The organizing committee for the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing is looking for designers to create logos for both the Olympics and the Paralympics. A lot of details are missing from the call for ideas, like technical specifications and whether the designers will actually be paid for their work, but the
Author: Paul Caputo
Paul Caputo is a grown man who collects plastic ice cream helmet sundaes from minor league baseball stadiums because he likes logos that much. Paul is the host of the Baseball By Design podcast and he is the author of the first book published by SportsLogos.net, The Story Behind the Nickname: The Origins of 100 Classic, Contemporary, and Wacky Minor League Baseball Team Names (also available on Kindle). He can be found on Twitter at @Count2Baseball and he maintains the Countdown to Spring Training on Facebook. Paul is a Philadelphia sports fan, but he's not so bad.
Hockey team drops logo just because it was super racist
A team in the National College Prospects Hockey League unveiled a logo that was so racist they had to rebrand twice in a matter of days. The Lake Erie Warriors dropped their incredibly racist logo after it was widely decried for being incredibly racist. Following the furor, the team unceremoniously dubbed itself the Lake
Running Like a Viking: The Story Behind Ragnar Relays
If you’ve been hearing the word “Ragnar” a lot recently, it’s either because you’ve been watching the History Channel’s TV show “Vikings,” which details the exploits of Norse legend Ragnar Lothbrok, or you’re friends with one of those insufferable jerks who can’t stop talking about running. I happen to be
Fresno Tacos up the ante with awesome unis, unique caps
The Fresno Tacos, alter ego of the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies, are at it again. The team unveiled this year’s uniforms for the their annual Taco Truck Throwdown on August 18. The uniforms feature the Tacos logo and orange numbers in a green outline on black jerseys. The most notable feature, though, is
The Bucs Stop Here: The Story Behind the Erie SeaWolves
The Double-A Erie SeaWolves have all the qualities you’d expect from a loyal affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They play just under two hours north of the Bucs on the coast of Lake Erie, their nickname derives from a slang term for pirate, and their logo evokes Pittsburgh’s erstwhile primary mark
Bowie Baysox pay tribute to David Bowie
The town of Bowie, Maryland, is named for 19th-century politician William Duckett Bowie, but the local Double-A baseball team, the Bowie Baysox, will pay tribute to a different Bowie this Friday. In honor of David Bowie, who passed away earlier this year, the team will wear jerseys inspired by the rock
A Cut Above: The Story Behind the Kansas City T-Bones
Just across the river from Kansas City, Missouri, home of the reigning World Series champions, lies another Kansas City in another state with another baseball team. While the Royals, the better-known team in the better-known Kansas City, are steeped in tradition, carrying a regal name and a classic baseball identity
Lynchburg Hillcats name options include Derechos, Lamb Chops
The Lynchburg Hillcats, High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, are in the midst of renaming their team (or not), and have unveiled the six options plucked from the fan-submission part of the process. Here they are, in order of my favorite to least favorite: Lynchburg Derechos: With this option, Lynchburg would join
Departing Now: The Story Behind the Round Rock Express
More than a century and a quarter before the world was introduced to the Round Rock Express baseball team, Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, the International and Great Northern Railroad brought trains to Round Rock, Texas. The railroad industry changed the face of the city forever. According to the city’s
Chopping Onions: The Story Behind the Batavia Muckdogs
Since 1998, the short season Single-A Batavia Muckdogs have been represented by a snarling menace whose roots look like they should trace back to the toughest of junkyards. The unapologetically fierce dog, bursting from between the slats of a wooden fence, belies the true (and pretty well obscured) origin of
Brooklyn Cyclones celebrate independence as Coney Island Franks
Following in the footsteps of the Fresno Tacos and Lehigh Valley Cheesesteaks, the Brooklyn Cyclones will take to the field wearing their hometown’s signature food item as a team brand. Sunday, July 3, a day before Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, the one-day-only Coney Island Franks will pay
Diamondbacks Players Discuss the Reaction to their Teal Evolution
We’re almost halfway through the 2016 Major League Baseball season, and fans are still a little startled by the new-look Arizona Diamondbacks. This, of course, is what the Diamondbacks were hoping for. The team knew that having eight different uniforms that combined their original teal (or a close approximation) with