In 1960, Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell, working for $25 a day, was handed an assignment that would change his life—and the lives of fans of the brand-new AFL football team coming to Boston. “Sports editor Jerry Nason came to me and he said, ‘They’ve decided to call the team
Category: NFL
Go Ceremonial Thunder Osprey Eagles! The Story Behind the Seattle Seahawks
Let’s make this perfectly clear: Football executives are not ornithologists. When it came to developing an identity for the new NFL franchise in Seattle in 1975, it’s safe to say that the team’s first priority was NOT to make sure all the bird nerds had their questions answered. The first
Los Angeles Rams Unveil New Logo
The Los Angeles Rams unveiled their new team logo today at a news conference at The Forum in Inglewood, California. While the details were very scarce at this point, it apparently answers at least one question — the Rams will not be returning to their old colour scheme this fall. At this
Fix-It Friday: Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers were an NFL expansion team in 1995 and, even though they updated their logo in 2012, have worn the same uniform since their inaugural year. While that design worked well twenty years ago, a lot has changed in uniform template design since then, and the Panthers current design
Rams execs speak about potential uniform changes
Earlier this week, we got confirmation that the St. Louis Rams would be returning to Los Angeles for a second stint as the Los Angeles Rams. Naturally, there’s been a bit of a clamor for the Rams to return to the look that they abandoned after their lone Super Bowl-winning
St. Louis Rams Announce Return to Los Angeles, Chargers May Be Next
The National Football League has made it official, the St. Louis Rams have relocated to Los Angeles effective immediately. This marks the return of the Rams to Los Angeles, a city the team had called home for nearly 50 years from 1946-1994. It will be the first time an NFL team
Fifty Years of Super Bowl Logos
With the 2015 NFL Playoffs getting underway this weekend it’s a fitting time we take a look back at the past half-century of Super Bowl logos. The 50th annual Super Bowl game will be played less than one month from today, it is the first time the league has used
Chargers, Raiders, and Rams all file for relocation to LA
In news that has been somewhat inevitable, three NFL teams with close ties to the Los Angeles area all filed for relocation to the City of Angels on late Monday night. The San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, and St. Louis Rams all have stadium issues in their current locations, and
Da-da-da-DAH-da-DAH! The Story Behind the San Diego Chargers
The NFL’s Chargers were born as members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960. They played their first season in Los Angeles before moving to their current and longtime home in San Diego. The team has been in the news of late because they seem to be primed to
As Rated By You: The Worst New Logos of 2015
Everyone having a good week so far? Good. Mine’s been a little busy. A couple days ago we shared with you our 2015 Sports Logos of the Year Awards, an annual run-down of the best in logo design over the past twelve months, and a fine reminder to those of
St. Louis Rams go extra yellow with their field design for Color Rush
In case you’ve missed it, tonight is the final edition of this season’s Nike/NFL Color Rush program, and they’re going out with a classic matchup of Ketchup vs. Mustard…a.k.a. the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. the St. Louis Rams. The Rams are hosting this game, and they’ve decided that they’re going
2015 Logo of the Year Awards: The Best New Sports Logos of the Year
It’s that time again, when the folks at SportsLogos.Net (well, just me really) go through every new logo and rank them based on how you, the readers of this site, have rated them since their unveiling. This year we received over 65,000 votes from you guys to put together this