West Coast League adds Kamloops Northpaws
The Kamloops Northpaws will be the 14th team in the quickly expanding collegiate summer level West Coast League in 2021. The team was introduced this week in the town of Kamloops, British Columbia, about 350 kilometers northeast of Vancouver. The nickname is a play off the baseball term “southpaw,” a
2020-21 NFL Uniform Season Preview
The NFL season is finally upon us as the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs play host to the Houston Texans on Thursday evening (8:20 p.m. on NBC). With that, we’ve compiled a list of every uniform and logo change that took place across the league this offseason. But
All Pirates Wearing #21, Rest of MLB Wears Patches in Honour of Roberto Clemente
Tonight on September 9, 2020, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the rest of Major League Baseball will pay tribute to one of the greatest human beings ever to play the game. This year, for the league’s 19th annual Roberto Clemente Day celebration, the Pirates will do something they’ve never done before,
NFL Players Can Swap Jerseys By Mail Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
If they want to swap jerseys this season, NFL players will first have to exchange addresses after the league announced on Monday it is partnering with Tide Laundry Detergent and Fabric Care Products to facilitate such trades. While the postgame jersey swap is a soccer tradition that originated in Europe
Leaked: Photo of New Ottawa Senators Uniform for 2021
There was another leak of, what is probably, the new Ottawa Senators rebranding yesterday. While previously we’d seen photos of merchandise courtesy the official NHL Shop (that’s a good source, right?), now we have our first look at the new uniform thanks to user “anothercanuck19” on Reddit. The leaked photo
Remembering Lou Brock: 1939-2020
The baseball world lost another great this week as Hall of Famer and the original king of the basepaths Lou Brock passed away Sunday at the age of 81. Brock played twenty seasons in the Major Leagues — 16 of which were with the St. Louis Cardinals. During his career,
Reviewing the 4 Possible 2020 Stanley Cup Final Uniform Matchups
27 teams down, 4 to go. Yes, the season which included a break longer than most off-seasons is finally starting to wrap up. We’ve entered the 2020 National Hockey League Eastern and Western Conference Finals. The four teams remaining — the New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning in the
Pickle Things Are Happening: The Story Behind the Portland Pickles
The first time marketing entrepreneur Alan Miller heard the name of the collegiate summer level Portland Pickles, a team he now co-owns with former Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan (among others), he was not too sure about it. “When I originally heard it,” he said, “it was a little bit
Beloit Snappers commit to changing name in 2021
There’s a lot we don’t know about what affiliated Minor League Baseball will look like in 2021, but we do know what baseball in Beloit, Wisconsin, will NOT look like next year: The Class A Oakland A’s affiliate will ditch the name that it has used since 1995. The Beloit
Torch Creative Rebrands The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Earlier this year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers unveiled new uniforms that harken back to their win in Super Bowl XXXVII, as well as a brand new pewter alternate. And though that resonated with a large portion of the fanbase – as well as NFL fans as a whole – it
Baseball Players Wearing Gold Ribbons, Wristbands Saturday
Why are Major League Baseball players wearing gold ribbons? All MLB ballplayers and umpires will be wearing gold (or yellow) ribbons and wristbands across the league for all games played on Saturday, September 5, 2020. These special yellow ribbons and gold wristbands are being worn for MLB’s Childhood Cancer Awareness
Twenty-Six Logos Unveiled for 2028 LA Olympics, Paralympics
There will be twenty-six, yes twenty-six, different primary logos for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. I mean, at this point just add two more so you could match the year. But why, oh why would they release 26 different logos for the games? Because “no