The Ottawa RedBlacks, expansion franchise in the Canadian Football League for the upcoming 2014 season, have unveiled their inaugural season uniforms at a fan event held earlier tonight. The uniforms come after a week of teaser images posted on the club’s social media channels. Fans were quite clear — they
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Zombie Teams: Identities Brought Back from the Dead
It’s not a lame soap opera twist, it’s not a zombie uprising, but this coming weekend we’ll be re-introduced to something very familiar to all of us which has been dead and buried for over ten years… and no, it’s not “Afroman’s” career. It’s the Charlotte Hornets, ladies and gentlemen!
Move over Super Bowl, CFL standardizes Grey Cup Logo
Joining their bigger, more successful brothers south of the border the Canadian Football League is now standardizing the look of their Grey Cup championship game logo from year-to-year. They’re even using the same colour scheme as the Super Bowl. The Grey Cup previously had a “it’s kinda standardized but it’s
Guelph Storm Wearing Ti-Cats Jerseys on Sunday
While the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have been temporarily relocated to Guelph, Ontario during the construction of their new stadium they’ve also been constructing a Eastern Conference championship season in the Canadian Football League. So, in recognition of what will likely be the only professional sports team from Guelph to ever make
Ti-Cats Change Throwback Uniform Because of Argos Rivalry
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will kinda honour a bit of their franchise history this Saturday afternoon when they wear the uniforms of the 1943 Hamilton Flying Wildcats against the BC Lions. The Flying Wildcats won the Grey Cup in ’43 before changing their name to the Wildcats and eventually merging with
Ottawa CFL Team Confirms RedBlacks Name, Logo
Last week we posted that the Ottawa CFL franchise had registered Ottawa RedBlacks (and Rouge-et-Noir) as well as a collection of logos with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Yesterday, the ownership group made it official confirming both the name and logos we posted were, in fact, what they will be
Ottawa CFL Team will be the RedBlacks; Logos Here
The new Ottawa CFL team set to begin play in next year’s 2014 season will be known as the Ottawa RedBlacks according to recent trademark filings made by the ownership group. Registered publicly with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on May 21, 2013 the filings not only reveal the name the team
What we know about Ottawa CFL Name Finalists
Jeff Hunt, owner of the new Ottawa Canadian Football League franchise has released his list of five finalists for the name of the expansion club for 2014. They are: Ottawa Nationals, Ottawa RedBlacks, Ottawa Voyageurs, Ottawa Rush, Ottawa Raftsmen The list is pretty weak, we must admit. It’s been no
Colourful Name Registered for new Ottawa CFL Team
Could’ve been because there was a lot of negative feedback, could’ve been because they really hadn’t made up their mind, or it could all just be a way to throw us off the scent. Whatever it is, there’s been a new set of registrations at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
2013 Grey Cup Logo Unveiled? Leaked? Either way, here it is
The 2013 Grey Cup logo was either unveiled without any fanfare or (more likely) accidentally put up on the CFLShop.ca website this week, giving us all our first look at the logo for next year’s big game in Regina, Saskatchewan. A couple of things to stand out to me on
“Ottawa Rush” Name of New CFL Team?
When the Canadian Football League returns to the nation’s capital in 2014 you should expect to see a “Rush” of fans head towards the stadium. Or maybe it’s the rush of players running down the field, or perhaps they just really love Geddy Lee up in Ottawa… either way it
Pink 2012: Your Guide to Who’s Wearing Pink and When
It’s that time of year again, it’s October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month! What started as a few minor league baseball and hockey teams adding pink accents to their uniforms only a decade ago has turned into a full-out, major league pink love fest. Uniforms, wrist bands, shoe laces, cleats,