Silent Wind of Doom

USFL (2022) Northern Division

Michigan Panthers

Referencing the region's other panther teams

 

New Jersey Generals

Referencing the team's name

 

Philadelphia Stars

A common idiom

 

Pittsburgh Maulers

Referencing the team's name

USFL (1983) Western Division

Arizona Wranglers

Referencing the practice of branding

 

Chicago Blitz

Referencing the Frank Sinatra song about Chicago

 

Denver Gold

A common idiom

 

Houston Gamblers

Referencing the team's "Mouseketeer" receivers

 

Los Angeles Express

Referencing the song by Randy Newman

 

New Orleans Breakers

Referencing the team's attempt to fill the hole left by the Raiders

 

Oklahoma Outlaws/Arizona Outlaws

Referencing the Highwaymen's eponymous song

 

San Antonio Gunslingers

Referencing the team's "Bounty Hunter" defense

USFL (1983) Eastern Division

Birmingham Stallions

Referencing wild horses

 

Jacksonville Bulls

A common idiom

 

Memphis Showboats

Referencing the song "Proud Mary"

 

Michigan Panthers

Referencing the region's other panther teams

 

New Jersey Generals

Referencing the words of the team's owner

 

New Orleans Breakers

Referencing the team's nomadic nature

 

Orlando Renegades

A common idiom about one man's loss in reference to the team's move

 

Philadelphia Stars/Baltimore Stars

Referencing the team's legendary defense

 

Pittsburgh Maulers

Referencing the team's name

 

Tampa Bay Bandits

Referencing the common refrain of bandits

 

Washington Federals

Referencing the team's performance and the common joke about the old baseball team from their city

CFL Western Division

BC Lions

Referencing the city's geographic location

 

Calgary Stampeders

Referencing the team's nickname

 

Edmonton Elks

Referencing the Klondike Gold Rush's important place in the city's history

 

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Referencing the team's fight song

 

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Referencing the team's name

CFL Eastern Division

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Referencing the city's steel industry

 

Montreal Alouettes

Referencing the children's song "Alouette"

 

Ottawa Redblacks

Referencing the sung legend of Big Joe Mufferaw, the basis for the team's mascot

 

Toronto Argonauts

Referencing the team's nickname and the lake the city sits upon

NFL NFC West

Arizona Cardinals

Referencing the team's colors and the fan area at their home

 

Los Angeles Rams

Referencing a slogan used by the team which itself is a reference to the rap song from the 80s

 

San Francisco 49ers

A reference to the Gold Rush origins of the team's name

 

Seattle Seahawks

A reference to the team's fans

NFL NFC South

Atlanta Falcons

Referencing a motto used by the team

 

Carolina Panthers

Referencing a motto used by the team

 

New Orleans Saints

Referencing the old jazz standard 

 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Referencing the team's touchdown tradition

NFL NFC North

Chicago Bears

Referencing a nickname used by the team

 

Detroit Lions

Referencing the team's fight song

 

Green Bay Packers

Referencing Lambeau Field's nickname

 

Minnesota Vikings

Referencing a motto used by the team

NFL NFC East

Dallas Cowboys

Referencing the DD Lewis quote about the opening in the roof of Texas Stadium, which has been emulated in AT&T Field

 

New York Giants

Reverencing the team's nickname and the city's nickname

 

Philadelphia Eagles

Referencing the team's fight song

 

Washington (Commanders)

Referencing the source of the nickname for the 1980s offensive line, a major part of the team's history and culture

NFL AFC West

Denver Broncos

Referencing Denver's location above sea level

 

Kansas City Chiefs

Referencing the fans' tradition during the anthem

 

Las Vegas Raiders

Referencing the NFL Films poem

 

Los Angeles Chargers

A common idiom

NFL AFC South

Houston Texans

Referencing Davy Crockett's angry declaration

 

Indianapolis Colts

Referencing coach Chuck Pagano's speech about the team

An alternate from the team's original Baltimore days, referencing their fight song at the time

 

Jacksonville Jaguars

Referencing the team's motto, which came from the fans' pride in their county

 

Tennessee Titans

Referencing the Music City Miracle

An alternate from the team's original Houston days, referencing their slogan at the time

NFL AFC North

Baltimore Ravens

Referencing the Edgar Allen Poe poem the team was named after

 

Cincinnati Bengals

Referencing the team's rallying call

 

Cleveland Browns

Referencing the team's lack of a real logo

 

Pittsburgh Steelers

Referencing the team's name and Superman

NFL AFC East

Buffalo Bills

Referencing the fans' relationship with the team, along with a Godfather III quote to hat-tip the Bills Mafia

 

Miami Dolphins

Referencing the only perfect season in league history

 

New England Patriots

Referencing a motto among the team's coaches, players, and fans

 

New York Jets

Referencing the team's nickname and Joe Namath's guarantee

54 minutes ago, raysox said:

You know, just because i've never requested one - could I get one of the championship sigs with the Rays, Lightning, Bucs, Rowdies, and Florida State? If you have the capacity for PLL, the Whipsnakes have two too. It's not much but it's honest work!

