Click to enlarge This fall will mark the start of the Bengals’ 50th season, and yesterday the team announced a series of moves to mark that milestone, including a new …
Category: Patches
Bulls Add Memorial Patch for Jerry Krause
Word came down on Tuesday that Bulls former GM Jerry Krause had died, so the team added a memorial patch, shown above, for last night’s game against the Pistons. While …
Red Wings Add Mike Ilitch Memorial Patch
Click to enlarge The Red Wings added a “Mr.I” memorial patch yesterday for former owner Mike Ilitch, who passed away last Friday. There’s a white version of the patch for …
Utah Jazz to Wear Cancer Fundraising Patch Next Season
Click to enlarge Yesterday morning the Utah Jazz announced that they’d be unveiling their jersey advertisement patch later in the day. The patch, they promised, would be “innovative.” Hmmmm, what …
How Are Teams Wearing the NHL’s Centennial Patch?
When the calendar turned to 2017 this past Sunday, all NHL teams began wearing the league’s centennial logo as a right-sleeve patch — usually, but not always, below the TV …
A Close Look at Falcons Logo Inconsistencies
We all know the basics of the Atlanta Falcons’ logo history. The team wore its original falcon logo from 1966 through 2002 (as seen on the helmet shown at right), …
2019 Shaping Up as Potentially Epic Year for Patches
During one of our recent discussions of anniversary patches, ordinals, and the like, reader Kurt Crowley posted a comment that caught my eye: Can’t wait until 2019, which will feature …
When a Memorial Patch Overlaps With a Presidential Campaign
Click to enlarge It was reported several weeks ago that the Reds would be adding a memorial patch for longtime clubhouse manager Bernie Stowe, who passed away in February. Yesterday …
Saints Unveil 50th-Season Patch
Just the other day we were discussing the difference between an anniversary and an ordinal, and how an Nth-anniversary patch is so much better than an Nth-season patch (at least …
When Is an Anniversary Patch Not an Anniversary Patch?
Celebrating 70 years of 49ers football. #FaithfulSince46https://t.co/HbkpzRTKpghttps://t.co/orgLf57OtP — San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) March 7, 2016 The 49ers unveiled a 70th-anniversary patch yesterday (see above; further info here). It’s a muddled …
Too Bad Juneteenth Isn’t During Football Season
Click to enlarge and see additional players About five years ago I did an ESPN feature about a mid-1960s minor league baseball team that wore a Confederate battle flag sleeve …
Red Wings Unveil Joe Louis Arena Farewell Patch
This is shaping up as quite a week for NHL patches. First we had the 1967 expansion teams announcing their anniversary patches a few days ago, and now the Red …
Four NHL Teams Reveal Anniversary Logos
Lots of nostalgia around the NHL at the moment, because yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the NHL’s first wave of expansion, when the league awarded six new franchises to …
World Championship Patches: Yea or Nay?
Click to enlarge What was that on the Royals’ sleeves at a recent fanfest event? It’s their championship patch, which they’ll be wearing this season. This type of patch is …
Jim Vilk: Would You (or anyone) Wear This?
Happy Groundhog Day! The MLB news just keeps-a-comin’. Okay, one thing at a time: 1. I mentioned last week that Majestic appeared to be adding a mesh panel on the …