The Diamondbacks announced in early September 2006 that their uniforms, which remained largely unchanged since the team's first season, would be completely redesigned for the 2007 season.

The Red Sox logo worn on uniforms in 1908, announcing the team's first official nicknameIn, the upstart American League established a competing club in Boston.

That same year Lara amassed 688 runs in the three match away Test series against Sri Lanka making three centuries, and one fifty – including the double century and a century in the first and second innings of the 3rd Test Match at the Sinhalese Sports Ground, equating to 42 % of the team's runs in that series.

" The team's first demonstration before Navy officials took place on 10 May 1946 and was met with enthusiastic approval.

" The Blue Angels ' first public demonstration also netted the team its first trophy, which sits on display at the team's current home at NAS Pensacola.

Jack Brabham took the team's first win at the non-championship Solitude Grand Prix in 1963.

The team was founded in the 1940s as a charter franchise in the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ), with Paul Brown, the team's namesake and a pioneering figure in professional football, as its first coach.

On January 29, 2012, for the first time since the team's inception, the Carolina Panthers unveiled a new refined logo and logotype.

On April 17, 1994, the Rockies beat Montreal 6 – 5, moving the team's record to 6 – 5 — the first time in franchise history that the club had a winning record.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the injury to Walker and the trading of two of the team's most popular players, the Rockies finished third in the National League in attendance in 2000, marking the first time in club history that it did not lead the league in attendance.

He was the team's second-leading scorer, helping the Sounders make it to the playoffs for the first time in their brief history, with 8 goals and 4 assists in 23 regular season games, and 1 goal in the playoffs.

Greenberg immediately became the favorite to become the new team's first owner and persuaded Veeck to join him as his partner.

It marked the first time since the team's inception that orange was not part of the team's colors.

The loss marked the end of an era that saw the Jaguars make the playoffs in four of the team's first five years and would be the team's last playoff appearance until the 2005 season.

On August 31, 2007, the Jaguars announced that long time back-up quarterback David Garrard would start for the team, ahead of former first round draft pick, Byron Leftwich who was released in the team's final roster cuts.

EverBank Field ( formerly known as Jacksonville Municipal Stadium and Alltel Stadium ) is located on the north bank of the St. Johns River, and has been the home of the Jaguars since the team's first season in 1995.

Gurney took the lead driver role, and the team's first world championship win, while Brabham gave up his car to several other drivers towards the end of the season.

Many of the team's highlights from this era instead centered around the end of Brett's career, such as his third and final batting title in 1990 – which made him the first player to win batting titles in three different decades – and his 3, 000th hit.

From the team's first season in 1961 to 1982, the team had called Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington home.

Since the team's first season in 1961, the Vikings have had one of the highest winning percentages in the NFL.

The team's uniforms were redesigned in 2006, the first significant change in the franchise's 46-year history.

The team's playoff drive took a hit late in the year, however, losing three of four games in a crucial series in Atlanta, dropping the Brewers to a season-high 3. 5 games out of first.

In the team's first trip to the Western Conference Finals, they were matched up against another Cinderella team, the sixth seeded Minnesota Wild.

On December 14, the Bobcats beat the New Orleans Hornets 94 – 93 in overtime in the team's first trip to Charlotte after their move to New Orleans.

The Canisius College softball team recently won the 2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, its 3rd consecutive title win, marking the team's 11th trip to the NCAA tournament in the last 15 years.

The school made national news in May 2010 when administrators denied a girls ' basketball team's trip to Arizona, ostensibly out of concern for the safety of the students was infringed by the recently-passed Arizona SB1070 anti-illegal immigration law.

When attached to a football game, Homecoming traditionally occurs on the team's return from the longest road trip of the season.

Later, Youkilis was swept up in the team's ritual annual hazing, in which he and other rookies were made to wear skimpy Hooters waitress outfits, orange satin shorts and tight, clingy white tank tops, for the team trip from Canada through US Customs in Florida.

Nowadays, NBA teams almost always play each other in the preseason, but mainly at neutral sites within their market areas in order to allow those who can't usually make a trip to a home team's arena during the regular season to see a game close to home ; for instance the Minnesota Timberwolves will play games in arenas in North Dakota and South Dakota, while the Phoenix Suns schedule one exhibition game outdoors at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California yearly, the only such instance an NBA game takes place in an outdoor venue.

2001: Oregon came into the game needing only a victory over their arch-rival for the team's first outright Pacific-10 Conference championship since 1994 and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl ; the Beavers needed a win to secure a winning season.

" ( Benson was, in fact, drafted by the Pirates during the team's trip to Omaha.

