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Appy League introduces Elizabethton River Riders February 3, 2021 - 21:57 PM The Elizabethton River Riders are the fourth of ten new identities in the works for Appalachian League teams. The team announced its new identity, which was created in house by Major League Baseball, this morning. The nickname draws on the affinity that residents of Elizabethton, Tennessee, have for recreating on Read More...

New Appy League team Johnson City Doughboys pays homage to WW1 soldiers February 3, 2021 - 01:10 AM The Johnson City Doughboys are the third of ten Appalachian League teams to announce rebrands this offseason. The Doughboys nickname draws on patriotic pride, and specifically pays homage to a “Doughboys” statue, the only of its kind in the state of Tennessee, located near the team’s stadium. The term Doughboys Read More...

Appy League introduces Bristol State Liners in flurry of rebrands February 1, 2021 - 20:14 PM The Appalachian League baseball team that plays in the Twin Cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, heretofore the Bristol Pirates, is reviving a century-old nickname of one of the cities’ previous teams. The original Bristol State Liners made their Appalachian League debut in 1921 and played for five seasons. Read More...

Stirring Up Debate: Introducing the Burlington Sock Puppets February 1, 2021 - 15:06 PM If your city once laid claim to the title “Hosiery Capital of the South” and you’re trying to name a minor league baseball team, it would be almost criminally negligent not to seize on that fact. To that end, just moments ago, the Appalachian League’s franchise in Burlington, North Carolina, Read More...

Cleveland Browns Unveil 75th Anniversary Logo January 29, 2021 - 17:14 PM The Cleveland Browns revealed a special logo on Friday that commemorates the 75th anniversary of their founding. Founded by former Massillon Washington and Ohio State football coach Paul Brown and Cleveland businessman Arthur B. McBride in 1946, the Browns were an original member of the All-American Football Conference. They were Read More...

Battered Bastards of Baseball Reborn January 26, 2021 - 17:40 PM In the violently shifting landscape of minor league baseball, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, one of more than 40 teams to lose its Major League affiliation, have given rise to a new independent league that features, among others, a reboot of an iconic band of misfits and outcasts from the 1970s, the Read More...

Collegiate summer league reboots Negro Leagues’ Portland Rosebuds January 25, 2021 - 21:01 PM The Wild Wild West League, a four-team summer wood bat baseball league for high school and college players, was formed in 2020 by the Portland (Oregon) Pickles in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced it will continue in 2021, featuring two new teams, the Willamette Wild Bills and Read More...

Danville Baseball Team looking for name suggestions January 22, 2021 - 23:10 PM If there’s a silver lining to the reorganization of minor league baseball, which caused more than 40 teams to lose their affiliation with Major League parent clubs, it’s that all 10 teams in the Appalachian League will get unique nicknames. The Appy League, as it’s known to friends and family, Read More...

Negro Leagues Kansas City Monarchs reborn as independent team January 21, 2021 - 19:16 PM The longest-running team in the storied history of Negro Leagues has been revived in the form of a team in the independent American Association. The Kansas City T-Bones, who have played in Kansas City, Kansas, since 1993, made the surprise announcement today that in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Read More...

NHL Clubs Add Willie O’Ree Helmet Logo Celebrating Equality January 18, 2021 - 15:46 PM The National Hockey League will honour the legacy of Willie O’Ree, observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and celebrate equality with the addition of a commemorative helmet decal over the next six weeks. Beginning with the weekend of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States on January 16th Read More...

NFL Divisional Round Uniform Matchups January 16, 2021 - 15:39 PM The NFL Divisional round starts today and, just as we did last weekend, we’re again bringing you the uniform matchups you can expect to see on the field over the next two days. We’ve got two games on Saturday, two games on Sunday, winners will move on to the Conference Read More...

Tulsa Drillers add D logo, alternate cap January 16, 2021 - 03:13 AM The Double-A Tulsa Drillers celebrated #NationalHatDay by introducing a new logo and on-field cap. The alternate D logo will be paired with the team’s home white and road grays. While the D presumably stands for Drillers, the team is an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and this logo evokes Read More...

Gastonia Honey Hunters join Atlantic League January 13, 2021 - 19:45 PM The city of Gastonia, North Carolina, will be home to the Honey Hunters, a new baseball team in the independent Atlantic League beginning this season. Per the team, the nickname “pays homage to the original Honey Hunter, Hunter Ransom – Gaston County’s first freed slave and African American land owner. Read More...

