Conclusion

The main point I have drawn about Sports teams and their logos is that they are constantly changing. Teams update the colors and designs every so often to identify with their fan base. Some teams even let their fans choose the design of their logo. Every sports team that I have come across whether it be baseball, football, basketball, lacrosse or hockey has changed their logo at least once in the past 50 years. I think it is a good idea to keep up with new colors and even nicknames to keep the fans interested and excited. Keep in mind that team merchandise displays the logo, so when the logo changes, merchandise will change and that is what the fans like!

CLICK HERE to see many sports logos divided into categories based on different teams.

New England Patriots

The New England Patriots are an American football team based in the Boston area. The Original logo of the New England Patriots was a depiction of the Revolutionary War minuteman snapping a football in a crouched position. Within a short period of time it was replaced with the silhouette of a Patriot's head wearing a red, white and blue tricorne hat that was nicknamed by fans "Flying Elvis".

I personally like the old logo better than the current one. I think the new one is too plain and simple whereas the old one is cartoonish and cool and even includes a football. Both logos have the same color scheme, however the new one has a star on the man's hat.

I think Patriots fans would disagree with me and argue that the new logo is the better one. At least one diehard fan does shown below. The first youtube video is probably New Englands biggest fan getting the new logo tatooed on his very own head! The second video is a clip from ABC news all about the Patriots Logo!

Old Patriots Logo

New Patriots Logo

Oilers to Titans

The Tennessee Oilers decided to change to the Tennessee Titans about eight years ago. They are a professional football team based in Nashville Tennessee. The team moved to the state of Tennessee in 1997, and played in Memphis for one year before moving to Nashville. For two seasons the football team was known as the Oilers before changing its name to the Titans in 1999.

On Saturday, April 5th 2008, the Titans celebrated the 10th season of their logo. Team officials unveiled a new logo with the number ten to wear on the front left shoulder of their uniforms. The logo will be on merchandise for consumers to buy and will be at the LP field during the 2008 season on display.

Seattle Supersonics Continuously Change Logo

The Seattle Supersonics are a professional basketball team based out of Seattle Washington. They have changed their logo at least three times in the recent years.

I like their current logo the best out of the three. It is similar to the first logo they had from 1975-1995, but is more updated and flashy!

SuperSonics Logo from 1975-1995

SuperSonics Logo from 1995-2001

SuperSonics Logo from 2001-present

NY GIANTS LOGO

In the 2000 season an updated version of the New York Giants logo returned as the primary logo of the football team. Giants logos have always centered around three distinct concepts: a "giant" football player in a position to throw a pass, the word "giants" and variations of the initials NY. The "NY" and "Giants" logos have been featured on the teams uniforms over the past 46 years. However, currently the original "GIANTS" script logo does not appear on the teams' uniforms.

It must have inspired the players to do better, because they won the Superbowl XLII which is shown in the video below.

A NEW ERA FOR THE ATLANTA HAWKS

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hawks felt that Atlanta is due for a makeover. The Hawks have not had a winning record in the last eight straight seasons. They believe that changing their image will effect them in their future performance. They just changed the colors to make it more fierce.

Atlanta introduced a new secondary logo, which the Hawks describe as a more "modern, sleek, and aggressive version of the previous Hawks' head". The logo is the Hawks' head positioned in a downward motion and will be on the front of the uniform pants and Atlanta's homecourt will feature a new floor with the logo.

"I think we're heading in the right direction," said coach Mike Woodson. "We're trying to build a new image. We've changed uniforms, changing our floor and we're going to add a few more pieces to the young guys we have. "Hopefully that will be enough to get us over the hump in terms of what we do on the floor and making the playoffs."

OLD LOGO COLORS TO THE NEW LOGO

Washington Bullets Change Name To Wizards

Basketball team changes team name and logo due to its "negative connotation".

The Baltimore Bullets changed their name as well as logo to the Washington Wizards in 1996. The 'Bullets' were seen as a connotation to street violence and was deemed inappropriate to the public. Abe Pollin, the club owner who bought the franchise in 1964, stated that "Unfortunately, far too often these days 'bullets' in the news does not have anything to do with basketball. I realized we should consider changing our name."

With an increasing crime rate in the area, it was the seemingly right thing to do. They held a public contest to come up with the new slogan, which the Wizards won at an overwelming rate. Times have changed. Circumstances have changed. The executive vice president of the basketball team, told the public that this is not just a name change. He made public service announcements about violence to schools. He receieved many angry letters but encouraged the public that "the new nickname can reflect strength and courage without representing weapons. Too many public figures, too many children, have been killed already."

The old Bullet logo is below. Does not have any characteristics about guns, but just the name alone questioned many.

2012 Olympics Logo Revealed!

The 2012 Olympic games will be held in London, starting July 27th and ending August 12th. The 2012 Paralympic Games will start August 29th and finish September 9th. The debate as to what the logo would be drug on for Lord Coes unveils the logo for the 2012 Olympics in London claiming it is "ambitious, interactive and youth-friendly". For the first time, the logo will be used for the Olympics as well as the Paralympics.

Youth involvement was a key selling-point in helping London win the right to host the Games. A successful logo will bring in sales from merchandise including mugs, t-shirts, hats and sweat suits. I think the new logo is bright and colorful and consumers will be attracted to it!

