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Which Major Sports Teams Are Most In Need of a Revamp?
Welcome to the weekend. As you may know, before I started writing for this site*, I worked at a grocery store to pay the bills while I was in college. Often, I would work a closing shift (at this particular store, 3 PM to 11 PM) with a handful of other people roughly my age. […]

Welcome to the weekend. As you may know, before I started writing for this site*, I worked at a grocery store to pay the bills while I was in college. Often, I would work a closing shift (at this particular store, 3 PM to 11 PM) with a handful of other people roughly my age. The place would be dead after 8:30 or 9, especially on a weeknight. This gave us lots of free time to discuss many, many things. I do remember one conversation I had with some of my coworkers on one of those nights, about what our least favorite sports uniforms were.
This was in 2015 or 2016. Three of the teams we talked about still haven’t changed.
Leaving aside their identity crisis in the mid-2000s (they are, officially, the Los Angeles Angels — no more “of Anaheim” suffix), the Angels have been pretty much unchanged since dropping their Disney uniforms ahead of the 2002 season. And while they instantly won their first World Series in the new threads (and were pretty competitive for the remainder of the 2000s), it is now more than time for the Angels to ditch the red. It has never made sense to me that a team called “the Angels” wore red, a color traditionally associated with the devil and demons. Let’s get some golds and blues up in here, some really heavenly shit.
I’ve never liked the wordmark — it’s always felt off-center and unbalanced to me. I’ve also never liked their sleeve patch. It’s just their cap logo, on the sleeve. It was extremely annoying when the Angels had both the roundel-A and cap logo sleeve patch, but then they kept the worse one when they added the ad patch!
Also: put the location name on the road jersey. I don’t care whether it’s Anaheim or Los Angeles or even California. Just please put it on the road jersey. Few things annoy me more in baseball, especially when the Angels’ wordmark is as weak as it is.
I’ve made no secret my disdain for the Mavericks’ unis (see this piece from after the NBA trade deadline), but it is kind of mindblowing to me that the team has been virtually unchanged since 2001, Mark Cuban’s first full season owning the team. Think about how long ago 2001 actually was. Everyone had a 70-pound CRT TV. AIM was the height of social media. Cell phones looked like this. Bill Clinton was still president for the first three weeks of that year!
It makes sense that Cuban, who became one of the very first tech billionaires, pivoted the Mavericks away from their previous identity towards the Y2K aesthetic, which was omnipresent at the time. What doesn’t make sense is that it’s stuck around for a quarter-century, long after the aesthetic faded into obscurity.
The fact that the Mavs have retained these for so long astounds me. They weren’t particularly good in 2001, and they’re extremely dated now. I would love to see the Mavs reorient their identity around this year’s City Editions, which have a more Dallas-y feel, in addition to being unlike any other primary look in the NBA.
Perhaps my most controversial pick for this piece. The Bruins first adopted this look back in 2007 (time flies) after a decade wearing what fans now call the Joe Thornton-era unis.
The adoption of this set marked a turning point in Bruins history. The offseason before, the Bruins used their vacant cap space from the Thornton trade to add towering defenseman Zdeno Chara and forward Marc Savard. With the emergence of youngsters Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, and David Krejci, the Bruins became one of the best teams in the NHL in the 2010s.
But now it’s 2025. Chara, Krejci, and Bergeron are retired. Savard’s been retired for over a decade following concussion issues. Marchand has been traded for one last Cup run. The Bruins are on a ten-game losing streak at the time of writing.
Like the team, the unis are starting to creak. The logo, which at the time seemed fresh and clean, now feels a bit busy. The shoulder yokes, which once felt retro, now just feel dated. The Bruins also dropped yellow socks for black in 2017, which downgraded the look of the home uni. When the team adopted their centennial season unis in 2023, it really brought to light just how much better the Bruins could look.
Now, the B’s are all but confirmed to be dropping these unis at the end of the season, and (if the leak is to be believed) will be addressing basically all of my concerns. Like in 2007, it seems to be the perfect time to say goodbye and usher in a new era of Bruins hockey with a new uniform. Let’s just hope they have yellow socks.
Moving from a team whose current look was adopted in 2007 to a team whose current look was adopted in 2008, the Tampa Bay baseball team has now spent nearly twice as long as the “Rays” than they ever did as the “Devil Rays.” One of the first critiques I ever remember hearing about the Rays’ look was that they went from looking like a professional baseball team to looking like a Florida retirement home’s baseball team, and that still feels right today.
