father, comedian, and craft beer snob. You can reach him at jrfrancis@sportslogos.net or on Twitter @JRFrancisSLN*One of several full-time uniform reporters this site has including its founder, Chris Creamer, who started his site in 1997
Minnesota Vikings Spit-Shine Their Logo Into 2013 Shape
The Minnesota Vikings, in the first stages of a franchise refurbish that includes a new stadium and possibly new uniforms, announced to season-ticket-holders this morning that the team has a new, cleaned-up logo. With thicker, cleaner lines, the logo will begin to appear immediately on their web site, in March
Braves Prove Cowards; Claim BP Cap Was Never Official
The Atlanta Braves have cowered in the corner, yielding to a tiny minority of voices and have made a last-minute change to their BP cap design. But they don’t even have the nerve to issue a press release saying that they chickened out and didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes. They
Golden St Warriors Add Sleeves to Jerseys!
In the historic modern era of basketball, uniforms consisted of shorts and tanktops. The Golden State Warriors are busting up that tradition, by releasing an alternate uniform design whose biggest design feature is what all the rest of our shirts have; sleeves. Throughout the years, the shorts have gotten longer, socks
Oregon State Beavers New Nike Logo Leak?
As we reported back in September of 2012, Nike has been working with Oregon State on new identify pieces. It was never made particularly clear what pieces would change, what what if any would stay the same. From images that have been floating around online, it looks like the primary
Oregon Ducks Softball Unveils 5 New Nike Uniforms
In the world of uniform design, the Oregon Ducks set a certain kind of standard via their football team for breaking new ground, releasing a myriad of combinations, and bringing textures to hard goods. Along the way, they have transcended merely making people gasp with new designs into a
Facebook Fan? They don’t show you all of our posts!
You aren’t getting all the SportsLogos.Net News you should be! Sure, a little dramatic, but some folks are upset about this. (Well, like us, for one.) The way facebook fan pages work, they assume that organizations are going to abuse their posting power, or people wont want to hear form
Anti-Commercialism Anthem a Commercial for NBA All Star Game
Macklemore has burst onto the music scene with a popular album, a hot 100 and double platinum single with Thrift shop. His album is popular partially because of the messages within. Pro marriage equality, avoiding peer-pressure, and most evidently: Anti-commercialism. He has several songs that speak about being self-confident and
Jacksonville Jaguars Unveil New “Fierce” Logo
Today at a “State of the Jaguars” event, also streamed live on jaguars.com the Jacksonville Jaguars announced their new logo. The Jags did a phenomenal job of keeping the new logo release under wraps. The logo community didn’t even hear about the new logo being an option until late yesterday, when CBS
Mourning the 3rd Anniversary of the Death of Super Bowl Logos
It is rarely a wise idea to speak for other people. However, in this case it seems acceptable; the authors and visitors of this site love design. We enjoy the craft, the study, the research that goes into design. We pour over the lines, the curves, the individual elements. We linger
NCAA Nixes Twitter Handles on Akron Jerseys
The University of Akron is holding a “Social Media Night” when they host Ohio in a nationally-televised game Saturday night. There will be hastags on the floor (#theplacetobe #GoZips#ThinkBigger), but the NCAA has swooped in and made sure the team didn’t make the huge mistake of adding the Men’s Basketball Twitter
Atlanta Silverbacks End Long and Tortuous Road; Finally Announce New Logo
After dragging out their new logo reveal through the mud with months of drama, the Atlanta Silverbacks have a new primary logo. The off-season has been busy for the front office, with giving the fans a renaming contest, adding a name to the renaming contest, a fan logo submission contest, Facebook voting,