It’s Corny, But it’s Good: The Story Behind the Cedar Rapids Kernels
At first, it seems like a cliché that a baseball team in Iowa would be named for corn. The city of Cedar Rapids has so much more going for it than just corn, right? It’s the second-largest city in Iowa, home to a significant art museum, historical sites like the
New San Jose AHL Team to be called Barracuda
The new San Jose AHL franchise will be known as the San Jose Barracuda according to a report in the Silicon Valley Business Journal earlier today. Logo appears above. From the article: “The toothy moniker follows a multi-year “presenting sponsorship” deal with Campbell-based Barracuda Networks, the sources said. Terms of
Sports teams run rampant with April Fools Pranks
It’s April 1st, so naturally, a whole bunch of brands and business are using this day to take a break from their usual self-promotion of actual things that really exist by self-promoting fake things that don’t exist. This has been going on for quite some time now, and it’s gotten
Miami Marlins are going Back to the Future with season-long promotion
In the 100% historically accurate and scientifically-logical time-travel trio of epic films known as “Back to the Future,” the main characters made a trip to 2015 in the 2nd film. In that film, one of the many predictions that they obviously nailed for the year 2015 was that there’d at
SportsLogos.Net Unveils New Logo
After 16 years of the same look, we figured it was time we got ourselves a new hairstyle. SportsLogos.Net is excited to announce our new site logos! These will replace the C-Star/Leaf design first used in the fall of 1999. As with that original site logo, the new set was designed by Dallas-based
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Nailed It: The Story Behind the Wheeling Nailers
Even before you know the story behind it, the logo for the Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the nearby Pittsburgh Penguins, works. It’s intimidating in a kick-ass, horror movie sort of way, and it’s certainly one of the more menacing logos in minor league sports. But there’s much more to this
Fresno Grizzlies: Astros May Not Win 2017 World Series After All
Babe Ruth called his World Series home run, Joe Namath guaranteed a Super Bowl title, and Muhammad Ali predicted his first-round knockout of Sonny Liston. The Fresno Grizzlies thought about trying to join the pantheon of famous sports predictions, but had a change of heart. After announcing a whimsical giveaway of
Leaked Manchester United adidas kit might just be legit
For the first time since 1992, Manchester United will take to pitches in England and Europe wearing adidas-branded kits in 2015-16. Of course, when a club as big as Manchester United is making a jump from Nike to adidas, then you’re bound to see a bunch of clearly-fake shirts pop
St Louis Cardinals Wearing Oscar Taveras Memorial Patch
This morning we got our first look at the special memorial patch for Oscar Taveras which the St. Louis Cardinals will be wearing on all their jerseys throughout the upcoming 2015 season. Taveras, who was only 22 and coming off his rookie season, was killed shortly after the Cardinals were eliminated
New Browns Uniforms to Have Nine Different Colour Combos
The Cleveland Browns will have nine different colour combination options for their uniforms next season, this according to a Browns player who claims to have just seen the new look. Browns Pro Bowl safety Donte Whitner (or Hitner) Tweeted out the following earlier this evening: Well, he does say
The NFL Will be going on a year-long gold rush to celebrate Super Bowl 50
Near the end of yesterday’s post concerning the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl’s gold uniforms, I made a quip about the NFL falling in love with gold this year, but not quite to the point of going full-“All Gold Everything.” Apparently, I spoke too soon, because if today’s news is any