It’s actually the Braves that ruin it for not having black with their red (no other Atlanta team has blue). But that’s likely because the Braves colors come from their time in Milwaukee and Boston and they didn’t change it when they came to Atlanta (IIRC, the Falcons juuuuust beat the Braves in pro sports teams based in Atlanta).
Only semi-seriously…
Green Bay has a minor-league indoor football team, the Blizzard, which uses green (with white and silver) as their colors.
The city also has a junior-level hockey team, the Gamblers. They don’t use green (their colors are black and gold), but they’re not a professional team (the USHL is an amateur league).
Here in Ottawa, almost all popular sports teams have used the red, black, and white which originated with the striped uniforms of the original Ottawa Hockey Club or “Silver Seven” from the early 1900s.
current teams:
Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Fury FC
Ottawa Redblacks
Ottawa 67s
former teams:
Ottawa Rough Riders
Ottawa Renegades
Ottawa Loggers
Ottawa Bootleggers
Three of Toronto’s four major pro teams (the Maple Leafs, the Blue Jays, and the Argonauts) all use dark blue and white (with the Argos adding a lighter blue). Alas, the Raptors are the outlier, currently using red, black, and silver.
Wow! The Pittsburgh team had some guy who was the splitting image of Julius DR J Erving! ![]()
And some other team had all of the Detroit Pistons as ringers.
Some ranking system had that listed as the Worst Sports Movie Ever. It’s so horrible it’s actually fun.
We lived not far from Pittsburgh and I vaguely remember, as a kid, when it was being filmed. It does look pretty awful now.
Not LA
I hope not to emphasize an obvious point, but hence the nickname of the current CFL team, the Ottawa Redblacks. Great pull by Sparky, I think we have a winner!
The OP is wrong because the Pittsburgh Pythons wore red and white and then added blue when they became the Pisces.
See post 18.
Goddammit Ike Witt!!!
<shakes fist>
The Redskins wear burgundy and gold. When you win 7 games over 2 seasons, getting the details right becomes important.
Yes, LA, according to their own team name:
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
(Whether that’s a silly name or not is a different discussion.
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Miami Dolphins and Marlins both have aqua and orange.
Two out of four, anyway, now that the Marlins are no longer teal, black, and silver. (The Heat and Panthers aren’t in aqua nor orange.)
Sadly, the Montreal Impact ruin the conformity – they’re just blue, with black and white details.
Toronto FC also breaks the rule – red and grey.
As ridiculous as renaming the Baltimore Orioles the Washington Orioles of Baltimore.
Not colors, but how about a theme?
The teams that played indoor sports in Anaheim were all water themed at one time, though most of them are gone.
Anaheim Mighty Ducks (now Ducks), ice hockey
Anaheim Piranhas, Arena Football
Anaheim Bullfrogs, Indoor Roller Hockey
Anaheim Splash, Indoor Soccer