Ohio State Looks To Extend White Jersey Winning Streak In National Championship January 9, 2021 - 15:49 PM Though it was expected as the lower-ranked team, Ohio State officially announced on Friday it will be wearing the road version of its 1968 throwback uniform during Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama. It’s the same uniform the Buckeyes wore in the Sugar Bowl win over Clemson earlier Read More...

Indiana Hoosiers Cover Big Ten Patch On Outback Bowl Jersey, Deny Protest Accusations January 2, 2021 - 15:44 PM The Indiana football program will not have a Big Ten logo on its helmet or jersey in Saturday’s Outback Bowl against Ole Miss (12:30 p.m. ET on ABC), though head coach Tom Allen denied that the decision stemmed from the conference changing rules to let five-win Ohio State into the Read More...

Ohio State To Wear Road Version Of 1968 Throwback Uniforms In Sugar Bowl December 29, 2020 - 05:54 AM Just like it did in its first three College Football Playoff appearances, Ohio State will wear alternate uniforms in the Sugar Bowl against Clemson that pay homage to the 1968 national championship squad. As the lower-ranked team, Buckeyes will be outfitted in the road version of the uniform, which includes Read More...

Capital One Becomes Presenting Sponsor Of The Rose Bowl December 25, 2020 - 00:31 AM The College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl won’t be played in Pasadena on Jan. 1 due to coronavirus restrictions in California, so top-ranked Alabama and No. 4 Notre Dame will instead meet at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. But that won’t be the only change for “The Granddaddy Read More...

Mercari Named New Title Sponsor Of Texas Bowl December 15, 2020 - 20:33 PM Lone Star Sports & Entertainment and ESPN Events announced earlier this week that Mercari, a Japanese e-commerce company, will be the new title sponsor of the Texas Bowl. “We are excited to welcome Mercari as the new title sponsor of the Texas Bowl,” Texas Bowl executive director David Fletcher said Read More...

St. Paul Saints commemorate affiliation with a twist on a classic December 14, 2020 - 01:18 AM The St. Paul Saints, a franchise that has made a name for itself with unique promotions and a sense of humor, have been an iconic independent minor league baseball team since 1993. Most recently, the team celebrated its 2019 American Association championship with a one-block, three-minute parade that featured players Read More...

Hudson Valley Renegades update brand with NY affiliation December 10, 2020 - 23:23 PM Minor league baseball has undergone seismic changes in recent weeks, with Major League Baseball imposing a new order on the system of farm teams that serve as the pipelines for the big league clubs’ players. Teams have changed everything from affiliation status, classification, and parent clubs. One of those teams Read More...

Michigan State To Wear “Gruff Sparty” Helmet Against Penn State December 10, 2020 - 22:51 PM The Michigan State football program will wear green helmets with a retro “Gruff Sparty” logo on both sides this Saturday against Penn State (3:30 p.m. ET on ABC). The “Gruff Sparty” logo was used by the Spartans’ basketball team during the 1977-79 seasons, though its origins in East Lansing trace Read More...

UCLA Bruins To Be Outfitted By Jordan Brand, Nike December 8, 2020 - 18:07 PM The UCLA athletic department on Tuesday announced a partnership with Nike that will make Jordan Brand the official outfitter of the football and men’s and women’s basketball programs beginning on July 1, 2021. The Bruins’ other varsity spots will feature the Nike Swoosh, meanwhile. “Our student-athletes deserve every resource in Read More...

Frontier League introduces Ottawa Titans December 3, 2020 - 19:53 PM Baseball’s independent Frontier League will add a 15th team in 2021, the Ottawa Titans, whose logo features a giant baseball player meant to signify the history, strength, and pride in Canada’s capital. Per the team, the “Titans emblem will feature a red super slugger wielding his bat over his shoulder, Read More...

Navy Midshipmen Reveal 175th Anniversary Uniforms For Army Game December 1, 2020 - 21:36 PM The United States Naval Academy’s year-long celebration of its 175th anniversary will culminate with the Midshipmen wearing alternate uniforms in the annual rivalry game with Army on Dec. 12. The Naval Academy opened its doors on Oct. 10, 1845. It has since produced 74 Medal of Honor recipients, 54 astronauts, Read More...

Army Black Knights Unveil “Tropic Lightning” Uniforms For Navy Game December 1, 2020 - 19:51 PM The Army West Point football program will wear alternate uniforms during its annual rivalry game against Navy on Dec. 12 that celebrate the contributions of the 25th Infantry Division, which fought in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. Formed in 1921, the Read More...