For every championship event merchandise is produced for several teams so that they can go on sale the instant the actual team clinches the crown. But what happens to the gear of the teams that lose? Does it ever see the light of day? Well thanks to us it does
Tag: basketball
Brampton Set to Join NBL Canada
The National Basketball League of Canada is set to welcome their 10th franchise into the league in time for their third season getting underway this fall. Helping fill the void left by the OHL’s Battalion moving to North Bay, the Powerade Centre is slated to be home to the brand
WNBA Unveils New League Logo
The Women’s National Basketball Association today unveiled a new league identity in time for the upcoming 2013 season. Based off of the “orange and oatmeal” of the basketball the league uses in its games, as well as borrowing from the shape of the NBA logo, the new logo replaces the
Goin’ Green: A photo roundup of St Patricks Day 2013 Uniforms
Yesterday in honour of St. Patrick’s Day dozens of teams from all around North American sports leagues put aside their usual caps and uniforms in favour of a green or Irish-themed version. Below are photos of all the teams who went green in one way or another to celebrate St.
Oregon St Beavers Unveil New Logo, Team Uniforms
The Oregon State Beavers officially debuted their new logo last night confirming the leak SportsLogos.Net reported on early last month. Nike was responsible for the new logo unveiled by the club, part of a two-year rebranding process the company stated in a press release. The new mark represents a “contemporary”
Ottawas National Basketball League of Canada Franchise Will Undergo Name Change
On February 26th owner Gus Takkale held a press conference at Ottawa City Hall, announcing the franchise’s new name. 24 hours later he has announced he is taking back the name, and starting the naming process over again. The team’s twitter account has been deactivated, as the renaming process begins. This
A Preview of Ads on NBA Jerseys?
In case everyone forgot, back in July the NBA temporarily approved the use of small advertisement patches (they later decided to hold off on this plan and take another look at it in the future) on in-game team jerseys starting with the 2013-14 season. As JR wrote for us back when
Golden St Warriors Add Sleeves to Jerseys!
In the historic modern era of basketball, uniforms consisted of shorts and tanktops. The Golden State Warriors are busting up that tradition, by releasing an alternate uniform design whose biggest design feature is what all the rest of our shirts have; sleeves. Throughout the years, the shorts have gotten longer, socks
Anti-Commercialism Anthem a Commercial for NBA All Star Game
Macklemore has burst onto the music scene with a popular album, a hot 100 and double platinum single with Thrift shop. His album is popular partially because of the messages within. Pro marriage equality, avoiding peer-pressure, and most evidently: Anti-commercialism. He has several songs that speak about being self-confident and
NCAA Nixes Twitter Handles on Akron Jerseys
The University of Akron is holding a “Social Media Night” when they host Ohio in a nationally-televised game Saturday night. There will be hastags on the floor (#theplacetobe #GoZips#ThinkBigger), but the NCAA has swooped in and made sure the team didn’t make the huge mistake of adding the Men’s Basketball Twitter
New Orleans Hornets Rebrand as Pelicans, Unveil New Logos
Ladies and gentlemen, your New Orleans Pelicans! The New Orleans Hornets will be changing their name to the New Orleans Pelicans effective the beginning of the 2013-14 NBA season. Ending months of speculation and all sorts of leaks the club sorta finally made it all official via a leaked video
New Orleans Pelicans Logo Leaked?
And we’d like to make that question mark as big as possible in the headline please. According to a poster on TigerDroppings.com, one who had previously posted “insider information” which later turned out to be accurate, the image you see above will be one of the new logos for the