The Faux-lympics – Londoners thumbing their nose at the Olympic Brand
The Olympic brand is notoriously well-policed so what’s a small business looking to capitalize on the games to do? With 286 brand-enforcement agents keeping the streets in London safe, it’s making it difficult for the average retailer to make a few extra bucks. Especially since they aren’t permitted to use
OHL’s Saginaw Spirit Unveil New Third Jersey
The Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League have unveiled their new alternate jerseys to be used beginning with the upcoming 2012-13 season. The new uniforms are white with blue sleeves trimmed in red and also across the waist of the jersey, “SAGINAW” is diagonal across the front of the
Michigan Announces One-Use Jersey for Opening Game Against Alabama
When the Wolverines take the field in Arlington Texas, in the supersized Cowboys Stadium to take on Alabama in their opening game. They will be wearing special jerseys. Seen above, the traditional white is now shoulder-capped with maize, which in pinstriped in blue. The block M is in navy
NBA Ready to Take us all Back to the ’90s
Hey, remember the ’90s? Well if you don’t you’re about to get a rude awakening. For the upcoming 2012-13 season the National Basketball Association and their Hardwood Classics program is set to honour the most experimental period, uniform-wise, in it’s history. Thanks to a series of Tweets from SaltCityHoops.com’s Spencer
Rockets Unveil 2013 NBA All-Star Logo, Is It Templatey?
Here’s something we missed… the logo for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game was unveiled late last month by the Houston Rockets at their draft party. There’s not much to say about the logo, other than it feels template-ish… when I saw it my first thought was how predictable the design
Providence Bruins Promote Alt Jersey Logo to Primary
The American Hockey League’s Providence Bruins (you get one guess on who their NHL affiliate is… yup, you nailed it) today unveiled a new, simplified primary logo for use beginning in the 2012-13 season. Providence’s new logo isn’t much of a change from their previous primary logos, the basic elements
Big Sky Conference Unveils New Logo by SME, with a Color Set for Each Team
Monday, at the Big Sky Summer Kickoff in Park City, Utah, the Conference announced a new logo by SME Inc. To follow will be logos for the conference’s 50th anniversary in the 2013-20124 season, and the 25th anniversary of women’s sports in the conference. School-colored version of the logo were also announced,
Rockies Players Honour Theatre Shooting Victims
The Colorado Rockies and their players paid tribute to the victims of the Denver-area movie theatre shooting with a special jersey and on the eye-black of the players. A jersey crested with “WE REMEMBER” and the number “7-20” (in reference to July 20th, the date of the attack) hung in
Istanbul 2020 Unveils New Summer OIympics Bid Logo
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Saturday unveiled his country’s bid logo for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Featuring the skyline of the proposed host city of Istanbul encased within the shape of the official town flower, the lilly, the new logo was chosen by Turkish residents in a vote amongst
Are you ready for NBA to become NASCAR? Ads on jerseys is nearing approval
Ready or not, here they come. The NBA Board of Governors had discussions that were described as “mostly positive” about allowing sponsorship on game jerseys for the 2013-2014 season. No vote took place, so nothing is official or final, but as Scott Howard-Cooper posted on the NBA blog, the
UNLV changing up their helmet design
The Rebels will sport a slightly tweaked helmet design for 2012. A little darker silver, grey facemasks, a white UNLV with a red outline, and a large stripe down the center. It has been reported that UNLV helmets featured a center stripe from 1968 through 1988, but it has been absent since
Gotham Rogues Football Team Featured in Batman: Dark Knight Rises Will Have Gear Available
After the success of teams adding references to their jerseys, Under Armour has announced that they will soon be selling the jerseys, and other gear, seen in the movie, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. Various web shops have been selling rogue Rogues merchandise, but it looks now like you will