New Winnipeg Jets logos: Eh
The Winnigpeg Jets unveiled their new logos today, and so far the reaction has been well, mixed to say the least
SCOTT JACOBS
In 1996 the Winnipeg Jets moved to Phoenix and became the Coyotes. In 2011 the Atlanta Thrashers left town after being bought by True North Sports and Entertainment and became the Jets. Complicating matters [...]
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Cartoon, Cartoon! Introducing Gary Finkler and his sports cartoons
From Obama and Goodell, to Ortiz playing first, to old Jets and new Jets, no sports topic is out of bounds for the brilliant graphic designer
SCOTT JACOBS
Sports are fun, cartoons are awesome. Sports cartoons are six kinds of epic. So we found a guy who loves both sports and graphic design, and we asked him [...]
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Let’s start a riot: Vancouver Canucks fans gone wild (as Bruins win the Cup)
The Bruins are Stanley Cup Champions after dominating the Canucks in game 7, but it’s Canucks fans making all the headlines after starting a massive riot in downtown Vancouver
SCOTT JACOBS
Canada loves their hockey. In the same way that the United States cherishes their football (not futbol), the country to the North loves their pucks. They [...]
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O Canada! Canucks avert history, win wild game 7
SCOTT JACOBS
Staring down the barrel of a humiliating offseason and a summer of endless questions, the Vancouver Canucks finally got the final goal to bury the pesky Chicago Blackhawks, their past demons, and a North American media ready to pounce on them for what would have been one of the great choke jobs in sports [...]
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NHL Guardian Project brings something interesting to hockey
MITCH BLATT
The NHL has found a great idea to bring interest to hockey: Unleashing each NHL franchise as a superhero!
They have partnered with Stan Lee to reveal one hero per day every day in January. We’re still waiting for 10 of the heroes to be unveiled, but the 20 they have so far look [...]
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Hockey players: Now fighting with fans
Ron Artest on ice.
MITCH BLATT
A week ago, I wrote about the immature thuggish sport of hockey that encourages assault. There were so many “thugs” in the NBA the year or two following Ron Artest’s fight. Oh, the bad media coverage you get if anyone in a real sport gets in a fight.
Now, as [...]
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Hockey: A game for 10-year-olds who never grow up
MITCH BLATT
Remember when you were 10 years old how fun it was to get in fights at school?
NHL players get into fights every game, sucker punching each other with intent to assault, getting into six fights in two minutes and intentionally breaking each others’ jaws.
Hockey is essentially legalized assault. Crime on ice. In [...]
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