Binghamton Mets transform into Binghamton Rumble Ponies
Hey everybody, another minor league baseball team has switched their nickname to (Adjective) (Animal)s! What a week this has been for rebranding in minor league baseball, and things show no signs of slowing down, either. Today, the Binghamton Mets were the latest team to shed their relatively nondescript moniker in
Cleveland Indians 2016 Phantom World Series Champs
Alright Cleveland, you flew too close to the sun in 2016. After 40+ years of no pro-level championships in the city the Indians were one win away, three games in a row, of taking home their second major title in the last four months. The championship gods can be cruel,
2016 MLB Playoffs: World Series Winning Field Bracket
The 2016 MLB World Series is now complete and the Chicago Cubs are the champions! Congrats to them on breaking a streak of 108 straight seasons without a title! Below is my final 2016 MLB Playoffs field bracket design. Click on the image for a full-size view:
(Adjective) (Animal)s Announced as New Minor League Name
Earlier today we got ourselves a new Minor League Baseball team name! Introducing the (Adjective) (Animal)s! The name was announced via the official team social media channels following a brief name-the-team contest which yielded several underwhelming finalist names. Reaction to the new name was met with skepticism but team officials stressed that they
Jacksonville minor league baseball drops Suns moniker for Jumbo Shrimp
Ever since 1962 (with the exception of a few years), there has been some sort of minor league baseball team in Jacksonville, Florida who went with the nickname of the Suns. It was one of the rare minor league baseball identities that truly stood the test of time. When you
Mariners Announce, Unveil 40th Anniversary Patch for 2017
The Seattle Mariners will be celebrating their 40th anniversary throughout the entire 2017 season with two special patches to mark the occasion. Featuring the Seattle skyline complete with Mount Rainier in the background, the Mariners 40th anniversary logo also superimposes the nautical compass rose from their primary logo onto the zero in the design
Sports Logo Pumpkin Carving Gallery
Pumpkins. Carving them has turned into a tradition, especially around this time of year it seems. Sometimes people carve faces, sometimes people carve sports logos. Logos can be tricky to carve into a pumpkin — it requires patience, a stencil (quite easily attainable via a Google search, for example: here’s a
Blake Bortles is not a fan of the Jaguars Color Rush uniforms
This past Thursday, the NFL subjected us to a Jaguars/Titans primetime game for the second season in a row. In addition to that, it was also the second straight season in which these two teams broke out their Color Rush uniforms. For the Titans, this just meant that they threw
MUW Returns to Athletics with Wise New Look
The Mississippi University for Women have been absent from the athletics scene for a few years, well more than a few actually — 14 to be exact. Ever since a tornado in 2002 unfortunately destroyed their primary sports venue. But all that is in the past now, and “The W”
MLB Commissioner will talk to Cleveland owner over Chief Wahoo logo
It’s a good time to be a Cleveland sports fan. The basketball team just raised a banner for its championship season, and the baseball team is currently up one game in the World Series. There’s just one blight to deal with here: The Chief Wahoo logo. Despite claiming that they’d
2016 Penguins Engraved on Cup with a Typo?
The Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup victory in the 2015-16 season is now official, it’s been engraved onto the Lord’s mug. An image of the fresh engraving was posted by the Penguins to their official Twitter account earlier this afternoon and I couldn’t help but notice something seemed out of place.
World Series: What Indians, Cubs Wore Last Time They Won
Haven’t you heard? It’s been a while since either of this years pennant winners has tasted the sweet champagne that awaits following a victorious World Series. The Cleveland Indians, who last lost a World Series in 1997 to the Florida Marlins, have gone without a championship since 1948 (45 years