Return of Nordiques to the NHL One Step Closer
Quebec City, get ready to go nuts. Media giant Quebecor Inc. has announced that it has submitted an official bid to bring an NHL hockey team back to Quebec City: Note that they specifically said “bring the Nordiques back”, not even entertaining the thought of using a new name. This would also be as
Quite a Yarn: The Story Behind the Lowell Spinners
It’s a safe guess that the Lowell Spinners, a short-season class-A Red Sox affiliate in the New York-Penn League, are the only sports team whose identity is based on yarn. In the early 1800s, the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, rose to prominence as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution. The foundation
Padres Unveil 2016 All-Star Logo, Hint at New Colour Scheme?
The San Diego Padres unveiled the logo for the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at an event at Petco Park earlier today. No, it’s not brown. No, it’s not orange. But it is yellow. Call it a mixture of eras, perhaps? The logo is navy blue, like the current
Fear This: Admirals Evolve, Unveil New Logos and Uniforms
The Milwaukee Admirals have unveiled a new set of team logos and uniforms for the upcoming 2015-16 American Hockey League season during a fan event held earlier tonight. A loud applause could be heard from the crowd as the new logo first flashed on the video scoreboard at the BMO
ATL MLS has a name, colours, and logo. Or, at least someone does.
In front of over four thousand excited fans, MLS Atlanta “finally” made official their name, colours, and logo. The event was top-notch and world-class and if you didn’t get a chance to go, you really missed out. Notwithstanding the long lines to get into the facility, it was a really
This Team Bites: The Story Behind the Savannah Sand Gnats
A lot of sports teams choose to represent themselves with fierce, intimidating creatures: Tigers, Diamondbacks, Sharks, Chihuahuas, etc. But none of these sounds quite so awful as the swarming, biting insects that infest coastal Georgia twice a year. Sand gnats, colloquially referred to as biting midges, punkies, sand flies, sand
MLB All-Star Jerseys Feature Signatures, Gold Stars
Another year, another new gimmick. At least this one will be tucked away and unseen during actual gameplay. The 2015 MLB All-Star Game is just around the corner and with that we’ve gotten ourselves a look at the uniforms the players will be wearing during the game. Like years past players
Christmas in July: Reading Royals unveil specialty jerseys
The ECHL’s Reading Royals will push the envelope once again this season, not only in the content of their specialty jerseys but in the quantity. One of the many offerings will be their annual ugly Christmas sweater, which is probably the one pictured here. (They may tweak the design before
Odell Beckham Jr. leads NFL in June jersey sales
The NFL’s offseason is currently in a bit of a lull. You know that’s the case when the biggest NFL story right now concerns a guy who may have blown his hand to bits with fireworks on the Fourth of July. With that being said, NFL fans buy jerseys every
Hartford Yard Goats Unveil Logos, Colour Scheme
Perhaps it was more than just a coincidence the Hartford Yard Goats chose to unveil their logos at the former home arena of the Hartford Whalers. It’s a green, blue, silver, and gold goat chomping on a baseball bat which will grace the caps of Connecticut’s newest pro baseball team;
Atlanta United FC officially unveils name and crest
One of the worst kept secrets in Major League Soccer became official tonight, as the MLS franchise in Atlanta announced that the club’s name would be Atlanta United FC. However, we got a look at a tightly-kept secret: The club’s new crest. When it comes to the name, club owner
University of Michigan will reportedly return to Nike
A couple of months ago, there was word going around that Nike was “recruiting” Michigan in order to bring one of the premier athletic programs in the United States back into their fold. Now, it appears that the recruitment was a success. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Michigan