Dizzy in Michigan: The Story Behind the Lansing Lugnuts
Lansing, Michigan, is known for being an industrial center, home for more than 100 years to Oldsmobile, which was founded as Olds Motor Vehicle Company in 1897 and produced more than 14 million cars at its Lansing factory before production ceased in 2004. The state capital, Lansing is located in mid-Michigan,
Brooklyn Nets Officially Unveil Worst-Kept Alternate Uniform Secret
So, we’ve known for a year now that the Brooklyn Nets were going to come out with a sleeved alternate uniform based on what they wore during their ABA days. We’ve been keeping up with this from the word of a prototype design, to the shorts being sold on eBay,
Mariners Bring Back Retro Colours On New Cream Uniform
The Seattle Mariners are taking a step back into their past in 2015 with the release of their new Sunday home alternate uniform. The new uniform is a straight-up copy of their standard 1993-2015 home white uniform but re-coloured blue and yellow to match the team’s look from 1977, their first
ECHL Gladiators new unis pay tribute to the Atlanta Flames
Hockey fans in Atlanta will notice something familiar about the new look unveiled today by the Gwinnett Gladiators, an ECHL affiliate of the Arizona Coyotes. The new uniforms, which will be worn at all home games for the remainder of the season, are an homage to the NHL’s Atlanta Flames, who played from
2015 Pro Bowl Uniforms Are Very Similar To 2014 Version
We’ve reached the final week of January. There was a time when this would be the week where all the Super Bowl craziness would be going down, but instead that wacky week has been pushed back to the first week of February. Now, the final week of January is reserved
Astros to Mark 50th Anniversary… Again
The Houston Astros have two establishment dates, and they honour them equally and frequently. The first date is when their franchise played their first game in 1962 as the Houston Colt .45s, the other when they became the Astros three years later. So despite a big celebration for the clubs
The 2015 Away Kit For US Soccer Gets A High-Profile Leak
About a month ago, footyheadlines.com ran with a story that implied that this weird, mostly blue shirt was the new US Soccer away kit. Again, just like some other soccer shirts that have leaked, there were rumors that due to the fact that this was a training top due to
New Seattle Mariners Uniform Coming Friday
The Seattle Mariners will unveil a new alternate uniform, to be worn every Sunday home game, live on their official website this Friday. According to a Tweet from the team, the club will unveil the new uniform at 10:30am Pacific Time (or 1:30pm Eastern). There’s a new Sunday home alternate
Super Bowl XLIX, 2014 Conference Phantom Merchandise
As we get settled into the ever-exciting “Bye Week”, let’s take a moment to look back on yesterday’s NFL conference championship games. First, in the NFC the Seattle Seahawks rallied back to win a game I had long switched the channel on (and therefore missed the entire comeback). Below is
Should the Cardinals honor Oscar Taveras with a patch?
The St. Louis Cardinals announced this weekend that they will wear a patch bearing the initials OT to memorialize Oscar Taveras, who died in an automobile accident in the Dominican Republic late last year along with his girlfriend, Edilia Arvelo. The patch will not feature Taveras’s uniform number, 18, because Taveras’s
Wide-Eyed in Texas: The Story Behind the Laredo Lemurs
This is an objective, scientifically proven fact: Lemurs are awesome. Also, people love lemurs. It’s science. Here’s another scientific fact for you: Laredo, Texas, is not close to the island nation of Madagascar, which is located in the Indian Ocean and is the only place in the world where lemurs live
Is This The Vancouver Whitecaps’ 2015 Home Shirt?
We’re a couple of months away from Major League Soccer starting up again, which also means that their “Jersey Week” tradition is also right around the corner. However, we may have gotten our first look at one of the jerseys set to be unveiled for this year’s jersey week and