Classic Team Logo of the Day

This is the logo of basketball’s Milwaukee Bucks, used by the NBA franchise from their inaugural season in 1968 until 1992. The Bucks, like every typical expansion team, struggled in that first season but then won a coin flip with fellow expansion team Phoenix to get the first draft choice. That choice turned out to … Read More

Logo of the National Lacrosse League’s Buffalo Bandits, a very successful indoor lacrosse franchise that was born in 1992 as an entry into the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL). The Bandits, hugely popular at the box office, won the MILL championship in each of their first 2 seasons in the league and 3 titles in … Read More

This simple logo of an early major league baseball team, the 1901 Baltimore Orioles, is a very significant and important historical logo in the history of the sport. The Orioles only played 2 seasons in Baltimore before being moved to New York, where they became the Highlanders, and ultimately, the Yankees, the sport’s most successful … Read More

The New York Islanders’ infamous “Gorton’s Fisherman” logo used by the National Hockey League team for 2 seasons, 1995 and ’96. It was introduced in ’95 as the team attempted to update its’  look, but was so unpopular with fans, who loved the team’s original logo from it’s proud championship years, that the team changed … Read More

Logo of the Philadelphia Bell football team, a member of the old World Football League in 1974 and ’75. The team drew well at their home games, but mostly because they distributed thousands of free tickets. The team was owned by a group headed by businessman John B. Kelly, Jr., brother of actress and Princess … Read More

Logo of the American Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Stars, who played in the league from 1968 through 1970. The franchise entered the ABA as the Anaheim Amigos, but they weren’t successful on the court or at the box office, and made the short move to L.A. after one season. They were coached by long-time NBA … Read More

Logo of major league baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates that was used from 1960 until 1967. Unlike today, the Pirates were one of the top teams in the National League in this era, and won a World Series title in dramatic fashion in the first year this logo was used, in 1960. Despite losing games to the … Read More

Logo of a team that played one season, 1934-35,  in the National Hockey League, the St. Louis Eagles. If their logo looks somewhat familiar, it’s because the eagle was copied from a city of St. Louis icon, the Anheuser-Busch Budweiser logo. The Eagles folded after one year, but  for a pretty unusual reason. The team had great attendance in … Read More

Logo of the United States Football League’s Los Angeles Express, who made big news in their second year in the league by signing QB Steve Young to a huge contract that included a $1 million per season annuity that he is still collecting on today. The team had made attempts to make a big splash … Read More

Logo of a charter member team of the old American Basketball Association, the Pittsburgh Pipers. The Pipers won the ABA title in the league’s first year of existence in 1967-68, behind ABA legend and future NBA star Connie Hawkins. True to the transient nature of the teams in the ABA in those early years, the Pipers, despite … Read More