Canary & Horseshoes: The History of the Calgary Stampeders Uniforms
With Grey Cup weekend upon us, I’ve been spending the last few days doing some research and updating to our Canadian Football League sections on the site. I tackled the BC Lions before moving on to the Calgary Stampeders, alphabetical order being how it is, but it was while working
Black Friday 2018 Sales Across Sports
The refrigerator is filled with unidentifiable bits of turkey, the sweet potatoes, peas, and corn are all living together in a giant Tupperware container, that must mean Thanksgiving is over and it’s time to go nuts for the holidays. Black Friday, or America’s Boxing Day, is upon us and with that, we’re
Halifax CFL Team Set to Announce Name
Tomorrow night the potential future Halifax-based Canadian Football League team will have a name. Maritime Football Limited Partnership, the group pursuing the franchise, announced they will unveil it during a Grey Cup event in Edmonton at 6 pm Mountain Time (or 9 pm in Halifax/8 pm Eastern). The team is a
3D Hockey Jerseys? Not Your Average Promotion
The Reading Royals made a splash last week with first-of-their-kind three-dimensional jerseys, garnering national attention in the sports world and throughout social media. From the casual fan’s perspective, it was a creative promotion, a way to stand out in a crowded minor league sports scene. But from the designer’s perspective,
Old School: Tennessee Hoops in Throwbacks Tonight
When the Tennessee Volunteers take to the for the NIT Season Tipoff, they’ll do so wearing a familiar look. Unveiled last night via their social media accounts, the Vols will wear throwback uniforms based on what the club wore from the 1970s right up into the early 1990s tonight against
Adrian Beltre Career Logos: 1998-2018
Adrián Beltré, third baseman for the Texas Rangers and previously of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Boston Red Sox announced his retirement from the game of baseball earlier today. Beltré tallied over 3000 hits in his 21-season career appearing in four All-Star Games, winning five Gold Gloves and
Cardinals Bring Back Powder Blues, Unveil New Uniform
Powder blue is back. Following several teams experimenting with the retro shade during the Players Weekend event these past two Augusts and with clubs like the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals wearing them as regular alternate jersey options for several seasons now it looks like a re-birth of
Minor league franchise surprises with nickname Rocky Mountain Vibes
An offseason merry-go-round of minor league baseball franchise relocations culminated today with the introduction of the Rocky Mountain Vibes. The team’s Brandiose-designed logos feature a s’mores-based theme with a marshmallow character named Toasty. The new name was not one of the five finalists in a name-the-team contest, but it derived
Cleveland Indians Unveil New Uniforms, Cap for 2019
The Cleveland Indians have just unveiled the cap which will replace Chief Wahoo as well as a new red and blue alternate uniform for use in the 2019 season. First the cap, designated as their home cap it’s just a straight-up switcheroo for the Tribe, Wahoo is gone, the “C”
2018 NFL Week 11 Uniform Matchups
A little bit of everything here in Week Eleven of the 2018 NFL season. We’ve got a ColorRush sandwich as the Packers went out in their ColorRush set Thursday night, the Saints and Lions joining in on the fun this afternoon, and the Rams wrapping it up on the Monday Nighter.
El Paso Chihuahuas introduce new alternate logos
In many ways, the arrival of the El Paso Chihuahuas in 2014 signaled the full arrival of the era of the wacky minor league logo. They weren’t the first, but they became the poster team, the mascot everyone pointed to when they said, “Look at how outrageous minor league baseball
Los Angeles Kings Unveil Silver Alternate Uniform
The Los Angeles Kings have officially unveiled their new alternate third uniform, ten days after an image of it leaked via the NHL International Shop. Borrowing most of its elements from the popular 50th anniversary uniform the team wore during the 2016-17 season, the uniform is silver with a black