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July 22, 2011
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Uruguay is playing for its record 15th Copa America title in the Battle of the 'Guays Sunday against Paraguay. Paraguay reached the final without wining or losing any of its five matches.
My prediction: Para's streak ends and Suarez leads the attack as Uru breaks past Argentina for most trophies, fittingly on Argentine soil at the stadium where River Plate was relegated last month,
posted by billsaysthis at 03:52 PM on July 22, 2011
Winnipeg Unveils Jets New Logos
posted by tommybiden at 05:05 PM on July 22, 2011
I like the new Jets logo. I was hoping for more of an Avro Arrow look, but this will do.
posted by grum@work at 06:06 PM on July 22, 2011
Like the logos, but the maple leaf in the all-word logo looks like an apostrophe.
posted by rcade at 06:20 PM on July 22, 2011
Winnipeg Unveils Jets New Logos
Looks a lot like an F/A-18 in planform view. Since the F/A-18 is the standard fighter/attack aircraft of the Canadian forces, it makes sense.
posted by Howard_T at 08:50 PM on July 22, 2011
For the next few years anyway.
The RCAF is in the process of purchasing Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II jets to replace the F-18A.
posted by tommybiden at 09:01 PM on July 22, 2011
The notch in the circle represents "True North", the group that brought the NHL back to Winnipeg.
The circle and leaf logo is a re-imaging of the current Canadian Air Force logo:
posted by grum@work at 09:19 PM on July 22, 2011
Strange that the history of the new Jets is discontinuous with the history of the old Jets
old Jets > Phoenix Coyotes
Atlanta Thrashers > new Jets
(as compared with the NFL Browns who relocated and became the Ravens but left the history behind)
posted by kokaku at 06:15 AM on July 23, 2011
Jose gets help with his insecurities, has title bumped to Sporting Director of Football.