The Charlotte Hornets are getting set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first season of NBA basketball in their city. Plans for the milestone season next year include a new “classic edition” uniform, the selection of the 30th anniversary team via fan voting, 1980s and 1990s music played throughout
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A Chat About Professional Sports Trademark Disputes
If you’re a fan of both sports logos and trademark disputes has this ever been the month for you. No fewer than two trademark disputes involving major league sports teams came to light during the first half of December. The NHL’s shiny new Vegas Golden Knights had their trademark “refused” by the
The Buzz Is Officially Back; Bobcats Are Now Hornets
At 12:30 PM EST today, the Bobcats of Charlotte breathed their last breath as an NBA nickname. From that point on, the name and logos that were unveiled back in the winter became official: The Charlotte Bobcats are now the Charlotte Hornets. The official unveiling brought along some interesting news: Thanks
We Hardly Knew Ya, Charlotte Bobcats
This week we bid a fond adieu to the Charlotte Bobcats, a team that was named after its owner, that never won a playoff game in its decade of existence, and that really liked tweaking its logo. In their final game as the Bobcats on Monday, Charlotte was unceremoniously swept from the
Revived Charlotte Hornets Unveil Logos & Wordmark
Buzz City is back! Although the Charlotte Bobcats are still the Bobcats for now (and are still actually playing a game against the Jazz as this is posted), this will change very soon as the soon-to-be Charlotte Hornets unveiled their logos and wordmarks for the 2014-15 season and beyond. Charlotte
New Charlotte Hornets Logos Coming Next Weekend
The Charlotte Hornets return to the NBA will feel that much more closer to reality next weekend when the Charlotte Bobcats are expected to unveil the new logos they’ll use when they completely rebrand their team for next season. The new logo and jersey wordmark (not uniform) will be unveiled
Colour Scheme for Re-Born Charlotte Hornets Announced
The Charlotte Bobcats this morning announced the colour scheme (and Pantone swatches, surprising) the franchise will be using when they rebrand themselves as the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014-15 season. Purple and teal will be the primary colours, similar to what the original Charlotte Hornets used during their stint in
NBA on the Path to Renaming Bobcats the Hornets
To the glee of many an NBA fan, it looks as if the Charlotte Bobcats have begun the process of changing back into the Charlotte Hornets. After Michael Jordan confirmed they had commissioned a study asking fans what they thought about changing the name back, CBS Sports seems to be the first
Charlotte (Bob)cats Unveil New Uniforms
The Charlotte Bobcats have unveiled their new uniform set for the 2012-13 NBA season. Courtesy a set of photos from The Charlotte Observer we have our first look at the new jerseys for the upcoming year. The most noticeable change is the shortening of the team nickname on the home jerseys, having
Colour Change coming for Charlotte Bobcats
Thanks to a cap posted on the official online NBA shop we have learned the Charlotte Bobcats will be changing up their colour scheme for the upcoming 2012-13 season. The cap shows the addition of a light blue colour as well as a de-emphasis of orange. The back of
Pics of this weekends NBA-ABA throwbacks
We had three ABA retro uniform matchups in the NBA this past Saturday with the Nuggets taking on the Pacers, the Spurs facing the Nets and Charlotte playing host to the LA Clippers. Let’s take a look at some photos from the games… Charlotte Bobcats (Carolina Cougars 1970)
What’s new in the NBA for 2012
Happy New Year everyone, welcome to 2012 and the start of SportsLogos.Net‘s 15th anniversary season. We had our best year ever in 2011 and we’re looking forward to doing even bigger and better things during the year to come. The 2011-12 National Baseball Association season, delayed 2 months by a