Classic Team Logo of the Day

Logo of the New Orleans Buccaneers basketball team, which played in the old American Basketball Association from the league’s inception in1967 until 1969. They were moved to Memphis for the 1970 season. Among the players for the Bucs in their 3 year existence were Steve Jones, Red Robbins, Gerald Govan, and 2 men who would go … Read More

This is an “alternate” logo of the new World Series champion San Francisco Giants, used from 2000 until now, that features the team’s crossed “SF” script that has been their cap logo since moving to the West Coast in 1958. The Giants, dating back to their days playing in the Polo Grounds in New York, have … Read More

Before winning the Stanley Cup in 1994, the last time the New York Rangers had been champions was in 1940. This logo is from even before that, having originated in 1935. The 1935-36 season was the Rangers’ 10th year in the National Hockey League, and the first time the team failed to qualify for the … Read More

Logo of the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, used from 1954, their first year in the CFL, until 1977. The team is widely known as the “BC Lions” and is based in Vancouver, B.C. The team is named after twin mountain peaks located in Vancouver that are known as ‘the lions” because they … Read More

Logo of basketball’s Cleveland Cavaliers, used from their inaugural season in the National Basketball Association in 1970 until 1983. The Cavaliers had the worst record in the NBA in their first season, but had success relatively early, reaching the playoffs in 1975 under coach Bill Fitch and defeating the  perennial powerhouse Washington Bullets in a playoff … Read More

An “alternate” logo of major league baseball’s Florida Marlins, used from their inaugural season as a National League expansion team in 1993 until 2004. The Marlins have been one of the most successful expansion franchises in professional sports, having won 2 World Series in their short history, in 1997 and again in 2003. Their amateur … Read More

Logo of the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals, used from 1995 until 2001. The Caps, founded as an expansion team in 1974, changed both their logo and team colors in ’95, and had a decent team in this era, under coach Jim Shoenfeld, and later Ron Wilson. Their roster included players like Peter Bondra, Dale … Read More

Logo of the Orlando Renegades, a team that played in the United States Football League. The team played its’ first 2 years in Washington before relocating to Florida in 1985. In Orlando, the Renegades played their home games in the Citrus Bowl, and their head coach was Lee Corso, currently a colorful college football analyst … Read More

Logo of the National Basketball Association’s Detroit Pistons, used from their first season in Detroit in 1957 until 1971. They moved to the Motor City from Fort Wayne, Indiana in ’57, and were mostly a losing operation during the era when this logo was used, although they had some of the sport’s greatest players on their … Read More

When major league baseball’s Houston Colt .45s moved into the first domed stadium ever built, the Astrodome, in 1965, owner Judge Roy Hofheinz renamed the team the Astros, and this was their inaugural logo, used from ’65 until 1974. The club had entered the National League as an expansion team in 1962, and, typical of expansion clubs, … Read More