Hey Bert! Check the New Name of the Akron Aeros
I’ll preface this by reminding everyone that this is a Minor League Baseball team. Everyone good? Great. The Eastern League’s Akron Aeros (Double A, Cleveland) became the Akron RubberDucks this morning. No foolin’! “Coming into Akron my goal was to listen more than talk, so this wasn’t something that we rushed
Marlins to Bring Back Orange Caps in 2014
Hey! Remember the Miami Marlins? Yeah, they’re still around and in 2014 they’ll be bringing back the one thing they’re most famous for (other than bi-annual fire sales), their red-orange caps. According to a post on “The Fish Pond” a blog run by Miami Marlins MLB.com beat writer Joe Frisaro…
Texas Tech To Go Wild For A Purpose In Their New Uniforms for Kansas State Game
Texas Tech is set to wear a charcoal, black, and scarlet uniform for their November 9th matchup against Kansas State, with crazy custom helmets. The Under Armour uniforms are a one-off for the Red Raiders. The numbers are scarlet with white outline on a grey base. The shoulders have a
Calgary Flames Unveil New Third Uniform
The Calgary Flames officially unveiled their new alternate uniform at a fan event yesterday afternoon. The new uniform, to be worn sporadically throughout the 2013-14 season (full schedule later in article) was leaked a month ago courtesy a roster update in EA Sports’ NHL14 video game. A teaser video released
Can You Identify All the Out-Of-Date Logos?
I spotted this MLB logo tag on a Toronto Blue Jays t-shirt for sale at a Walmart in the Toronto-area, it’s a tag which is clearly very confused as to what era it belongs to. We can forgive the old Houston Astros logos and assume this tag is from the
Red Sox Wearing Black Armband
We’ve been getting a lot of traffic to the site during the World Series with readers looking for the reason why the Boston Red Sox are wearing the black armband on their road grey uniforms. The armband is nothing new, the Red Sox added it to their road grey jersey
Sweden Stands Firm, Stays Traditional with New Olympic Hockey Jersey
Nike tried to do their Nike thing but Sweden wasn’t having any part of it as the Swedish Ice Hockey Association unveiled their new team uniforms for the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi earlier today. Yes, like every other country to participate in the Olympic hockey tournament, Sweden’s uniforms
San Antonio Spurs are prepared if basketball turns into battle
In what is intended as an honor to our troops, the San Antonio Spurs will be wearing a camofluage jersey and shorts for their game against the Washington Wizards on Nov 13th this year. The uniforms were released today on NBA.com and at spurs.com The jersey follows last year’s
TBT: The Day I Fell In Love With Sports
In honour of “Throwback Thursday”, I thought I’d share with you the story of the exact moment I became a sports fan, where it went from there, and, as my mother likes to say “was taken away from her forever”. Sorry ma, it’s all dad’s fault. Really. So, let’s all
Throwback Jerseys for Saskatoon Blades on Nov 1st
The WHL’s Saskatoon Blades will be wearing their first of several throwback uniforms throughout the season during their game against the Swift Current Broncos on November 1st. The Broncos are honouring the 50th anniversary of their time in Saskatoon with a series of throwbacks in 2013-14. For the game next
Kitchener Rangers to Honour RCAF Tomorrow
The Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League will be donning their annual Remembrance Day jerseys a few weeks early this year, when they hit the ice wearing uniforms paying tribute to the Royal Canadian Air Force tomorrow night. From the Rangers release: The 2013 Remembrance Day Commemorative Jersey pays homage
El Paso Celebra los Chihuahuas!
Yesterday the Triple-A Pacific Coast League officially welcomed it’s newest team as the re-located Tucson Padres announced they would be known as the El Paso Chihuahuas for the 2014 season. The Chihuahuas (I will make it my goal to learn how to spell that by the end of this post)