There’s widespread nostalgia for the (Devil) Rays’ original, 90s-tastic look, but I was always partial to their second look, which they started wearing after only three seasons with their first identity. I feel like they could go back to this with minimal changes and instantly be one of the better-looking teams in MLB, instead of one of the most forgettable.
Also: neither MLB team I’ve chosen for this list has their location on their road jersey. I wasn’t thinking about that when I chose them (both the Angels and Rays were chosen because their looks are boring and forgettable and were adopted when I was a kid, and now I’m 30), but now I feel like I have to point it out.
The Thunder’s identity has always felt like a placeholder that everyone kind of forgot was a placeholder. There is nothing about the Thunder’s colorway, fonts, or logos that actually evokes “Thunder.” Where are the menacing deep greys and purples, like the sky during a thunderstorm? Where are the lightning bolts?
Don’t even get me started on this logo. It looks like clip art, and could be used for a basketball team called literally anything as long as they called Oklahoma City home. Back in 2015, the incomparable Zach Lowe ranked all 30 NBA team logos for Grantland. The Thunder were last. He spoke with designer Dick Sakahara, who worked with the Thunder on their identity, who told him that he had “a lot of bison [designs] that never got to be.” How cool would a bison logo be for Oklahoma’s only pro sports team? Lowe also spoke with Brian Byrnes, then the Thunder’s senior vice president for marketing and sales, who told Lowe “We didn’t feel like having professional players represented by [an] animal was where we wanted to be.” Someone should remind Byrnes of the Lions, Tigers, Eagles, Bulls, Cubs, Grizzlies, Cardinals, Bears…you get the idea.
The Thunder could be really cool. Instead, they’re really not.
*I also worked at a grocery store for many years while still writing for this site, but that’s neither here nor there.
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Reilly Named to USA Volleyball’s VNL Roster
Story Links COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Pepperdine junior libero Jacob Reilly has been named to the USA Volleyball Men’s Senior National Team and will compete in the Volleyball Nations League this summer. Reilly is the first Pepperdine men’s volleyball player to earn a spot on the senior national team […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Pepperdine junior libero Jacob Reilly has been named to the USA Volleyball Men’s Senior National Team and will compete in the Volleyball Nations League this summer.
Reilly is the first Pepperdine men’s volleyball player to earn a spot on the senior national team since Sean Rooney in 2013. The event, governed by the FIVB, features the world’s top national teams and includes competition stops in Rio de Janeiro; Chicago; and Kanto, Japan. Matches will stream live at tv.volleyballworld.com, with schedules and additional information available on the FIVB website.
In his first season at Pepperdine, Reilly averaged 1.8 digs per set and posted a .954 reception percentage, committing only 26 reception errors on 621 attempts. He led the conference in reception efficiency, recording the most total attempts with the fewest errors. During March, he allowed just three reception errors on 139 attempts, helping Pepperdine finish second in the MPSF in fewest service aces allowed (128) and leading the Waves to their seventh MPSF Championship and 19th NCAA tournament appearance.
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Princeton University
Five Princeton student-athletes have been named finalists for the 2025 William Winston Roper Trophy which is awarded annually to a Princeton senior man of high scholastic rank and outstanding qualities of sportsmanship and general proficiency in athletics. Presented by Mrs. William W. Roper and the Class of 1902. The William Winston Roper Trophy will be […]

Five Princeton student-athletes have been named finalists for the 2025 William Winston Roper Trophy which is awarded annually to a Princeton senior man of high scholastic rank and outstanding qualities of sportsmanship and general proficiency in athletics. Presented by Mrs. William W. Roper and the Class of 1902.
The William Winston Roper Trophy will be presented at the Gary Walters ’67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 22nd starting at 5:00 p.m. ET. For more information on the 2025 banquet, click here.
Meet the 2025 finalists!
Nicholas Lawson | Men’s Fencing
Nicholas Lawson, a physics major from New York, N.Y., bookended his Tiger career not just with bids to the NCAA Championships, but with All-American honors. As a rookie in 2022, he won 16 of 23 pool bouts at the NCAAs to qualify for the top-four individual semifinals, and once there, he defeated Penn’s Emon Deroian 15-11 to make the NCAA final. Lawson returned to the NCAA Championships in 2025, winning 12 pool bouts to finish ninth and earn his second All-American honor.
