Fan Apparel

After years of debate, it looks like the University of Illinois is changing its mascot. While it's not quite finalized, the Illinois Student Government posted on Facebook that it would offer a buyback program where students could exchange new or used Chief Illiniwek merchandise for new merchandise...

Happy March, everyone! In Philly, we've had a few consecutive days of sunshine and warmer temperatures, so as far as we're concerned it's officially spring. Soon, it'll be time to set the clocks forward and make things official, but until then we're soaking up some of these clever, funny and inventive promotional products from all over the world. Enjoy!...

Fans who attended Kobe and Gianna Bryant's memorial at the Staples Center took home a "KB" pin, a program and a T-shirt to remember one of the most important sports figures of all time. eBay wants those mementos to stay at home, and has taken steps to ensure that any items from the memorial listed on the site are taken down immediately...

What can an NBA franchise do with all those now-obsolete jerseys when the player on them is no longer part of the team? Calling Scott Hamlin sounds like a great start, as his company, Looptworks, upcycles the goods as branded merch, with the company’s Portland geography being particularly kind to the Trail Blazers...

As we head into Super Tuesday and move closer to the November election, the field of Democratic candidates in the party's primary is slimming down. Before that, though, their campaigns were at full strength, which includes pumping out a ton of promotional products. Now that their campaigns are done, where do all of those promotional products go?...

While the players on the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning deserve kudos for their skills, four of them also merit praise for their charitable involvement. Through the clothing brand ’47, the quartet helped design T-shirts and hats whose proceeds will benefit charities of their choosing. All four shirts are already sold out...

The sports world still hasn't fully recovered from the Jan. 26 death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others in a California helicopter crash. Yesterday, 29 days since the tragedy, the Los Angeles Lakers held a memorial service where attendees received T-shirts, pins and other commemorative items...

In-N-Out Burger's sold-out shoes had us salivating this week. Now, we have another pair of rare items to pine over—namely, a branded coin and T-shirt that we just learned In-N-Out gives to the first customer at new store locations...

This week's Fave 5 includes two ends of the pet owner spectrum: dressing them up in hilarious clothing and remembering them fondly after they've gone. While we wish no one ever had to do that second part, Cleveland Browns fans can at least celebrate their late, beloved mascot in style. Read on for our full list...

We're not saying Supreme has gone fully into "let's just put our logo on whatever and they'll buy it" mode, but the company's Spring line of items includes baseball catcher's gear, a tool set, co-branded Ziploc bags and Oreo cookies...