New England’s bid for a second consecutive conference title and Atlanta’s magical season both came to an end a little too early for both clubs last night as they were both eliminated in their respective conference championship games. The games last night set up a Baltimore/San Francisco Super Bowl, which
Category: Phantom Merchandise
Notre Dame Fightin’ Irish 2012 Phantom Champs Merchandise
Notre Dame’s attempt to win their first National Championship since the Reagan era came to a thud last night as the Alabama Crimson Tide went on to win their third such title in the past four years. Behold the merchandise produced for the players and fans had the Notre Dame
NCAA Bowl Games Phantom Champs Merchandise
The big NCAA football bowl games have come and gone, all we have left to look forward to is Monday night’s BCS National Championship Game between Notre Dame and Alabama. The champions of the Rose, Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta Bowls have all been crowned, which means we got us some
Detroit Tigers and friends: 2012 World Series Champs “Phantom” Merch
Happy Hallowe’en everyone, let’s celebrate the spooky holiday with our annual World Series Champions “phantom” merchandise post! This year our phantom world champs are the Detroit Tigers who swept away the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS before being swept themselves by the San Francisco Giants. As with all of the
St Louis Cards 2012 Back-to-Back NL Champs Gear
The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The San Francisco Giants sure gave the St. Louis Cardinals a taste of their own medicine didn’t they? The comeback kids of the last two post-seasons were up 3-games-to-1 before dropping three straight ending their bid at a second consecutive
What If… New York Yankees 2012 AL Champs Gear
Congratulations to the Detroit Tigers on going from a disappointing 2012 regular season to American League Champions in a matter of weeks, what a great time to get hot! For the New York Yankees, here we are again, another playoff run ending far sooner than anyone expected – those Tigers
Oklahoma City Thunder 2012 NBA Phantom Champs Merchandise
Well Lebron finally did it, he and his merry men of Miami were able to win their first of seven consecutive NBA championships last night in a 5-game series win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Miami Heat and their 2012 NBA Championship merchandise is available for sale at the
New Jersey Devils 2012 Phantom Stanley Cup Champs Merchandise
I really thought the New Jersey Devils would have been able to come all the way back from being down 3 games to 0, but alas, they couldn’t quite do it as the Los Angeles Kings won their first Stanley Cup in franchise history tonight. The NHL.com shop has all
Website Ad Touts LA Kings as Stanley Cup Champs
Another case of a merchandise site jumping the gun, a ad network banner courtesy FANATICS.com has been touting the LA Kings as 2012 Stanley Cup champions all day. The banner ad which was sent in to me by a few dozen viewers (thanks to all of you) was shown in
Boston Celtics 2012 Eastern Phantom Champs Merchandise
The prophecy foretold by the NBA.com Shop was fulfilled yesterday (in case you have no idea what we’re talking about, check out this article) as the Miami Heat downed the Boston Celtics to clinch their second consecutive Eastern Conference crown. Before we get to the Celtics, the Miami Heat are
NBA.com Sells Thunder-Heat Finals T-Shirt
Chalk this one up to “oops”. The NBA official online shop was momentarily selling t-shirts touting an Oklahoma City Thunder – Miami Heat NBA final last night, the shirts featured the Thunder logo with the words “BEAT THE HEAT” next to it. While it’s clear this is nothing more than
San Antonio Spurs Phantom West Champs Merchandise
The Oklahoma City Thunder, in only their fourth season playing in OKC have eliminated the San Antonio Spurs and qualified for the 2012 NBA Final. Congrats to the Thunder, you can check out their official Western Conference Champions merchandise at the NBA.com Shop here. Frankly, I think it’s more weird