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We Say Goodbye to an Awesome Sports Logo
Besides selling t-shirts, (which by the way, we can’t thank you enough for your business) the goal of Awesome Sports Logos is to educate you about the history of sports logos and to try to bring back the fun and creativity in the sports logo business which unfortunately has become a dying art. On Saturday night, the Houston Aeros were knocked out of the American Hockey League playoffs by the Grand Rapid Griffins (a cool logo) and with that the historic Aeros logo was buried in the logo cemetery.

This logo dates back to the 1970’s and the World Hockey Association. You wouldn’t think of Houston, Texas as a puck hotbed but Gordie Howe actually played in an Aeros uniform. The Aeros had a loyal fan base in Houston and finished in the top 6 in AHL attendance each year. Unfortunately, the rent became too high and there was no other arena suitable so the Aeros are off to their new home Iowa. Here’s where our continuous frustration with franchises continues. The parent club, the Minnesota Wild has decided to come up with the creative name and logo, ready, ready, drumroll…. The Iowa Wild. Uggh.
In their first press conference owner Craig Leipold said that he wanted to use the synergies of the brand, the Minnesota Wild. As I’ve said from day one, I get it that every chance you get, you want to expand your brand. I also think that it’s short sided. When we were kids, we didn’t buy minor league ball caps because they sported our major league logo. We bought them because they were creative and they were different. As more teams are owned by their parent club, creative names in the city in which they play are becoming a thing of the past. The Iowa Wild will join another minor league team in town, the Iowa Cubs. Who do you think they are the minor league affiliate of?
Why not the Iowa Monks? I’d buy that gear. The city is named after the Des Moines River, which may have been adapted from the French Rivière des Moines, literally meaning "River of the Monks”. Picture a mean looking monk holding a hockey stick in the face off position with a snarl on his face. That accentuates the history of the region with a cool name and that’s what makes an Awesome Sports Logo.
The good news is that talk of a new arena in Houston is in the works to support the Houston Rodeo. If that happens, you can bet that Houston will get another hockey team and hopefully continue the tradition of the Aeros. Until then, it’s the Iowa Wild taking on the Texas Stars…yawn.
At Awesome Sports Logos, we actually have an Iowa team and it’s my wife’s favorite. When she was a child, she would spend her summers in Decorah, Iowa, which is three and half hours north of Des Moines. Located at the intersection of State Highway 9 and US Route 52, this small city grows larger each July. My wife tells me one of her favorite childhood memories was attending the annual Nordic Fest, a celebration of the Norwegian culture. The troll is also a large part of this culture and we’ve created a semi-ugly yet cool looking troll holding a club-like baseball bat and dawning the Nordic colors. This logo has great history and is a great conversation piece. If an Iowa Wild t-shirt doesn’t excite you, we can guarantee some looks when you wear the Decorah Trolls awesome t-shirt.


Gavin Spittle
Founder, Logo Lover and T-shirt Wearer
Posted in Decorah IA Sports T-Shirts by Gavin on 5/7/2013 at 10:22:21 am.
How to Gush About Houston

Houston is awesome! Sure, I’m biased because that’s where Awesome Sports Logos began but there are a lot of major companies that call H-Town home. Like how I just put myself in the same category? We can dream can’t we? The 4th largest city isn’t really the tourist destination like other major cities but if you live in Houston, you grow to love Houston. You actually act like you work for the chamber of commerce by defending the Bayou City. “Humidity is overrated”, “Traffic is much better”. Fact is, the humidity has been worse in Dallas and they have done a great job improving the freeways. Like I said, you live there and you consider it a “hidden gem”.
Houston has two major sports teams. Now before you correct me, let's be honest, the Astros have fallen that bad. Sure they play teams from the Majors but when your entire payroll is less than Alex Rodriguez’s, you need help. The Rockets are in the playoffs for the first time in years and it looks as though they can model their franchise around James Harden. The Texans are the talk of the town. Kudos to the sports fans in Houston for suffering through nine subpar seasons before the team made the playoffs. They’ve sold out the stadium since day one. JJ Watt is a beast on defense and Andre Johnson is destined to be the first Texan’ inducted in Canton. Two straight years of playoff losses to the Ravens have the natives restless though. This is a big year for Gary Kubiak and his Texans to see if they can take it to the next level.
There’s a new baseball team in Houston that probably could pick up more wins than the Astros if it was an actual team. It’s the Houston Gushers. We picked the name “Gushers” because of the rich oil history in the area. Even though I didn’t live in the area at the time of their departure, I was heartbroken at the Oilers logo becoming extinct. I thought the city needed another logo that celebrated “black gold”. You still see people wearing Oilers merchandise throughout the city but they probably don’t realize that their passion for the former team is putting money back in the pocket of the man who moved them in the first place Bud Adams.
Houston is a great place that I have no problem “Gushing” about and when I do, I’ll proudly wear my Gushers awesome t-shirt to represent H-town.

Thanks for reading,
Gavin Spittle
Founder, Logo Lover, T-shirt wearer
Houston vs New England Preview
If the Houston Texans need any kind of inspiration to pull off what many think would be the upset of the year, they need to look no further than less than 24 hours ago when the #4 seeded Baltimore Ravens took down Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. Denver was coming off a bye week fully rested and winners of eleven straight before yesterday’s amazing double overtime loss.
That’s exactly why you play the game and now both the Patriots and the Texans have further inspiration because the winner gets the AFC Championship on their turf. If the Texans have any chance, their offense has to revert back to its first quarter of the season form where they averaged nearly 32 points per game. They also need to not go away from feeding Arian Foster. In their last showcase meeting, New England dominated the line of scrimmage but the Texans were without Derek Newton and Garrett Graham. Here’s a great statistic to carry into today’s game. When Arian Foster rushes for 100 yards or more, the Texans are 8-0.
Not bad for a t-shirt guy breaking down today’s game. We love the NFL playoffs here at Awesome Sports Logos and this is one of the best sports weekends of the year. We also love the history of sports logos so let’s get into who wins in the sports logo business.


Modern day logo winner: Texans


Retro Logo Winner: New England Patriots




Thanks for reading and enjoy the game everyone!!
Gavin Spittle
Founder, Logo Lover and T-shirt Wearer
www.awesomesportslogos.com
Fifty Shades of Grey in an Awesome Sports Logos World
I could tell from that look in her eye and the way that she touched my shoulder that….wait a minute, I can’t do this. I’m not a romance novel writer, I’m a t-shirt guy. Under thousands of Christmas trees will be copies of the book that has sold over 65 million copies worldwide, 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James. Meanwhile, the number of Awesome Sports Logos funny sports t-shirts under Christmas trees will be one or two fewer.
So curl up, make sure you’re alone as we present 50 shades of Grey T-shirt parody by Awesome Sports Logos. The first thing we want to make sure is that you are properly protected. You can’t be too careful these days. Therefore, make sure you have your rubbers, Akron Rubbers that is. Akron is the rubber capital of the United States.








Founder, Logo Lover, T-shirt Wearer, Trashy Romance Novel Novice.
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