Tomorrow, the NBA Playoffs tip off, and as always, it’s time to put together a circle bracket graphic. Here’s our initial look at this season’s participants in the challenge for the O’Brien. Click the image for the full-resolution size. This year, I decided to add a new wrinkle to the circle bracket
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It’s official: The NBA will put ads on their jerseys starting in 2017-18
The inevitable day that we’ve been warning you about for years now has finally come. Today, the NBA officially announced that, starting in the 2017-18 season, teams will be allowed to sell advertising space on their jerseys in the form of a small patch. Here’s the official statement from the
Golden State Warriors may have Oakland tribute uniforms in the future
The Golden State Warriors are already paying tribute to San Francisco by wearing “The City” throwbacks for this season. This is despite the fact that the Warriors have been playing in Oakland since the early 1970s. However, with the team preparing for a big move back to “The City” for
MLSE is already naming their price for ads on Raptors jerseys
In the latest sign that ads on NBA jerseys are on the way and will inevitably be here soon, the owners of the Toronto Raptors have actually set a target price for potential advertisers on their jerseys. According to TSN, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment have set their target price
Idaho Stampede will become Salt Lake City Stars; Unveil logo and uniforms
Today, the Utah Jazz’s D-League affiliate officially announced that they’ll be relocating to Salt Lake City to join the NBA team in the city. As such, the Idaho Stampede will be rebranding for their arrival to SLC, and they’ll be known as the Salt Lake City Stars. So, what’s the
WNBA Uniforms Are Colourful for 20th Season
The Women’s National Basketball Association will have a colourful look throughout their 20th anniversary season this Summer. Yesterday, the league announced that every game will feature a colour vs colour uniform matchup. Each team will have two sets of uniforms, one in their primary colour and the other in their
Syracuse is set to be first double-digit seed to wear white in 2 straight NCAA Tournament Games
The 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament has been pretty wild so far, and that’s evidenced by the fact that for the first time ever, we saw a 13, 14, and 15-seed win during the first round of the tournament. It’s been a good year to be an underdog, and it’s always
Nike Unveils 2016 Olympic Basketball Uniforms
Nike held an event yesterday in New York where they (among other things) unveiled the basketball uniforms for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held later this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We weren’t there nor were we privy to a media kit of the unveiling, so… enjoy your bare
A Different Bracket: 2016 NCAA March Madness Circle Bracket!
If anyone out there in Sportslogos.net land has followed me on twitter, then they’ll have seen my various incarnations of the circle bracket. I first saw the idea being used for the 2010 World Cup, and have fallen in love with the format since then. It’s a much more compact and
Memphis Grizzlies Adding New Jersey Next Season
As previously reported, the Memphis Grizzlies are among the new teams who will be wearing an additional uniform next season. The 2016-17 NBA season Adidas catalog lists the new uniform for the Grizzlies to be a “Pride Alternate” uniform. The catalog describes these uniforms with this paragraph: Can be more exploratory in design,
Are the Sacramento Kings going to permanently go back to powder blue?
The Sacramento Kings have been embracing their past identity a lot as of late. Despite the fact that their most successful era (an albeit brief era) in Sacramento came under the purple, black, and silver-colored banner, the Kings have been paying plenty of tribute to the days of their initial
Raptors Adding Two New Jerseys Next Season
They don’t call it “The Six” for nothing. According to a report we touched upon earlier, the Toronto Raptors will be wearing a new alternate “stretch” uniform in the 2016-17 NBA season and, as we’ve learned since, will also be wearing a throwback look (no, not that one). With their