Sorry New England, you’ll just have to make due with one fist full of rings (and let’s be honest, you’ll probably get one for the other hand next year). As for the Eagles, congratulations! The first Super Bowl championship for Philadelphia in a back-and-forth game full of offence… I actually
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First Look: Logo for Super Bowl LIII at Atlanta in 2019
Thanks to the program for Super Bowl LII (and the many people on Twitter and via email who sent it to me) we’ve got ourselves a look at the logo that will be used for next year’s Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Yeah, like we didn’t already know what it’s
A Look Back at Super Bowl Field Designs
It’s Super Bowl weekend, finally. Maybe it’s just me but every year those two weeks off seem to feel longer and longer. This Sunday it’s the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots, the Eagles looking for their first Super Bowl title and I presume the Patriots are too since I
The Story Behind Patriot Pat from the Cartoonist Who Created Him
In 1960, Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell, working for $25 a day, was handed an assignment that would change his life—and the lives of fans of the brand-new AFL football team coming to Boston. “Sports editor Jerry Nason came to me and he said, ‘They’ve decided to call the team
Goodell: No Change to Redskins Coming
The Washington Redskins aren’t changing a thing. Not anytime soon, anyways. While Major League Baseball and the Cleveland Indians announced yesterday that their Chief Wahoo logo was being removed from the team uniforms in 2019, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell today said the Redskins name was going to be sticking around.
Is the XFL Set to Make a Return?
Like a periodical cicada, the XFL appears to be returning after being buried for seventeen years. Original XFL owner Vince McMahon is set to make a “major sports announcement” this afternoon, this just a month after Alpha Entertainment – a company McMahon is involved with – had trademarked “XFL” with the
Superstitious Pats Choose White for Super Bowl LII
They may be the “home team” for the Super Bowl but the New England Patriots will not be dressing the part. Announced this morning via their official Twitter account, the Patriots declared today that they will be wearing their road white jersey for the game two weekends from now in
Phantom Merch: Jaguars, Vikings 2017 Conference Champs
Facing Tom Brady in a championship game? Odds are you’re gonna get some phantom gear comin’ your way. Jacksonville Jaguars, welcome to the club. As for the Minnesota Vikings, ouch… it would’ve been the first time a team played in a Super Bowl in their home stadium. But hey at
NFL quietly releases 2018 Pro Bowl uniforms
The end of January will bring about the game that everybody wants to be invited to but nobody actually wants to play in since playing in that game means that you missed the Super Bowl — the Pro Bowl! While the NFL has yet to officially unveil the uniforms, all
NFL Playoffs: The Super Bowl LII Uniform Matchups I Want (and More)
The National Football League Playoffs are here and while we have the old, usual participants back once again with the Patriots and Steelers there’s a few fresh faces we haven’t seen ’round these parts in years, why heck we haven’t seen the Los Angeles Rams in a playoff game since
Adidas will debut new football template for 2018 Army All-American Bowl
The Army All-American Bowl is the annual showcase of some of high school football’s brightest talents and the college football stars of tomorrow. It will take place next weekend on January 6 at the Alamodome in San Antonio and while the game itself is worth watching if you’re into following
Colts wear all-white in snowstorm and it ruins film study for Broncos
Well, this is a first. This past Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts visited the Buffalo Bills and the two teams played in a blizzard. The first half of the game was basically unwatchable due to the heavy snow. Here’s a screencap from Sunday’s game that illustrates my point. When I say