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The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, will play a game in 2021 as the Wonders, an homage to the 25th anniversary of the movie That Thing You Do! The nickname comes from the name of a fictitious rock band from Erie, Pennsylvania, featured in the movie, initially
When COVID-19 restrictions gave them lemons, the Lansing Lugnuts made the Lemonade League. In the absence of affiliated Minor League Baseball in 2020, the Single-A Lugnuts will host a self-contained wood bat league in July and August at their ballpark, Cooley Law School Stadium. The league, which will feature seven-inning
The University of Memphis football team will wear helmet stickers this fall in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, head coach Ryan Silverfield announced on Tuesday evening. “The use of the ‘BLM’ logo on a helmet decal was an idea from our student-athletes,” Silverfield told The Commercial Appeal. “It doesn’t
Citing a lack of marketing benefits and financial difficulties associated with coronavirus outbreak, Under Armour recently announced plans to terminate lucrative apparel contracts with the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles. “We have been paying for marketing benefits that we have not received for an
The U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg comprises more than 250 square miles in central North Carolina and is one of the largest military installations in the world. The fifth largest city in the state of North Carolina, Fayetteville, sits adjacent to the fort and reflects a culture that is heavily influenced
When the 2019-20 National Basketball Association season resumes next month, players will have the option to include a statement about social justice on their jerseys. This according to a Tweet made by The Athletic’s Shams Charania late Saturday night. It’s a fairly similar idea to what Conrad Burry had shared
The longstanding rivalry between the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers will no longer be referred to as the Civil War, the universities announced in a joint statement on Friday afternoon. “Changing this name is overdue as it represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery,” Oregon State
The Oak View Group, NHL Seattle, and Amazon today announced that the home arena of the expansion Seattle hockey team will be known as Climate Pledge Arena when they take the ice in the fall of 2021. The arena is named after Amazon’s commitment to meet the Paris Agreement by
The Charlotte 49ers unveiled a new athletic identity on Tuesday afternoon, which the university hopes will become a rallying point for students, alumni and fans throughout the local community. “The new identity captures the energy that will drive our programs to championship-level success,” Charlotte athletic director Mike Hill said in
The Kansas City Scouts of the North American Hockey League have revealed their official logo and uniforms. The team had announced on May 11, 2020, that it was relocating from Topeka, Kansas, to Kansas City and changing its name. The name honours the original Kansas City Scouts who played in
A month or so ago, when the NBA decided to go forward with a tentative plan to relocate 22 teams down to Orlando’s Disneyworld for a finish of the regular season and playoffs, one of my initial thoughts was, “Will they be designing and producing a “general use” court for
The Macon Bacon, who normally play in the 15-team wood-bat collegiate summer Coastal Plain League, have cracked open an alternate identity to round out the makeshift 2020 Southern Summer Ball Series. The Macon Eggs will play in the temporary four-team league with the Bacon themselves, their arch rival the Savannah