Thanks ahead of time!

 

Hehehe.  I actually have every one I've ever made and have one for you that dates back to... *checks notes* 10 years ago!  I can't believe I've been doing this this long.

 

You want just the titles, or all the wins (division/wild card/bowl wins/NCAA conference/etc)?

MLB National League West

Arizona Diamondbacks

Referencing Chase Field's nickname

 

Colorado Rockies

Referencing Denver's location above sea level

 

Los Angeles Dodgers

Referencing Vin Scully's call of the iconic Kirk Gibson home run

An alternate from the team's Brooklyn days, referencing the team's nickname

 

San Diego Padres

Referencing the city and team's Marine links

 

San Francisco Giants

Referencing the Journey song that became the team's rallying cry

An alternate from the team's New York days, referencing a popular standard

 

MLB National League Central

Chicago Cubs

Referencing the importance of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" to the team and fans

 

Cincinnati Reds

Referencing the Big Red Machine and the song Proud Mary

 

Milwaukee Brewers

Referencing the popular polka song

 

Pittsburgh Pirates

Referencing the post-game tradition

 

St. Louis Cardinals

Referencing the team and fans' love of red

MLB National League East

Atlanta Braves

Referencing the team's nickname gained from their wide distribution and fanbase

 

Miami Marlins

A pun based on the team's nickname

 

New York Mets

Referencing Tug McGraw's rallying cry that became an eternal slogan for the team

 

Philadelphia Phillies

Referencing the Liberty Bell

 

Washington Nationals

A pun based on the team's nickname

 

And since so many show love for the old team, I wanted to include the...

Montreal Expos

Referencing a song about the team

MLB American League West

Houston Astros

A common idiom

 

Los Angeles Angels

Referencing the 90's Disney movie

 

Oakland Athletics

Referencing the region and team's eccentric culture by way of a line from the Rivieras song

 

Seattle Mariners

Referencing Ken Griffey Jr. and Felix Hernandez

 

Texas Rangers

Referencing the classic song

MLB American League Central

Chicago White Sox

Referencing a slogan used by the team and still commonly used by fans

 

Cleveland Indians

Referencing Randy Newman's theme tune of the movie Major League

 

Detroit Tigers

Referencing a common nickname for cities

 

Kansas City Royals

A common idiom

 

Minnesota Twins

Referencing the twins theme and the team's two championships

MLB American League East

Baltimore Orioles

Referencing the team's playing of "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" at the seventh inning stretch every home game

 

Boston Red Sox

Referencing the Green Monster and the Bloody Sock game

 

New York Yankees

Referencing the oft mentioned ghosts and a fan's response to Curt Schilling's comments during the 2001 World Series

 

Tampa Bay Rays

Referencing the fans' practice of filling the air with cowbells (and the famous Saturday Night Live sketch that the principal owner got the idea from)

 

Toronto Blue Jays

Referencing the television call of the 1992 World Series final out

Fourth thread!  One more and I get a free sandwich!

 

Many years ago, I started creating images for people to spruce up their signatures.  I've done a lot of them and had a lot of fun doing it.  First, some instructions, as people will no doubt ask for this a lot and it's good to have it front and center!

 

Instructions on adding signature images

These are for anyone to use in their signature if they desire.

 

On Desktop: To edit signature, click the arrow next to your username in the upper right corner and choose "Account Settings".   Click the "Signature" tab on the left and under the text field hit the "Insert other media" button and select "Insert image from URL". 

 

All you need to do is right click in my post, select "Copy link address" and paste it in the window that pops up when you click "Insert image from URL".   If your browser does not have an option to copy link address, select "Open image in new tab", then copy the URL at the top.  All images are being hosted on Imgur.

 

On Mobile: To edit signature, tap the three lines in the upper right corner and tap "Account" then "Account Settings".  Tap "Settings Area" and then select "Signature".  Under the text field tap "Other Media" and then "Insert image from URL".

