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The origin of minor league baseball’s triple-A Salt Lake Bees’ nickname traces back a couple thousand years—to the Biblical “land of milk and honey.” Utah’s Mormon settlers called the state “Deseret,” a word from the Book of Mormon that means honey bee in the Jaredite language. It’s the reason the
Last month, USA Basketball’s uniforms for the 2014 Basketball World Cup leaked onto the internet and we covered the leak for you as well. Since then, we’ve seen them everywhere, even on the cover of a prominent basketball magazine. To say that this was a badly kept secret would be
As far as college football is concerned, we’re currently in an era where if your team hasn’t worn an alternate jersey in the past few years, then you’re probably a nobody. They are all the rage right now, and even tradition-laden teams like Nebraska are getting in on it. The
The National Basketball Association has made an alteration to the design of their official game ball, they have added their official Twitter handle. Starting with the 2014-15 season the official Spalding NBA game balls will have “@NBA” stamped to the left of the league logo. The NBA is the first
So today, there is a rumor floating around concerning the Oakland Raiders and the possibility of relocation to San Antonio, Texas, so that they could play their games in the Alamodome. From Sportsnet’s article on the subject: “I was asked to meet two weeks ago with the owner of the
Earlier during this college football offseason, we gave you a look at the University of Miami’s new football uniforms for the upcoming football season. They had a slew of helmets to choose from in addition to the classic white helmet with the iconic “U” logo on the side. Now, the
According to sources of Paul Lukas and the Uniwatch Twitter account, the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs will be wearing a white helmet at some point in the upcoming 2014 football season. The helmet has a white shell with a chrome purple facemask, the Horned Frogs familiar helmet logo on each
The ECHL’s South Carolina Sting Rays, affiliate of the NHL’s Washington Capitals, are currently conducting a fan vote to choose their special “military appreciation” jersey to be worn for a game in the 2014-15 season. The two options are both stars-and-stripes themed instead of camouflage (which is a nice step
A t-shirt mocking the Cleveland Indians‘ “Chief Wahoo” logo has begun popping up at Native Reserves all across North America according to a report in The Toronto Star. The shirt features a caucasian caricature with blonde hair, a red collar, and a large green dollar sign above its head, “Caucasians” scripted
Admit it, the first time you heard the nickname for one of minor league baseball’s newest teams—the El Paso Chihuahuas, Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres—you thought of Paris Hilton. Or possibly Taco Bell. This is one of the reasons the announcement of the new nickname in El Paso
If the rumors are true, the reason that there’s a minor league baseball team called the Manatees is that fans wanted a Major League team called the Manatees, but the powers that be wouldn’t allow it. Here’s Kyle Smith, general manager of the single-A Brevard County Manatees of the Florida
A while back, we reported on the news that every player in the MLB All-Star Game would be wearing hats that were similar to what the Twins wore for batting helmets back in the ’70s. In that post, you only saw what the hats would look like for each team.
