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The Hickory Crawdads, Single-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, ruffled some feathers when they announced that they would rebrand as the Hickory Crawmoms—without revealing right away that the rebrand was temporary. “After 25 seasons of being the Crawdads, we decided that it was time for a change,” said Crawmoms General
The Athletics are Oakland’s team, and this year they celebrate their 50th anniversary of moving to the Bay Area city with a uniform which puts their civic pride front and center. Introduced this afternoon at a “fashion show” in Oakland, the A’s new anniversary alternate jersey focuses on the City
Ever since the Philadelphia Union entered Major League Soccer for the 2010 season, the Union have had one major constant in their visual identity when it came to their home shirts. That constant was the thick gold stripe that ran down the center of the navy blue shirt. It was
I’m very happy about this news. The Seattle Mariners today announced that they will be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the first-ever “Turn Ahead the Clock Game” which was played between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners at the old Kingdome on July 18, 1998. The anniversary game that
The Detroit Tigers today announced the team will be dropping the version of the “D” logo which has appeared on the front of their uniform for 83 of the previous 84 seasons. It’s not as dire as it sounds, the Tigers are simply replacing it with the “D” they wear
Like a periodical cicada, the XFL appears to be returning after being buried for seventeen years. Original XFL owner Vince McMahon is set to make a “major sports announcement” this afternoon, this just a month after Alpha Entertainment – a company McMahon is involved with – had trademarked “XFL” with the
The Trenton Thunder, double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, will celebrate an aspect of New Jersey culture that dates back to the mid-1800s—the famously cylindrical, processed ham product known as pork roll (also called Taylor Ham by some). The team will rebrand as the Thunder Pork Roll on Fridays
Despite the fact that Leeds United are a historical sleeping giant in English soccer, you could make the argument that they haven’t really had an iconic crest at any point in their history. A quick look at their crest history seems to indicate that they’ve floated to and from differing
This is part 8 of a multi-part series chronicling the real-time development and design of a new logo for Baseball New Zealand. Check out our past “The Open Branding Project” posts here. *** Hello readers, we’re just getting back into the swing of things after the holiday break. Our main focus
Residents of the state of Connecticut have the chance to pay homage to their departed, still-beloved hockey team with specialty license plates. The plates feature the logo of the Hartford Whalers, who left the state to become the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997. The original version of the classic logo
The Los Angeles Dodgers today unveiled the special patch in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of their first season in Los Angeles; the team will wear the patch throughout the upcoming 2018 season on the right sleeve of their jersey. At the center of the logo is a depiction of
They may be the “home team” for the Super Bowl but the New England Patriots will not be dressing the part. Announced this morning via their official Twitter account, the Patriots declared today that they will be wearing their road white jersey for the game two weekends from now in