 

All you need to do is hold on the image in my post, select "Open image in new tab" and copy the URL in the bar.  Paste it in the text field that comes up when you select "Insert image from URL."

 

Enjoy!

 

All Sports Championship Signature Images

I'd once seen someone display the championships their teams had won in a format similar to this, but I wanted to make my own version with a more simplistic style and then offer my services to anyone who was interested.  Here's a sample of this style of signature image.  It's my own trophy case with the wins of the Yankees, Mets, US Olympic Curling Team, Dolphins, Jets, Giants, Rangers, Canadiens, Hurricanes, Black Knights, NYCFC, Bulls, Orange, and my own Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball Team.

 

 

Just tell me what teams you want to be included and what levels of championships you want to be included. Do you want all world championships? Do you also want divisional or league/conference championships? Do you want bowl wins or scoring trophies? And if the team has existed in multiple cities, let me know which cities you want included! Do you want the Braves' entire existence, or just their time in Milwaukee?

 

I've been doing this for years and have literally hundreds of trophies already rendered in this sprite art style.  But besides that, I will do anything I can to accommodate everyone and add anything you want. Images of the championship prizes of more obscure leagues are very helpful.

 

"Where I Come From" Signature Images

I've always been intensely interested and had a great love and appreciation for the different cultures in sports, which, of course, includes the logos and uniforms.  That's what led me to this website to begin with.  One thing I really loved (which was sadly used for only one year and then seems to have completely disappeared from memory and the internet) is NCAA Football 2011's ad campaign featuring the slogan "Where I Come From". In the commercial, different people described things where they came from, giving little snippets about their sporting culture. At the moment, I've only found videos of two commercials surviving on a French video site and two extremely low audio quality videos on YouTube.
 

General Version

Big 12 Version (Loud audio warning.)

SEC Version (French only video site that asks you in French if you want to pay money or accept cookies warning.)

 

I'd often thought of doing the same for other sports. Originally, I made a full list of phrases for the MLB, and tried making signature images to go with them, but my early attempts were rather pitiful. But I took another crack at it, and the thread became a rather booming affair that I think inadvertently caused the change that currently causes signature images to be automatically shrunk.  Because of that, I shrunk them down from their original size to a much more compact package that could fit multiple on one line.  Then the new forum sidebar squished things further, so I shrunk them a liiiiiiittle bit more.

 

Each image consists of five separate images: one of the team's home city, one of their home venue, with the teams logo in the center. The other two are different for each sport. If you'd like anything special, make a request. In the future, I wouldn't mind doing the other sports as well. And yes, they're all positive ones. For some, it was tough finding something positive, but I think I've succeeded. You're welcome to link me to images that you want me to use if you have special requests.

 

Jump to Signatures:

Major League Baseball: American League East | Central | West - National League East | Central | West

 

National Football League: American Football Conference East | North | South | West - National Football Conference East | North | South | West

Canadian Football League: Eastern Division | Western Division

USFL 1983: Eastern Conference | Western Conference

USFL 2022: Northern Division | Southern Division

XFL 2001: Eastern Division | Western Division

XFL 2020: Eastern Division | Western Division

XFL 2023: Eastern Division | Western Division

UFL: USFL Conference | XFL Conference

National Collegiate Athletics Association Football: ACC | Big 10 | Big XII | MAC | Pac-12 | SEC | Ivy League | Service Academies & Independents

 

National Hockey League: Eastern Conference Atlantic | Metropolitan - Western Conference Central | Pacific

International Ice Hockey Federation

 

National Basketball League: Eastern Conference Atlantic | Central | Southeast - Western Conference Northwest | Pacific | Southwest

Women's National Basketball League: Eastern Conference | Western Conference

 

Major League Soccer: Eastern Conference | Western Conference

National Women's Soccer League

English Football: A-Hud | Hul-N | P-Z

Fédération Internationale de Football Association: AFC | CAF | CONCACAF | CONMEBOL | UEFA (A-G | H-Z)

Hmm...  I coulda sworn something was said to be in the works during the season or early offseason (or even last offseason) that Colorado had some kind of rework happening for this year.

 

On 12/14/2022 at 4:22 PM, TrueYankee26 said:

Neon for the Mets would be a great idea for this reason you brought up

 

 

It's a shame I never got to go to Shea

 

I really like that this season the team included this in their scoreboard graphics.  I was on the Mets subreddit in the live thread when I noticed it and was about to comment on how cool it was and ask how long they'd had it.