Along with the NCAA accomplishments, Lawson was a two-time U.S.F.C.A. first-team all-region honoree in 2024 and 2025, and he earned first-team All-Ivy recognition in 2025 while helping Princeton to its second straight Ivy League title. Lawson was an academic honoree as well, being included as a U.S.F.C.A. All-Academic Scholar of Distinction in 2023 and selected as the team’s Academic All-Ivy honoree in 2025.
Coulter Mackesy | Men’s Lacrosse
Coulter Mackesy is the all-time leader in goals scored in a career for the Princeton men’s lacrosse team, breaking a program mark that stood for 27 years. He is also one of three players in program history with at least 100 career goals and 80 career assists, and holds the Princeton single-season record for goals with 55, which he accomplished as a sophomore. Mackesy, a sociology major from Bronxville, N.Y., is second among all active Division I players in career goals and career points and his 238 career points rank third in program history.
A two-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection, Mackesy is also a 2025 Tewaaraton Award finalist, a 2025 first-team All-American by USA Lacrosse Magazine and a three-time Tewaaraton top 25 nominee. A member of the 2024 Ivy League all-tournament team, Mackesy led the Tigers to two Ivy League Tournament titles during his career as well as four consecutive NCAA Tournament berths. His senior campaign has seen the Tigers ranked top-3 nationally, and a win this Saturday would mark Markesy’s second trip to Final Four Weekend. In addition he was also the fourth overall selection in the recent Premier Lacrosse League draft.
Roko Pozaric | Men’s Water Polo
Roko Pozaric is a four time All-American and three time conference player of the year for Princeton men’s water polo. He is Princeton’s all-time leading goal scorer with 281 tallies while also ranking second all-time in assists, ranking Pozaric as arguably the best player in program history. An economics major from Zagreb Croatia, Pozaric made an immediate impact when he arrived at Princeton, being named the Northeast Water Polo Conference Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Tournament on his way to his first All-American honors.
In 2023, Pozaric had a career year and received recognition as the NWPC Tournament MVP and was named a Cutino Award finalist, an award presented annually by the Olympic Club to honor the nation’s most outstanding Division I male and female water polo athletes. He has helped transform the program into a national contender, winning the conference title four years in a row, making it to the Final Four in 2023 behind a program record 28 wins, finishing ranked fifth in the country the last two seasons and beating two of the water polo “big four”, in Cal and Stanford, during his career. Pozaric is a four time First Team All NWPC performer, 14-time conference player of the week and won an astonishing 90% of his sprints over his four years with the Tigers.
Henry Wedbush | Men’s Volleyball
Henry Wedbush is the heart and soul of the Princeton men’s volleyball program. He was named the 2025 EIVA Player of the Year, becoming just the second player in program history to earn the award. Wedbush led the Tigers through an incredible season, hallmarked by an EIVA Regular Season Championship. Among the nation’s best, he was named a 2025 All-America Honorable Mention. An economics major from Manhattan Beach, Calif., Wedbush finished his career with 2867 assists, averaging 8.77 a set. His senior season, Wedbush averaged 9.51 assists per set to put him at 24th in the nation. During the EIVA semifinals, Wedbush made a career-high 52 assists to help the Tigers advance to their third EIVA final during his four years.
In 2022, first-year Wedbush was part of the Princeton squad that defeated Penn State to win the EIVA championship. This year as a senior, Wedbush guided the team as the Tigers defeated Penn State on the road to clinch the EIVA regular season title. In addition to being named Player of the Year, Wedbush was also named to the First Team All-EIVA for the second-consecutive year, while being named to the Second Team his sophomore year. As a setter, Wedbush’s role on the court involves setting others up for success – a responsibility he excelled in with his leadership both on and off the court.
Harrison Witt | Men’s Track and Field
A three-time Ivy Champion, Harrison Witt has been a leader and an exceptional competitor for Princeton men’s track and field. In addition to his individual titles in the 1000, which he earned in 2022 and 2025, and the 1500, won this outdoor season, Witt is also a three-time Second Team All-Ivy honoree. Witt has rewritten the Princeton record books, currently holding the records individually for the 1000m, the mile, and the 1500m. He also anchored the 2025 distance medley relay squad that set a new Ivy record in the event. Showcasing his breadth of talent, Witt is on the leaderboard for the indoor and outdoor 800ms and the 4×800 relay. Witt is also a cross country Second Team All-Ivy honoree where he helped lead the Tigers to the 2024 Cross Country Championship.
