On February 26th owner Gus Takkale held a press conference at Ottawa City Hall, announcing the franchise’s new name. 24 hours later he has announced he is taking back the name, and starting the naming process over again. The team’s twitter account has been deactivated, as the renaming process begins. This
Category: Basketball
Lakers Add Jerry Buss Memorial Patch
The Los Angeles Lakers have unveiled the patch that is being added to their jerseys, in order to honor their owner, Jerry Buss, who died Monday at the age of 80. The patch is simple, featuring the owner’s initials JB in yellow on a purple patch, outlines in black. The
A Preview of Ads on NBA Jerseys?
In case everyone forgot, back in July the NBA temporarily approved the use of small advertisement patches (they later decided to hold off on this plan and take another look at it in the future) on in-game team jerseys starting with the 2013-14 season. As JR wrote for us back when
Inspector Logo Presents: A Look at Equipment in Logos
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
More Sleeved Basketball Uniforms Coming from adidas
Adidas has really taken to this whole sleeve concept in basketball. On the heels of revealing the new Golden State Warriors’ sleeved concept, adidas announced this week that the April 3 McDonald’s All American basketball game in Chicago will feature two teams donning sleeves. The new “adizero short sleeve uniform”
Nike Designer Discusses Remaking Famed Alien Logo Raygun
There’s life in outer space. Or, at least in Nike’s fictional Area 72. As Nike shoe designers had fun creating an extraterrestrial world to base a trio of signatures shoes for Kobe, Lebron and KD on ahead of the Feb. 15-17 NBA All-Star weekend, they also had a good time
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
Jordan Brand Cozies Up to Black Lights for All-Star Weekend
The Jordan Brand night vision line gets a bit more “stealth” come All-Star weekend. While the main Nike brand unveiled alienesque designs, the Jordan look features UV ink throughout the shoe upper that illuminates when viewed under black light. While anchored by Russell Westbrook’s Jordan XX8, released in December, a
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
NBA Throwbacks Give us ’90s Designs
Forget about throwing all the way back to the ‘70s. Or even ‘80s. The NBA is tossing its uniform set back just a little less. Think of it more as a free throw, instead of a three-pointer. It’s time for the ‘90s. This year’s NBA Hardwood Classics nights, now a
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
New Orleans Hornets Rebrand as Pelicans, Unveil New Logos
Ladies and gentlemen, your New Orleans Pelicans! The New Orleans Hornets will be changing their name to the New Orleans Pelicans effective the beginning of the 2013-14 NBA season. Ending months of speculation and all sorts of leaks the club sorta finally made it all official via a leaked video