The Kansas City Chiefs have won the Super Bowl, and you most certainly noticed that the second the game ended they were already wearing Super Bowl LIV Champions merchandise. Of course you did, this happens every year. Championship merchandise for both teams is made in advance of the final whistle
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New England Patriots Super Bowl LII Phantom Champs
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
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
Los Angeles Dodgers 2017 Phantom World Champs Merchandise
Congratulations to the Houston Astros on winning their first-ever World Series title, a true Fall Classic coming to an end tonight in Los Angeles with the Astros topping the Dodgers 5-1 in the seventh game… So, this ends the Sports Illustrated cover jinx thing forever right? Houston Astros 2017 World
Ottawa Senators 2017 Eastern Phantom Champs Merchandise
All they needed was a goal to punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final, their first since a loss to the Anaheim Ducks exactly 10 years ago. T’wasn’t to be, and so the Pittsburgh Penguins now advance looking to win a second consecutive championship. Since the Senators were so
2017 Phantom National Champs: Gonzaga, Oregon, South Carolina
The “Madness” in “March Madness”? That it’s actually decided in April. (Not good, right? I’m tired) North Carolina took the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship last night with a victory over Gonzaga. It’s the sixth time the Tar Heels have won the Final Four tournament, their first since 2009. As for
Alternative Facts Super Bowl LI Merchandise
Green Bay vs Pittsburgh in Super Bowl LI? Hey, that was almost a thing! But New England made it through yet again and Atlanta rose up to make their first appearance since 1999. We almost had a re-match of Super Bowl XLV which was the first Super Bowl to use
Crimson Titles? Alabama 2016 National Phantom Champs Merchandise
The Tigers finally did it, our phantom champions from last season at Clemson rolled away the tide to get their revenge to the tune of 35-31 in last night’s NCAA Bowl Championship Series finale. The win was Clemson’s first national football title since 1981 and stopped Alabama from winning back-to-back championships
Toronto FC 2016 Phantom MLS Cup Champions
There was a time when the idea of a Toronto-based phantom merchandise post seemed like something we’d never see around here. It now seems to be a regular occurrence. In the past 14 months this is the fourth Toronto team to make it to a final (conference or league) and
Cleveland Indians 2016 Phantom World Series Champs
Alright Cleveland, you flew too close to the sun in 2016. After 40+ years of no pro-level championships in the city the Indians were one win away, three games in a row, of taking home their second major title in the last four months. The championship gods can be cruel,
Los Angeles Dodgers 2016 NL Phantom Champs Merchandise
Sorry Los Angeles, the Baseball Gods felt “enough was enough” for those long-suffering fans of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubbies are off to the World Series for the first time since 1945, trying to win their first title since 1908(!) where they’ll face a Cleveland Indians team who hasn’t
Toronto Blue Jays 2016 AL “Phantom” Champions Merchandise
Hey, the Toronto Blue Jays are Back to Back Champs once again! Oh, my childhood memories are … not quite come flooding back to me. It seems phantom championships are not nearly as fun, there’s no banners, no parades, sure there’s still tears but oh whatever. Congrats to the Clevelands for winning