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Truth In Logos: The Detroit Cabreras?

This is a couple of weeks old, but still good for a smile, if you haven't seen it. ESPN.com's Page 2 came up with alternate logos for each MLB team, attempting to more "accurately portray" each club. Here's the Detroit Tigers logo they came up with:

Unfortunately... that's probably quite accurate.

You can see the rest of the "revised" American League logos here. And the National League logos can be found here. 

(via KSTP's Chris Long on Twitter)

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by Ian Casselberry • Sep 2, 2010 8:29 AM EDT

Michigan State's Pat White To Transfer

Pat White (no relation to the former West Virginia quarterback of the same name) has left the Michigan State football program and requested to transfer. White, a redshirt freshman safety, dropped on the depth chart during camp, which could be the reason for his departure.

White was passed in camp by true freshman Isaiah Lewis and was not in the two deep at the end of camp. He has not yet chosen a destination. This is a hit to MSU's depth, and from watching drills going back to last season, I always thought White looked like a future player. Someone will get a good one.

MSU's depth chart at free safety has Trenton Robinson starting and the aforementioned Isaiah Lewis backing him up. Jesse Johnson is now the third-string FS with White leaving the team.

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by Sean Yuille • Sep 2, 2010 3:10 AM EDT

Ohio State To Again Wear Nike Pro Combat Jerseys Against Michigan

Just as they did last year, Ohio State is going to wear Nike Pro Combat uniforms against Michigan. Last year's uniform was a tribute to the 1954 national championship team, and quite frankly they were quite ugly, which fits with the overall theme of Nike's Pro Combat series. A couple of the designs were cool, but the rest were just plain ugly.

It seems that is also the theme for this year's Pro Combat jerseys, as they all are quite ugly. Ohio State's is no exception, either.

At first glance, this uniform looks like Alabama's Pro Combat set, just with gray pants instead of white. The jersey itself isn't that bad considering it pays tribute to the 1942 team and has a military theme, but as a whole it just doesn't look good. The helmet especially is weird to me. Seeing OSU wear a white helmet with numbers a year ago was weird enough, but an all red helmet just seems out of place for the Buckeyes.

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by Sean Yuille • Sep 1, 2010 12:21 PM EDT

Davidson Estate Quietly Settles Three Lawsuits

When longtime Pistons owner Bill Davidson passed away last year, Forbes magazine valued his fortune at $5.5 billion. With that kind of price tag around his neck, and since he had been married four times with several children and step-children, it didn't come as too much of a shock to hear three separate lawsuits were filed seeking a piece of his luxurious estate. The good news, though, is that it wasn't a "knock-down drag-out fight all the way to trial":

At least three lawsuits have been filed against the estate, and all three have been quietly settled. One was filed by a New York-based nonprofit called the Areivim Philanthropic Group, which is devoted to supporting Jewish educational causes. [...]

[...] Two other lawsuits were filed by Israeli businessmen operating as Milestones Upgrading & Industries and related parties.

All three suits were settled for undisclosed amounts, but the Israeli businessmen were reportedly seeking the remaining $15 million of a $40 million pledge Davidson made when he was alive. 

There's no telling how distracting the lawsuits were on Mrs. Davidson in selling the team. However, a few less items on the docket certainly can't hurt in freeing up some time for her to evaluate the potential buyers and get the organization sold as soon as possible. 

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by Brian Packey • Aug 31, 2010 8:14 PM EDT