In today’s Ticker: A rare change to the Celtics’ floor design, a few college basketball unveilings and lots of mascot talk.
Uni Watch News Ticker for Sept. 22, 2022
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Baseball
MLB
- The Cardinals are still using an old Padres logo on their lineup cards. (From Matt Hahn)
- The New York Times (soft paywall) recently ran an in-depth piece that goes behind the scenes on how MLB authenticates game-used or game-worn equipment. (From Dan Gitlitz)
- The logos, names and uniforms of all the teams competing in the new Cuban Baseball Elite League have been unveiled. Translated to English, the team names are: Tobacco Growers, Portiers, Centrals, Livestockers, Farmers, and Coffee Growers. (From Joel Horn)
- Who doesn’t love a good baseball sweater — especially the ones worn by the Yankees in this photo from the 1926 World Series. Check out that logo! “The low position of the Y makes that logo look more like a poor attempt at a Giants logo than like any approximation of a Yankees logo,” says Ferdinand Cesarano.
Football
NFL
- The Titans will wear light blue jerseys and navy pants this Sunday. (From @Wilds_Lee)
- The Commanders have sold the naming rights to their training facility. (From Dell Michaels)
Hockey
NHL
- Kraken G Martin Jones will have a new mask design this season. (From Wade Heidt)
- Ralphie, the live Buffalo mascot for the University of Colorado, recently had the opportunity to eat out of the Stanley Cup. (From Kary Klismet)
College
- UConn’s new hockey arena will be named the Toscano Family Ice Forum. (From Kary Klismet)
Minors/Juniors
- The Indy Fuel of the ECHL have unveiled renderings of their proposed new arena. (From Kary Klismet)
- The Portland Winterhawks of the WHL will have a helmet ad for the upcoming season. (From Lee Clarkson)
Basketball
NBA
- The Celtics will have a new floor design this season. The leprechaun logo at center court is losing its white backdrop, and the baseline is gaining an ad. The painted area also contains a tribute to recently deceased legend Bill Russell.
- The Spurs’ new City Edition uniform has reportedly leaked — another design that incorporates “fiesta” colors and pays homage to the 1996 All-Star Game jerseys. (From Mike Chamernik)
College
- TCU men’s has unveiled their new uniforms for the upcoming season.
- Providence men’s has unveiled their new home uniforms for this season. (From Gino Radja)
- Marquette may not have its own Hall of Fame or museum, but it does have a sports pub in a repurposed activity/practice center, where they have a display honoring their rich and unique uniform history. (From Jorge Cruz)
Soccer
USA
- Florida State goalkeepers will wear turquoise jerseys tonight as part of Nike’s N7 program that celebrates Native cultures. (From @VictoryCB)
International
- Europe: Eight European men’s national teams competing at the World Cup this winter will start wearing “One Love” captaincy armbands beginning this week. (From our own Jamie Rathjen).
- Scotland: Amateur club Newcraighall Leith Victoria have unveiled new beer-themed and Pacman-themed jerseys. (From Kary Klismet)
More
- AFC Richmond, the fictional club that’s the focus of the hit show Ted Lasso, will be included as a playable team in the soon-to-be released video game FIFA 23. That trailer also includes what may be a sneak peak of the team’s jerseys for the upcoming season of the show. (Thanks to all who shared)
Tennis
- Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe recently posed at Wimbledon’s center court in retro-inspired outfits as a promotion for the upcoming Laver Cup. In addition to the two holding modern rackets, McEnroe covered up the logos on his apparel. (From Mark A. Brieve)
Auto Racing
- New 10th-anniversary logo for the United States Grand Prix, the annual F1 race that takes place in Austin, Texas, at Circuit of the Americas. (From Rob Altman)
Grab Bag
- Cal Poly Humboldt’s student newspaper is calling for the retirement of “Lumberjack” as a name and mascot for the school’s sports teams. (From Kary Klismet)
- Nevada State College has a new mascot. (From Kary Klismet)
- Williamston High School in Michigan also has a new mascot. (From Kary Klismet)
- I don’t think I’ve ever seen a live costumed mascot for a curling team — but Canada’s National team has one! It’s an anthropomorphized curling stone named “Slider.”
