I want to take this time (after neglecting the blog for so long) to welcome the newest member of the NBA’s D-League: The Ft. Wayne Mad Ants! Ft. Wayne actually had a locally popular CBA team before Isiah Thomas blew up that league (on his way to then destroying multiple franchises in the NBA) and I have a feeling that the Mad Ants will be successful there.

But damn, how about that name? I actually love it. It wouldn’t fly in a major league but it’s perfect for the minors. And for those curious, it’s a very roundabout way of naming the team after the city’s namesake: General “Mad Anthony” Wayne

And I absolutely love the logo. Who’s going to buy me a Mad Ants jersey for my 30th this year?

via Uni Watch

Update: The President of the Mad Ants (the queen? Hmmm.) is running a blog. No comments though but it does bring out this gem from Ants President Jeff Potter:

Oh, and by the way, my irrational fascination with Sanjaya has not waned. I make this promise to the city of Fort Wayne – I will do my best to bring Sanjaya to town to sing at one of our games! And, no, that is not a threat, it is a promise.

Words fail me.

Yes! Hockey! it really does exist and tonight is the All-Star Game. Since I’ll be watching anyway, why not live blog it? (And fittingly enough, my heat went out in my apartment.)

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Hi, my name is Jason and I have a strange obsession with sports uniforms. I blame it all on UniWatch: the hatred of Nike, the knowledge that the Detroit Tigers have two version of their ‘D’ logo, the instinct to judge any sports uniform I see (Pitt’s road basketball unis? UGLY.). But the biggest thing is a love for striped socks (thanks to the latest UniWatch for the link to that picture to the right.) Really, tell me these don’t kick ass. Oh and is Larry Johnson doing a Pete Maravich thing with his droopy socks?

Annnyway the whole point of this post is a striped sock issue that hits close to home for me - The Indianapolis Colts. For some reason in the 2006-07 season there was a minor uniform tweak: They changed the socks from having some really great stripes to now just solid blue over solid white. A travesty if you ask me.

This page has some excellent historical Baltimore Colts pictures. When I think historical Colts, I think striped socks. The 1958 championship team, Super Bowl V champions, Johnny U and Alan Ameche.

Side note: Browsing that gallery I noticed the Colts have had numerous sock styles over time. There were some periods with no stripes (Bert Rechichar sometime between ‘53 an ‘59), two stripes (Gene Lipscomb sometime between ‘56 and ‘60), two narrow stripes (Tom Matte sometime between ‘61 and ‘72) and one stripe (like the Johnny U picture above).

But back to the matter at hand.

Really. It’s no contest, right?