Titans Logo

[MinnesotaRaven]

Do ya have a link to your favs, the apparel peeps change those every minute. I like the two tone blue and white but then they clutter it up with that red "Soumi" and lion thingie.

I like the classic "SUOMI", not Finland text. I like both the home and away. There are lots of sleeve variations. This one is good. Personally, the busyness of all of the advertisements doesn't bother me too much. It is what it is. All European teams have them and if that allows the teams to get better funding, then I'm all for it.

https://www.tsn.ca/polopoly_fs/1.720...-heiskanen.jpg

I like this one a lot too.
https://img.yle.fi/urheilu/jaakiekko...leijonatfi.JPG

We got to play a team from Helsinki here in town (Rochester MN) a couple years ago (PeeWee A and AA teams, 12U). It was a lot of fun and really interesting to see the style differences in that age group.

Here is a great link to awesome hockey logo reference. I love some of the KHL logos like the Bison and Mastodon.
https://www.sportslogos.net/teams/li...on/iihf/logos/


Now, to bring this back on topic... (Kind of... lol)

Am I the only one who loved these Ravens uniforms?
https://russellstreetreport.com/wp-c...s-1024x512.jpg

[HotInHere]

Am I the only one who loved these Ravens uniforms?
https://russellstreetreport.com/wp-c...s-1024x512.jpg

Yes.

[wecoxepa]

I like the classic "SUOMI", not Finland text. I like both the home and away. There are lots of sleeve variations. This one is good. Personally, the busyness of all of the advertisements doesn't bother me too much. It is what it is. All European teams have them and if that allows the teams to get better funding, then I'm all for it.

https://www.tsn.ca/polopoly_fs/1.720...-heiskanen.jpg

I like this one a lot too.
https://img.yle.fi/urheilu/jaakiekko...leijonatfi.JPG

We got to play a team from Helsinki here in town (Rochester MN) a couple years ago (PeeWee A and AA teams, 12U). It was a lot of fun and really interesting to see the style differences in that age group.

Those jerseys are pretty good, they stuck to two tone blue. I've seen them where they put the Soumi or Suomi lettering in red, and that lion thingie in a red shield, for whatever reason. Reminded me of the Ravens throwing needless colors in there.

Now, to bring this back on topic... (Kind of... lol)

Am I the only one who loved these Ravens uniforms?
https://russellstreetreport.com/wp-c...s-1024x512.jpg

those are better than the white pants. I think if they go with this garish current set, the black pants look best with the purple shirt...from november on. Otherwise, wear white jerseys at home.

[MinnesotaRaven]

I've seen them where they put the Soumi or Suomi lettering in red, and that lion thingie in a red shield, for whatever reason. Reminded me of the Ravens throwing needless colors in there.

Those red ones must be a "Throwback" to versions from 70's-80's?

[wecoxepa]

Terve!

Same here, but from Sweden not Finland. The Wire sold me on Baltimore. The colours and style of play hooked me on Ravens.

shout out to this handle. The Wire?? ya know, I have some property on West Franklin...

I watched that and thought it was very classless. I also didn't like Jackson running off the field not shaking hands and trying to get all his other teammates to do the same.

Well you should learn about Jackson and his history with showing respect with people and the trash behavior of the Titans before clutching your pearls and calling Lamar Jackson classless.

told ya about these Bills guys and their backhanded diggs. Get it?... 2 g's... as in 2g network. buhehehe.

[Flou]

Not surprising. The only schoolmate my kid ever could get to like Ravens was Russian. I think there's more out of the box thinking in northern/central Europe. They have some garish looking Olympics garb.

Finnish Olympics garments are very hit or miss each time. Sometimes they got them right and sometimes they make your eyes bleed.

And, no we Finns ain't nothing like our not so neighborly neighbors the Russians.

I think growing a fandom outside of the core area usually comes down to few things:

A) The city itself. Some Finns are fans of every Boston/Chicago/NY team. For travelers the bigger cities on the coast line are more obvious choice and Baltimore as a city is not that well known around these parts of the world (unless you've actually watched The Wire or few of the other series that feature the city). My colleague actually surprised me a lot when he said he was going to visit Baltimore. To this day he remembers my astonishment and the quite direct question "Why the fuck are you going to Baltimore". Should have asked him to stop by a store and get me a jersey.

B) How good of a team they are or were. Steelers and Patriots seem to have quite a lot of fans. As example for the longest time only Super Bowl was aired in Finland and some years few of the playoff games. Steelers and Patriots were good during those years.

C) Timezones. Can you actually watch the games live without being a zombie at work the next day. East coast teams are perfect for Finns as the games start at 20.00 / 8pm and end around eleven.

D) Media coverage and games actually shown. Sports media or normal media rarely cover anything NFL related, unless it's the Super Bowl. These days you can actually see the games through NFL GamePass which is just amazing compared to availability before. ViaPlay and their previous partner Nelonen did not show that many Ravens games. At least not on Nelonen's channels. ViaPlay will show one game at each timeslot so odds are you aren't going to see Ravens game because they tend to air the "biggest" games or the games with bigger fanbases. Not sure about their web service though, but that was not available back in the day.


And to the few people welcoming me. Thank you, even though I've been registered here for a year and lurking for a lot longer.

[MinnesotaRaven]

Finnish Olympics....

Welcome! Helsinki looks awesome. I'd love to visit there someday. I'd love to spend some time further north in Lapland too. Fishing for trout and grayling in Finland would be a dream vacation.

[Ravenswintitle]

Peters fined $15,000 for stomping on logo


https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...aXrH7Vn-F5dS_c

[BcRaven]

Peters fined $15,000 for stomping on logo


https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...aXrH7Vn-F5dS_c

To me those kinds of fines are ludicrous. Someone pegged the NFL as the "No Fun League" and he/she was right. These are young athletes, in the heat of on-field battle, and their emotions sometimes get carried away. I ask : So What? A guy catches a long TD pass, another runs for a long TD, a 3rd Intercepts a pass late in the 4th to seal his team's victory. Do the NFL powers-that-be expect them to go back to their bench docile as sheep?

Here's a video that entertained me :

https://youtu.be/F3tssXf2RrQ

So what's the BIG DEAL about this one :

https://youtu.be/6utwU0kqW1s

SMH... Bc

[AQKingRaven]

To me those kinds of fines are ludicrous. Someone pegged the NFL as the "No Fun League" and he/she was right. These are young athletes, in the heat of on-field battle, and their emotions sometimes get carried away. I ask : So What? A guy catches a long TD pass, another runs for a long TD, a 3rd Intercepts a pass late in the 4th to seal his team's victory. Do the NFL powers-that-be expect them to go back to their bench docile as sheep?

Here's a video that entertained me :

https://youtu.be/F3tssXf2RrQ

So what's the BIG DEAL about this one :

https://youtu.be/6utwU0kqW1s

SMH... Bc

I couldnt agree more with your post Bc. Its entertainment at its finest. The drama has to be balaned though, unlike the modern NBA where it has almost become the product.