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This season marks the 50th anniversary for 8 of the old AFL teams including the Oakland Raiders.  The NFL will celebrate these anniversaries this season during “Legacy Games”.  During one home and away game, former AFL teams will meet head-to-head while wearing their throwback uniforms.  The Raiders will play the Chargers on the Monday Night Football opener (Sept. 14th).

The Raiders will rock their uniforms from the 1963 season: White (away) jersey featuring silver numbers outlined in black; silver helmet with original Raiders logo.  Click the link below to see all eight teams.
NFL will celebrate 50th anniversary season of American Football League

The Lions new logo was leaked on the NFL store recently.  Not a dramatic change so I wonder why it was changed at all. I don’t hate the Lion’s new look but it is not that great either.  The link below has a few other images to look at.
Lions to change logo? – Page 7 – MotownSports.com Message Board

Memphis was going to wear a FedEx colorway but then thought better of it.  Orange is a natural color for a tiger but not when your school colors are blue and white.  This is too much.  Good choice Tigers.

Memphis opts against flying the FedEx flag – The Dagger – NCAA Hoops – Rivals.com

Did you know the NBA is letting an NBDL team play up this year?  At least that is what the identity package of the Oklahoma City Thunder appears to portray.  I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this because it doesn’t deserve it.  The images speak for themselves.

This has been out for a while but the Minnesota Timberwolves cleaned up their logo as well as introduced new unis as part of celebrating 20 years.  The design is a collaboration between Addidas and the Wovles.  The changes to the logo are subtle but overall I think they did a great job.  The wordmark is less ”fangy” and changed the letters from blue to white and the trees have been leveled out.  They removed most of the trees from the collar which is a good move but they put them on the jersey and shorts.  Those insertions are supposed to create a “W” on the jersey and an “M” on the shorts.  This is the third uniform design over the history of the franchise and probably the best yet.  Overall I give it a B.  

For more info, visit this link http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/wolves_unveil_new_uniforms_080818.html

The Heels recently held a senior photo shoot where the newish unis were unveiled.  I say new but really the concept is still the same.  They only modified two things.  First, they got rid of the “tight-fit” top.  Second, they chose a v-neck rather than the crew cut, tight-neck look from last year.  Apparently Roy Williams was instrumental in persuading Nike to bring back the v-neck.  I didn’t think it was that big a deal.  The Heels will still have the best uni in all of sports and their play this year will make it look even better.  Go HEELS!

This news is a little old but the Colts announced that they want a new secondary logo to compliment the horseshoe.  They opened up the selection process to the public which I think is very exciting and a good move by the Colts. They have chosen five finalists and then fans will vote for the winner at http://www.colts.com/sub.cfm?page=2008_designahorse.  In my opinion, I don’t believe any of the five finalists have a professional feel.  They were supposed to unveil the winner today but they extended the voting until May 2nd.   

The grand prize includes two lower level season tickets plus $1,000.  Not bad indeed. 

Here is a fun little article from ESPN’s Uni Watch and video of a huge collector of those old-time favorite helmets that you could buy out of gumball machines.  I myself have a small collection of these funsize helmets so it is cool to see the variety that this collector has amassed.  I myself just watched the video but I’m sure the article recaps the high points.

ESPN Page 2 – Uni Watch: The king of gumball helmets

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have officially dropped the “Devil” from their name and have released new unis and a logo.  They have even dropped the “Tampa Bay” from the road jerseys which has made the fanbase worried that they will be moving in the near future.

Rays Index: <font size=”2″>NEW UNIFORMS </font><br><font size=”4″><b>For Better Or Worse, The New Uniforms Are Now Official</b></font>

EA Sports has put up a wonderful site where you can create your own NBA uniforms with their online design tool.  It is pretty fun, check it out.

EA SPORTS NBA Live 08 Jersey Contest Gallery