- The Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League have released the number assignments for their rookie players. (From Michael Hochman)
Comments (24)
That Humboldt State article is …. Something. It’s something.
Interesting. Shortly before I graduated (2021), my alma mater (LIU Post) changed from Pioneers to Sharks (for what I am assuming are similar reasons to the author’s stated opinions). I didn’t particularly care either way, except the uniforms went from pretty good (link) to … well, not so good (link). I don’t mind the name change, but the branding went from forest green and gold to light blue and gold (link). Not nearly as good. It’s been a slow changeover from green/gold to blue/gold on campus too (link)
I had a cup of coffee at CW Post back in 1979 and looked outstanding in the green and gold. The look today is awful.
It’s really sad that that’s what our children are being taught at colleges these days. You’d think that our institutions of “higher learning” should be the first to acknowledge that history can’t always be viewed through a post-modern lens. Working as a lumberjack in the old west was a hard life, and the men who made their living that way deserve our respect. Not everything is about race.
In fact, taking things that have nothing to do with race, and making them about race, is the definition of racism.
Nah, its racist to insist that that colonization was in no way racist.
Lee
This is an extremely simplistic view of what colleges teach that seems to draw only on assumptions and one student’s opinion.
Sounds like someone who is neither in college nor knows anybody currently in college.
The more we learn through accurate reflection on US/global history, the more we realize that there are many things that don’t “seem” racist that actually is seeded and cultivated in racism. So, as examples, it doesn’t make the Lumberjack, or the Blackhawk, or the Warrior, or a whole host of other names inherently racist by mere mention or description, BUT we have to understand the history, what it stood for at the time. I can understand a perspective of “I’m not being racist for wanting to keep xyz as a mascot”. What I don’t understand is learning accurate history, understanding how something has origin or is cloaked in or is in reference to something that is racist and wanting to keep that image. “Working as a lumberjack in the old west was a hard life, and the men who made their living that way deserve our respect” – it may have been a hard life, but people also need to know how that hard life affected the lives of other people. I think it’s at least worth the discussion when dealing with the image of a team/organization/school that should be striving to be inclusive and not exclusive.
It’s not an article, it’s an opinion piece.
Lee
AFC Richmond being in FIFA is actually frustrating because of the optics of including a fictional men’s team over real women’s teams, who have basically received the bare minimum in terms of inclusion/support for seven years now. It took that long for there to be any women’s club teams whatsoever (which are also being added this year).
Tabacaleros = Tobacco Growers, not addicts
Cafetaleros = Coffee Growers, not drinkers
Thanks. Fixed!
Awesome! Thanks! I love your interactions and how ‘real’ you keep it! :)
The NYT also had an article about NFL kickers pants.
link
The number placement (above the script) for the Cuban Baseball Elite League teams is interesting and differentiating. I like it, but not sure if I would like it for an MLB team to use.
The most intriguing one is the brown and lime green! Totally appropriate for the name but one I’ve never seen anywhere. And I think it works!
Interesting article with the Browns’ ground crew:
link
Pet peeve: I get annoyed clicking on something where I think I’m going to see a picture of a uniform, and I have to watch a “hype video” sometimes 15 seconds in until I get a glimpse of what the thing actually looks like. I wish teams would realize that a picture is a sometimes the better format, it seems common sense to me!
I agree 100%! The camera never sits still long enough for me to see all the design elements. I hate having to pause the video and slowly click through it to get a look.
Bold move by the Celtics to put their court on the ceiling… ;)
I love the full avocado Agriculteros jersey. Anyone found a way to purchase one?
Cheers
Rand
Agreed. I love their green and brown color scheme, too! So underutilized, so good!
Used to work at The Annex at Marquette. Always loved looking at all our awesome uniform history at work!