Archive for August, 2009
Oregon Sports Podcast Hits 100 Subscribers
The Oregon Sports Podcast has reached 100 subscribers! Thank you all for subscribing!
Oregon Sports Podcast’s New Intro and Outro!
The Oregon Sports Podcast now has a very awesome intro and outro, thanks to Troy Brimm. Any intro that includes the words “diddly-poo” and “suck” is awesome.
It’s ‘offical’: The Hood to Coast T-shirts are here
This year’s Hood to Coast T-shirt just might become a collector’s item.
It’s one of the largest relay races in the world, with thousands of volunteers on hand to cheer the participants, hand them cups of water and, this year, greet them with official logo T-shirts that contain a glaring error.
Sharp-eyed volunteers with the Hood to Coast Relay race noticed this weekend that their newly issued orange T-shirts contain the words “RACE OFFICAL,” instead of “RACE OFFICIAL.”
The 197-mile race from Mount Hood to the Oregon Coast on Aug. 28-29 will have 12,000 runners and 3,500 volunteers.
But Robert Foote, the Hood to Coast president, shrugged off the mistake this afternoon and said he would not have the shirts reprinted.
“We’ve got a pretty big project,” Foote said. “This is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.”
Besides, Foote said, the shirt could become a collector’s item.
Blazers unveil new uniforms for 2009-10 season
Hardwood classic from the ’70s and a new “Rip City” jersey will be worn in honor of the Trail Blazers’ 40th anniversary year.
Portland Winterhawks Cheerleaders!
Posted by admin in Commentary on August 10th, 2009
http://www.winterhawks.com/rosebuds/
Who’s the hottest cheerleader? I like the Ericas and Vickie.
The UFL will be home to the Trains and the Trees
Posted by admin in Commentary, News on August 12th, 2009
With the league making its television debut 59 days from now, the United Football League figured that it might be about time to release some team names and some uniforms. The first two in the books are theLas Vegas Locomotives and the California Redwoods. Those are the teams you see pictured above, with the Redwoods on the left and the Choo Choo Trains on the right.
It just so happens that these two behemoths will do battle in the UFL’s inaugural game on October 10 onVersus.
The uniforms appear to be exactly the same in the design and pattern, with only the fruity colors differing. It doesn’t look like the UFL plans on getting all that creative with logos, either.
I’ll be honest with you: I’m a little disappointed in Vegas’ name. I was hoping for something cheesier and more Vegas-y, like the Las Vegas Gamblers, High Rollers, Pit Bosses, Snake Eyes, or Doublers Down. But no, we get trains. Here’s the explanation from the UFL’s Roger Goodell, Michael Huyghue:
Well, hooray for railroad history. There’s a topic that captivates America’s youth.
As for the Redwoods, a name I like a little better (though it would seem to allow for the color red, or the color of trees to exist somewhere in the uniform), here’s the explanation on that one:
How important are uniform aesthetics and cool logos and nicknames to the UFL’s survival?
The on-field product will certainly be inferior to that of the NFL, so I would guess that things like production value and making sure that nothing looks “minor league” would be important. On the other hand, the XFLand USFL had more distinctive and creative looking squads, and look where they are now. So who knows?
Announcements are still to come on the Florida and New York franchises. All primary colors remain available.
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