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Speaking of local news, isn't it surprising how little the Seattle Times cares about the Coyotes? It's a pretty stark contrast to their up-to-the-second reporting on the Kings/Hansen saga. I don't think it's that surprising. Basketball has a deeper history in Seattle and the "wounds" from the Sonics leaving are still pretty fresh. Have the Thunderbirds or Silvertips (or Rockets when they were here) ever been more of a footnote in the sports section? But then maybe that's not a fair comparison.

Yep. Ran by a dead one on the side of the road the other day.

Try dragging the image from your web browser into Illustrator or saving it to your local drive. That happens to me on rare occasions.

Only happens when I access the board via PC.

Clicking on a link, while on the boards, brings up the same page twice. Anyone else experiencing this?

And to think the Twins, Giants, White Sox, and Mariners almost moved there.

You can ungroup the background layer (after you offset) and get rid of the original letters.

You want your letters to be one group, and the outline to be another. The easiest way to do this is to take your text (shape or object), copy it, and lock the layer it's on (layer 1). Create a new layer BEHIND the text (so layer 2 is under layer 1) and paste on that layer in front or paste in back (Apple F or Apple . It won't matter which command you do because the new layer is under/behind the original layer. You should now have two layers with the same text in the exact same place. Offset the bottom layer and leave the top layer locked.

I think if you ungroup your outlined type before you do the offset path, this fixes your issue. I paste (in place) the same path on a separate layer and lock it. The "Offset Path" layer is behind the original. You'll have a bit more freedom that way.

Does anyone know what font this is?

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Wouldn't Oakland be part of the Charter Circuit as they started as the Philadelphia A's And, for the sake of argument, if you're sticking with "Charter" and "Expansion," it would make more sense to move LA and San Fran to Charter and Milwaukee and New York to Expansion. Just my meaningless two cents.

Holy Cross denied the Big East? What the hell were they smoking? Get your @$$ handed to you on a regular basis by Georgetown, St. John's, and Syracuse or have a chance at competing with Lehigh and American U. Not a tough choice there.

If their goal is to play in the NBA, does it matter? Since 2000, Pitt's men's basketball team has been in the top 25 for eight of those seasons and been to the NCAA tourney every year except 2000-01. Their football team has been to six bowl games (seven if you count this year) and nationally ranked five of those years. I don't know about you, but I don't think anyone would consider the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis a step down from MSG.

I had the same question...that right there, corny as it may sound at first, seems like a decent answer. That works, at least in my mind, as a natural progression...from "Big" 10, to "Great" 12...especially since the Big XII already exists. It'll take time for people to make the adjustment--at one point the Big XII was the Big 8, but people have adjusted, so I think it might work. As for who joins...I really have no rooting interest in the Big Ten, so I really don't care. Having said that, I think it'll eventually be Pitt...I just can't see ND leaving that NBC $$$ alone. Who says they have to change the name at all? It didn't happen when they went to 11. Keep the name and work the number 12 into the logo. THAT would be genius.

Have you tried opening your .ai or .eps file in Photoshop and saving it out as a .png that way?

Anyone know where I could find the basketball court template (vector preferrably, but I'll take anything)? I did a quick search and came up empty.

How about an Australian Football template (vector)?