Adidas Unveils 2015 All American Games Uniform
Adidas and McDonald’s unveiled the 2015 All-American Games uniforms, the annual high school basketball all-star matchup will be played next Wednesday (April 1st) at Chicago’s United Center. Uniforms are black and white, both with red trim. The jersey tops are sleeved with “McDonald’s All American” across the chest and player
NFL goes black-and-gold for 2016 Pro Bowl uniforms
Next season’s Super Bowl will be the 50th in the history of the NFL, and since this is the NFL we’re talking about here, the league is already treating it like a huge deal. It’ll be the only Super Bowl in NFL history to officially go without roman numerals at
Bay City Ballers: The Story Behind The Mobile BayBears
Along the coast of southern Alabama lies an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico called the Mobile Bay. In the city of Mobile, you’ll find the double-A Southern League affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Mobile BayBears. In case these two facts lead to incorrect assumptions, here’s this very important fact from Justin
Marlins Bring Back Grey Jersey, Drop Orange Caps
Miami Marlins president David Samson announced yesterday that the Marlins would be bringing back their grey road jerseys for the upcoming 2015 season. In an article posted on Marlins.com, Samson said we should expect to see the road greys “more this year”, which, technically could be once. The Marlins haven’t
MLB and Majestic Extend Exclusive Deal through 2019
Every Major League Baseball player will take the field in uniforms made by Majestic Athletic through the end of the 2019 season, this according to a report from Forbes’ Maury Brown This continues the exclusive on-field partnership the two sides have shared since the 2005 season. From Brown’s story: Majestic
Utah Grizzlies Honour Military Without Resorting to Camouflage
There’s a conundrum for sports fans who love their countries and who genuinely want to honour the military personnel who sacrifice so much for us, but who realize that most military appreciation sports uniforms—the ones of the camouflage variety—are terrible. If you point out that camo-print sports uniforms intended to
Adidas will not renew its contract with the NBA after 2016-17 season
The NBA will have a new look of sorts beginning with the 2017-18 season, which is when the league will have a new manufacturer as a sponsor after adidas announced today that they wouldn’t pursue an extension of the 11-year contract that they signed back in 2006. Ever since that
Flint OHL Team Named Firebirds, Unveil Logos
Sorry, they won’t be the Flint Stones, not the Tropics either. They won’t even be taking the loveable name Whalers with them from Plymouth. Flint, your new OHL team will be called the Flint Firebirds. Nice dig, Rob Lizotte. https://t.co/XFxhSFRl3u — Adam Biggers (@AdamBiggers81) March 16, 2015 Thanks to a
Mud Hens, MASH, and Max Klinger: The Most Iconic Team in the Minors
The Toledo Mud Hens, triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, are perhaps the most iconic of all the teams in minor league baseball. If you were going to create a time capsule to tell our distant future descendants about the sport, is there another team you would pick? The name
The Great 2015 Minor League Hockey Market Shuffle
Well. That was something. A flurry of hockey franchise swaps were announced yesterday involving four cities across two leagues, and when the dust was all settled Winnipeg ended up with another team and the tiny town of Belleville, Ontario was losing their junior team of over 30 years in a complete blindside. Yesterday’s
New AHL Club Stockton Heat Unveil Name, Logo, Uniforms
The Calgary Flames are returning the “Heat” nickname to the American Hockey League. Just a season removed from relocating the AHL’s Abbotsford Heat to Glens Falls, NY where they were re-named the Adirondack Flames, the Flames are shuffling their top farm club once again, and I sure am gonna miss their Atlanta throwback logo.
Sabres Confirm: Yellow Alts Are History
Another Sabres uniform bites the dust. Buffalo Sabres president Ted Black confirmed the oft-criticized (and rightly so) half-yellow/half-blue alternate uniforms will be eliminated following the current 2014-15 season. Black originally made the comments this morning on Buffalo radio station WGR, later posted by Buffalo News reporter Mike Harrington. From Harrington’s post: Black