Witt, an operations research and financial engineering major from Highlands Ranch, Colo., has raised the standard of success for Princeton at both the conference and national level. A two-time NCAA competitor, Witt helped the Tigers take fourth place in the DMR at the 2022 NCAA Championships, earning himself All-America honors. This indoor season, Witt finished in the top-10 in the mile at the NCAA championships, putting him in the top 20 of NCAA Division I performances all-time in the event. After working to come back from injury during his junior Fall, Witt has continuously worked to push his performance to new heights while leading the Tigers to collective championship success, including 11 total Heps team titles and three Triple Crowns during his career.
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Sheldon Qualifies for NCAA Outdoor Championships in High Jump
Story Links NCAA Championship Selections SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Sophomore Ashley Sheldon is heading back to the national championships for the second straight year, as she was selected to compete in the high jump at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the NCAA […]

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Sophomore Ashley Sheldon is heading back to the national championships for the second straight year, as she was selected to compete in the high jump at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the NCAA announced on Friday evening.
Sheldon is one of 22 student-athletes to qualify for the national championship in the high jump, making her only the third Union women’s outdoor track and field athlete to be selected for the national meet. Noemie Bechu ’17 twice qualified for the 400-meter dash during her sophomore and junior seasons in 2015-16, while Janice Glidden ’85 made nationals in the heptathlon back in 1982.
Sheldon qualified for the meet with a program record-matching leap of 1.67 meters (5’5.75″) at the Liberty League Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 3, winning her second conference title (and first outdoors) in two years. Her leap tied her for the 20th-best height in Division III this year, and she will be seeded in a tie for 19th at nationals. Allie Wildsmith of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy has the country’s best leap so far this outdoor season, clearing 1.78 meters (5’10”) in mid-April.
“We’re so proud of all the hard work Ashley put in this year to get to this point,” said head cross country and track & field coach Laura Nardelli. “She has battled through an ankle injury since her soccer season, and we finally decided to give her some time off over Spring Break to get her closer to full strength for the outdoor season. She’s so much stronger and more confident now, and just in the last couple of weeks has shown that she’s ready to hit some big marks.”
In two years, Sheldon already owns the school record in the indoor and outdoor high jump as well as the outdoor 100-meter hurdles, the indoor 60-meter hurdles and the indoor triple jump. The three-season student-athlete also is a two-year starter on defense for the women’s soccer team during the fall as well.
The 2025 NCAA Division III outdoor track and field championships run from Thursday, May 22 to Saturday, May 24 at the SPIRE Institute’s Outdoor Track & Field facility in Geneva, Ohio. Sheldon will compete on Friday’s second day of competition, with the women’s high jump set to begin at 11:30 a.m.
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Four Oles qualify for NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Story Links Men’s Qualifiers Women’s Qualifiers GENEVA, Ohio – Four members of the St. Olaf College men’s and women’s track and field teams qualified for next week’s 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, as announced on Friday […]

GENEVA, Ohio – Four members of the St. Olaf College men’s and women’s track and field teams qualified for next week’s 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, as announced on Friday evening.
Junior Isabel Wyatt and senior Alison Bode will represent the women’s team, while juniors Ignatius Fitzgerald and Kevin Turlington will compete for the men’s team at the national meet. The event will be held at the SPIRE Institute Thursday through Saturday, May 22-24.
Wyatt will compete in her first NCAA Outdoor Championships as the No. 16 seed in the 800-meter run (2:09.44) after earning Second Team All-America honors in the event with a ninth-place finish indoors this year. The junior will run in the prelims at 3:15 CT on Friday. The finals will be held at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday.
Bode will run in the 10,000-meter run at the national meet for the third season in a row after earning the No. 15 seed (35:35.82). The senior is a two-time All-American in the event after finishing ninth last year and eighth as a sophomore. The 10,000-meter run will be contested at 8:15 CT on Thursday.
A first-time national qualifier in track and field, Fitzgerald is the No. 7 seed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:52.30). The junior will race in the prelims on Thursday at 6:10 p.m. CT hoping to earn a spot in the finals the next day at 3:40 p.m. CT.
Turlington is the No. 21 seed in the 5,000-meter run (14:11.84) in his first outdoor national meet after claiming Second Team All-America honors with an 11th-place national finish indoors earlier this year. The event will be contested at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the second-to-last event of the championships.
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Huskers Sign Virginia Adriano – University of Nebraska
The Nebraska volleyball program and head coach Dani Busboom Kelly announced the addition of Virginia Adriano for the 2025 season on Friday. Adriano is a 6-5 opposite hitter from Turin, Italy who will have three years of NCAA eligibility. Adriano most recently played for Bergamo in Serie A1, Italy’s top professional league. In the season […]
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