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Not to same extent at least in my case. It’s recently gone to having both a top and a bottom banner ad. As I type this right now in phone, there is quite a large ad above the keyboard. Pressing the “x” on it replaced it with a different ad and then pressing “x” on that replaced it with a top banner ad. At least I haven’t had that ad for that Amazon Prime show (that would freeze the site until it had a chance to do it’s full animation of making a border around the whole screen of my phone) any time recently. Anybody else get that one?

So are we just never going to be able to discuss this whole Washington name change thing? Because I totally understand not wanting random NFL (or MLB in terms of Cleveland) threads derailed by posts about Washington when it's unrelated to the topic at hand, but there are actually things going on right now related to the name. If something does happen, are we going to be able to discuss it?

Canes’ unusual contract offer to broadcasters could lead to John Forslund’s exit (The Athletic, so paywall) The colour guy, Tracy, agreed to a contract earlier this week, but Forslund is a free agent as of Wednesday. Why would the salaries of the TV broadcasters be directly tied into attendance, that seems backwards no? Like in theory, the better they are at broadcasting means the less people that would be at games.

And here's the Ducks plans for the Honda Center land that was mentioned in the Angels article. Called ocV!BE... which is I guess their play on LA Live, but not a great name.

I'm not saying transit is a good solution, I was just throwing it out there as possibly a potential side-option (in the loosest sense of the term) because it is right there, sort of.

The article mentions two parking structures, but then also prefaces it with this. So there's plans for two parking structures, but all these other attractions will hopefully help reduce traffic by having people coming early and leaving later so there won't be congestion? I don't know about that. The building directly above the Big A in the top picture is the transit station, so maybe they'll also work to have more transit to the games now? Keep in mind, this whole plan is still subject to the sale of the land to Moreno's group, which hasn't happened yet, and this is the timeline in the article.

Angels development plan includes 150 acres of parks, shops, homes and restaurants. That open area in centre and left field are a proposed "grand entrance plaza" and I don't know if I like the look of it. Also, I guess prepare say goodbye to the parking, the big hats out front and the Disney rocks. The article says the Ducks are supposed to unveil a similar type development plan for the Honda Center land tomorrow.

The Saskatchewan Huskies tweaked their logo. The head is a minor change but the S logo is a major upgrade. They also created a new script logo and retired three logos, which were men's hockey specific logos. Here's the brand guide if anyone is interested, you can see the new script and the newly retired logos. It's a cool read.

A big gain for the NHL on Sportsnet is a big loss for the CFL on TSN.

The Prince Albert Raiders unveiled their 50th anniversary logo. The Raiders started as a Jr. A team in 1971 and moved up to the WHL as an "expansion" team in 1982. The green star represents their Memorial Cup championship, the gold stars represent their two WHL championships and the white stars represent their four national championships from their Jr. A days.

Part MLB thread, part Media thread. Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the owners of the Sixers and Devils, are interested in buying the Mets and SNY. I don't know enough about the area nor the broadcasting in the area, but from an outsiders perspective, a NY-NJ-Philly regional sports network seems interesting.

Well all the leagues have the one letter nickname, so it's not just the unwieldiness of the name making them go by one letter. I've also always liked that idea, but it would only really make a difference on graphics and the colour of the league websites. Then you get to the Canada-Russia Super Series where all three leagues wear (the WHL's colours of) red and black, I assume to play up the Canada aspect, so the league colours get thrown out the window there.

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I’ve always wondered about the future of podcasts because of the advertising model. At least I don’t think Facebook can kill podcasts like they did some websites.

Edited to reflect my previous life when I did colour for a Jr. A team in Saskatchewan. There are some very good pxp guys who in Jr. A, but then there are just as many, if not more, that are not. The points about auditioning for a major league role, going on too long and yelling a prepared sound bite are very true (spoiler alert! Some of them are prepared, to an extent) because they are using it as an audition to make clips to move up in the broadcasting world. An example of this is if in one game a couple pages worth of Doc Emrick-isms had been printed out and taped to the wall of the press box by the pxp guy (a completely, totally hypothetical example of course).

I don't know if I like the bird as the for Scouts. I'm sure they'll explain it somehow, but I don't see how a bird fits into "Scouts". I feel they probably were a bit leery about any Native American connection, but I think using a horse would make more sense because then it would tie back into the statue and the original Kansas City Scouts.

I missed this when it happened, but the 2021 expansion Sylvan Lake team in the WCBL unveiled their name and logo back in March. There is something off about the head of the gull and the notches at the bottom of the outline are unnecessary/don't line up with the G nor the S, but is easily one of the better logos in the league because most are middling to bad. The blob in the middle of this logo is eponymous lake. The fact the N in "SEASON" is partially covered by the lake and the need for a maple leaf in an all-Canadian league aren't great, but having a semi-competent alternate logo is a step above for teams in this league. Though they might not have a stadium built for 2021 because of the COVID-19 shutdown and subsequent economic downturn.

Cool? Don't know how that all relates though. Well, it should err on the side of the home team and they should be wearing their dominant colour at home. Cool? Don't know how that all relates though.

The home team should be the one wearing their colours in their home arena.

Three Jr. A updates. I missed this because I was meaning to keep an eye out for these, but the expansion Cranbrook Bucks of the BCHL who are supposed to start next season unveiled their jerseys a while ago. They are quite boring and I find them pretty unbalanced because of the inconsistent striping. I do think something like the Maple Leafs can work with different sleeve and hem striping, but this doesn't. Maybe it's the fact that it's three stripes on the sleeves and only one on the hem, or maybe it's because the hem stripe is too thin. I don't know, I know I just don't really like them. (The white jersey is just the inverse of this jersey, I wanted to save space on this post) Meanwhile over in the AJHL, the Calgary Canucks have a 50th anniversary logo and continuing their weird effort at rebranding from last year, it features the current colours but only the old logo. And then also in the AJHL, another thing I meant to keep an eye out for but also missed, the semi-expansion/semi-relocation team in Blackfalds that's supposed to start in the 2021-22 season unveiled their name and logo. So... it'll probably be another junior hockey team using the Kings template. In a weird twist, the team that is relocating to Blackfalds (who actually took a leave of absence for the 2019-20 season prior to being sold and then won't play again until the 2021-22 season), the Calgary Mustangs switched to Mustangs from Royals in 2010 because they wanted to separate themselves from an minor hockey organization in Calgary who they shared a name and logo with. So they had changed in the past to separate themselves from a minor hockey association just to find themselves once again back connected to a minor hokey association. (The connection is in name alone. There is no formal connection in organizations between junior hockey and minor league hockey teams in Canada). As for why the Jr. A team shared a name and logo with the minor hockey association, according to a news article I just found about the name change, the future-Mustangs ownership had been lent money from the association in 1990 to help buy the Jr. A team.

I really don't know if this means anything, especially since there is the chance the season won't happen and they are one of the teams on the MiLB chopping block, but the Vermont Lake Monsters have been promoting a lot of Vermont Expos merchandise recently.

The Hurricanes are likely to cut ties with Charlotte and move their affiliation to the Wolves. Florida would then presumably take over Charlotte. https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article242352706.html

Yeah it's passive voice, it is just a long Wikipedia writeup at the end of the day and I don't think many peers are reviewing the "History of the Los Angeles Angels" page. I was more aiming to the part there's (apparently) been a history with the Angels and their name.

I was reading through the Angels history on Wikipedia, because I've got nothing better to do, and I noticed some things. So it was believed the Angels would never develop a fanbase trying to play underneath the Dodgers and then owner balked at a team name preferred by a city and it impacted stadium issues? Time is a flat circle.