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College football players typically adorn the backs of their helmets with stickers as signifiers of especially good games. Usually, the stickers are miniature versions of the school's logo, or maybe a symbol relating to the mascot or the team. When players can cover their helmets, they serve as badges of honor during game time. But,…

Being a fan of the Buffalo Sabres has proven a test of one’s patience for the last decade, as the team has not won a playoff series since skating by the New York Rangers in the 2007 Eastern Conference Semifinals and has missed the postseason six straight seasons. With dynamic center Jack Eichel leading the…

I follow baseball and weather phenomena quite closely, so when Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas from mid-August until early September, I hoped not only that organizations and selfless individuals would assist the distraught residents, but also…

Just because the NHL season is underway, with the Las Vegas Golden Knights seemingly avoiding any trademark disputes that plagued them before the puck drop of opening night, doesn't mean that the battle is over. According to SportsLogos.net, both the College of Saint Rose and the United States Military Academy (Army) filed separate requests within…

This is the first year Nike is outfitting the NBA, after outbidding Adidas for the rights to be the official uniform supplier for the next eight years—a deal worth about $1 billion. On its debut evening of regular season play, one jersey couldn't handle the pressure of staying on the league's marquee player, and Nike…

Auburn University’s football program has much to boast about, as its 761 wins land it in 13th place among the sport’s most successful teams and its mascot, Aubie, an anthropomorphic tiger, has claimed nine national…

Because of their incredible skills and often exorbitant salaries, sports fans expect athletes to give them so much, namely, among other endowments, stellar efforts, bragging rights and coveted championships. While…

The National Basketball Association’s regular season slate commences in 11 days, and while fans (as well as general managers) are making predictions on how the hoopsters will perform, many of them are also wondering how they will look. Nike has commenced its eight-year apparel partnership with the league and has worked hard to produce innovative…

The UK Independence Party (UKIP), the right-wing political party that pushed for the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union, has rebranded its image. Previously, the party's logo was a purple Pound symbol, but now, it will use a purple lion's head. That's not too noteworthy on its own: The U.K., especially England,…

Now that we have the slate that will produce the next Kings of October (or November if the World Series goes beyond Game 6, which is scheduled for Halloween), prognosticators will ponder such topics…