CURRENT PICTURE

GENERATED VERSION OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE

Cleveland Logo Produces Swarm of Racial Protests

The question has always been should baseball's Cleveland Indians change their "red man" MLB logo. The debate has been going on for years. The original intent of the logo was to was to honor a great native american baseball player, Louis Sockalexis. The spectacular athlete played in Cleveland from 1897-99. The mascot is a red-skinned, buck teeth, caricature of an Indian. The whole controversy over the logo first began in 1944 when a large crowd of members of the American Indian Movement flocked into the new stadium to protest the logo. They called it a racial stereotype of real Native Americans. The nickname and its cartoon logo have been criticized for perpetuating Native American stereotypes and from time to time many protests have arisen.
The Blackhawks, Chiefs, Indians, and Redskins are all names of professional sports teams that use "Indians" for their nicknames, logos and mascots. Many high school and college teams also use similar nicknames.

I think their Indian mascot is fine and there is no need to change it. They have had it for years, I believe they should keep it! They are nicknamed "the Tribe" and "the Wahoos".

Protest video #1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QASq9IbvtTk&feature=related
Protest video #2

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x6G_BI0_qFg
Protest video #3

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EEoAFU9wnOE&feature=related

Syracuse Changes Logo

A couple years ago, all teams at Syracuse changed their nickname as well as their logo. They went from the Orangemen and Orangewomen to just the Orange. It also introduced a new official school logo, teaming with Nike to redesign its major athletic uniforms. The new logo for Syracuse consists of an interlocking S and U that is "aggressive" and depicts "speed and a competitive edge". They put their new logo on all athletic uniforms. Unity and color seem the two biggest aspects of Syracuse's move, as the university wants to stress uniformity throughout its athletics department. With Syracuse as the only NCAA Division I school to have orange as its primary color, many officials felt that unifying each sport under the same hue by name was the right decision.
I personally like the new logo better.

U9B Green Team changes name to Coyotes

In the first week of May in 2007, the U9B Green Team decided to change its name to the Coyotes. They are part of the Red Wing Soccer club. They only have eleven players, but they all agreed for their new beginning. The boys voted unanimously to change their official name to the Coyotes. It seems to fit well, considering their tenancious and cunning play!

http://redwing.cornerkicksystems.com/roster/show/845

Tampa Bay Shortens Name!

As the year 2007 was ending, the baseball players from Tampa Bay had a new beginning! They officially changed their name from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to just the Tampa Bay Rays. They wanted to start the new year off on the right foot with a shorter, more marketable name. With the new name, they had to change their logo. The picture on the top right is their mascot, and the picture on the top left is the new Rays logo.

Their original Tampa Bay Devil Rays logo from 1998-2000 looked like this:

And their original Tampa Bay Devil Rays logo from 2001-2007 look like this:

Milwaukee Admirals

The Milwaukee Admirals changed their logo from a salty seaman admiral to the admiral of a ghost ship. Their slogan along with this new logo is "Never Say Die". This new logo is cooler and more edgier than the last. It consists of a skull with a black admiral's cap with ice blue trim. Replacing the old team colors of red, white and blue will be black, ice blue and silver. They wanted their new logo to be popular with the younger crowd, and this is what they came up with.

Buccaneers Logo

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional football team based in Tampa, Florida. Their first team logo was designed by cartoonist Lamar Sparkman in 1976. He had to really think hard about what it could be so it would not look too much like the Oakland Raiders logo. The original logo he came up with is referred to as "Buccaneer Bruce" which is of a pirate in a plumed hat and a cutlass in his mouth. He had an orange-like face with red everything else and the pirate appeared to be winking.
Finally in 1997, the team worked with the NFL to develop a more marketable and intimidating look in order to improve the teams image. They changed their team colors as well to red, black and orange. "Buccaneer Bruce" was replaced by a red flag with a white pirate skull and crossed sabres. NEW


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ALASKA SPORTS TEAMS LOGOS

The Aces are Anchorage Alaska's ice hockey team. Their logo is of a polar bear in front of a mountain landscape. They made this their logo in 2003/2004 and is still currently their logo. I personally think their logo is pretty cool !




http://www.alaskaaces.com/

The University of Anchorage Alaska's logo is a green and white seawolf in a yellow circle. It's a little plain to me, I think they can do a much better job. They have mens and womens basketball, cross country, gymnastics, hockey, skiing, volleyball and track and field.

The University of Alaska at Fairbanks logo is a blue A with a white polar bear in front. They are known as the Alaska Nanooks. Alaska schools do not have as many sports as most other schools, but they do have mens basketball, cross country, hockey, rifle, skiing, and womens basketball, cross country, rifle, skiing, swimming and volleyball.

ALL ABOUT SPORTS LOGOS

My blog is all about sports teams and their logos. I find it very interesting how teams come up with and decide on their final nickname and logo. Alot of time and effort goes into the process of making and creating this little drawing that depicts the image of the team for the public to view. Sports teams include their logo on either their hat or helmet, and usually on their uniform somewhere. Also merchandise will have the sports team's logo on it as well!

This is a random collection of sports logos with a good theme song to go along with!


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