* WWLS The Sports Animal in Oklahoma released a parody to celebrate the 2000 Oklahoma Sooner football team's trip to the National Championship game.

At one point, he reported to the team's arena in preparation for a road trip, but was left in Manchester in favour of the team's other goaltenders.

The Seahawks forced four turnovers, and allowed only 36 rushing yards and 14 points, as they advanced to their first Super Bowl trip in the team's 30-year history.

The 1923 – 24 season began with tragedy, as Tigers ' forward Foley Martin died of blood poisoning during the team's season opening road trip to the pacific coast.

During the team's first two seasons, the Knights began their regular schedule with an extended homestand ; then began a mid-season bus trip to every CBA team in the league ; then finished out the season with another homestand.

One of the team's first missions was to stop the New Mutants from rescuing Kitty Pryde who had been captured while accompanying her friend and soon-to-be hero Doug Ramsey on a trip to see whether he wanted to accept a scholarship with the Massachusetts Academy, the school run by the White Queen in her public identity as Emma Frost.

Unlike in basketball, where players are allowed to commit only 5 fouls in a game ( 6 in the NBA ), handball players are allowed an unlimited number of faults, which are considered good defense and disruptive to the attacking team's rhythm.

The Connecticut Sun, Seattle Storm, and Tulsa Shock are the only current teams to play without sharing the market with an NBA team ( although the Storm shared a market with the Seattle SuperSonics before that team's relocation ).

The team's operating income of $ 12. 7 million was on par with such old standards of the NBA such as the Boston Celtics who earned $ 12. 9 million and far exceeding the net operating losses of the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trailblazers of -$ 17. 4 and -$ 20. 3 respectively.

The Magic hired Matt Guokas as the team's first coach, who helped the Magic select twelve players in the NBA Expansion Draft on June 15, 1989.

Near the end of the season, with a playoff-push faltering, Weisbrod fired Davis after leading Davis to believe he was going to be the team's head coach for the entire 2004 – 05 NBA season.

Shinn hired Carl Scheer, a longtime NBA executive, as the team's first general manager.

Former college coach and veteran NBA assistant Dick Harter was also hired, becoming the team's first head coach.

In the summer of 1984 the team's fortunes changed forever when it received the third pick of the 1984 NBA Draft, after Houston and Portland.

The result of Stepien's questionable trading acumen was the loss of several of the team's first-round draft picks, which led to a rule change in the NBA prohibiting teams from trading away first-round draft picks in consecutive years.

Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, a Cavs 1996 NBA Draft | 1996 first round draft pick, a 2 time NBA All Star for the Cavs, and the team's all-time leader in games played, rebounds, and blocked shots.

The play did not count as a rebound since firing at your own team's basket does not count as a shot attempt, and in fact is a technical foul under NBA rules.

While with the Cavs, he was the 2003 – 04 Rookie of the Year, a 2 time NBA MVP ( 2009 and 2010 ), a 6 time NBA All Star, and the team's all-time leading scorer.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers debuted in the NBA in 1970, the team's original jerseys were wine and gold.

The Detroit Pistons | Pistons are honored at the White House for the team's victory in the 2004 NBA Finals.

However, the Pistons won the series in dominating fashion, defeating Los Angeles in five games for the team's third NBA Championship.

At the 1980 NBA All-Star Game, league owners voted to admit the new team, with the team's name coming from the 1957 – 1962 TV western Maverick.

Dick Motta, who had guided the Washington Bullets to the NBA Championship in 1977 – 78, was hired as the team's first head coach.

Kiki Vandeweghe of UCLA was drafted by the Mavs with the 11th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft, but Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks and staged a holdout that lasted a month into the team's inaugural season.

Nowitzki emerged as the team's leader, and with Avery Johnson coaching the team, the Mavericks would make their first NBA Finals appearance in 2006 ; along the way exacting revenge against the Spurs and defeating Steve Nash and the Suns.

The team's majority owner is Michael Heisley, who controls a 95 % share of the franchise ; the remaining 5 % is controlled by several local owners, including AutoZone founder J. R. (" Pitt ") Hyde, his wife Barbara Hyde, equity manager Staley Cates, and former NBA player and University of Memphis point guard Elliot Perry.

Two days before the 2009 NBA Draft, Spurs general manager R. C. Buford acted to address the team's age and health concerns by acquiring 29-year-old swingman Richard Jefferson from the Milwaukee Bucks.

Along with their inaugural championship win in the 1946 – 47 season, the Warriors have won two others in the team's history, including another in Philadelphia after the 1955 – 56 season, and one as Golden State after the 1974 – 75 season, tying them for 5th in the NBA in number of championships.