Then the Padres started scoring... and I realized it would be for the best to not say anything at all and maybe ask next year.

 

On 12/26/2022 at 9:03 PM, spartacat_12 said:

This is my favourite uniform the Rockies have ever worn. 
 

 

Is it just me, or has this always been the non-purple-alt uniform set of theirs where the purple shows best?

 

2 hours ago, Burmy said:

And while they're at it, PLEASE put "Tampa Bay" back on the roads!

*monkey paw finger curls*

"Hey, Burmy, have you seen the ad patches the Rays are putting on all their uniforms?"

Sorry everybody.  I have been MORE than delinquent as of late.  This has not been helped by not getting notifications for this thread.  Nevertheless, there's been a larger issue for a while now.  We needed updates.  New teams.  New logos.  Leagues that haven't returned from the last thread.

 

I'd mentioned having a new computer and a new program and I've remastered everything in the "Where I Come From" series.  So I'm going to move to a new thread.  Keep an eye out for it.  It should pop up in the coming days.  I've had dozens upon dozens of people make Championship sig requests and then after I've fulfilled them never appeared again.  So if you still want yours meet me over in the new thread and I'll fulfill them.

When the new thread is live, this will become a link.

Are those crossed flags on the cream the supposed evolution of Minnie and Paul?

On 8/8/2022 at 4:00 PM, WSU151 said:

 

SMU's D-Dallas logo is still just an alternate look, much like a DFW hat for the Rangers could be with City Connect or something. SMU doesn't have a state in its name so it's still not quite apples-to-apples to the Texas Rangers. 

 

There's no rule in baseball that everything HAS to be about the city. We've seen it with Colorado, Florida, and Texas that non-city names work just fine. 

 

Rangers City Connect: A uniform split down the center with one half representing Dallas and one half representing Forth Worth 

 

On 8/26/2022 at 6:36 PM, VampyrRabbit said:

Colorado does work better than Florida and Texas IMO, considering that Denver is by far the largest city in the state and the majority of the states population lives in the Denver area.

And if I recall correctly, wasn't most of the fanbase of the Marlins in favour of Miami as the identifier instead of Florida?

 

Texas works because the name together makes something.  Same with Colorado Rockies even if it weren't the biggest concentration of people.

 

On 10/14/2022 at 9:33 AM, gosioux76 said:

I'm no expert, but I suspect it has to do with the descending size of the script from large down to small as it moves from left to right, suggesting it's shrinking, or "vanishing."

 

Went to school for architecture at a time when the old teachers were still teaching hand-rendering.  When drawing with perspective, the vanishing point is the point towards which all lines are leading.

 

On 11/10/2022 at 4:57 PM, Carolingian Steamroller said:

Look at the very top of this image. That looks like the edge of a sleeve patch:

 

 

Could also be the serif'd bottom of the T if they're putting the TC on the sleeve like on the Homerdome unis.  That would mean the striped would be much more modern-sized than the 70's look.

 

On 11/10/2022 at 7:05 PM, MJD7 said:

I've tried it a few times in the past, but it's never really looked right to me. Here's an updated attempt:

 

I've said every year since Kasota Gold came:

 

Navy Twins wordmark with red outline on pinstripes at home.  Can be either print or script as long as it's clean.  Both would be a beautiful update of their original look.

 

Script Minnesota in the same colors on gray.  Basically the ones from the last 10 years.

White Twins wordmark with navy outline on a red jersey with navy piping as a home alt

 

White script  Minnesota with red outline on a navy jersey with red piping as a road alt.  Basically the same as the last 10 years.

Carew red-crown and thick stripes throwback for a few day games

 

Kirby Homerdome throwback for a few night games a month

 

Honor all eras, enjoy nostalgia while continuing forward.  Some great looks.  Fun times for all.  Maybe even throw in the Mauer white-panel helmet at home.

 

On 11/11/2022 at 1:37 PM, MJD7 said:

Here's a comparsion of the current/outgoing "TC" with my slightly rough attempt to predict the new one, based off of the cap leak. 

 

I've got to be honest, if this is similar to how it turns out, the new mark is growing on me. I didn't think it was possible to improve upon the TC, but I think they might have. The T flows better with the C, and the spacing between the letters makes it more readable.

 

It feels unbalanced to me.  Like the old one was a perfect mix of the two but the new one looks like I'm getting too much T.  It's more massive and now much taller.