SF Giants – Freakin’ Awesome World Series Victory!

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DETROIT — Three weeks ago, it seemed impossible. A week-and-a-half ago, it seemed unimaginable.

But after what the San Francisco Giants accomplished on a frigid Sunday night in October, maybe we should vow never to use those words again in sports. (Click to read the entire ESPN article by Jayson Stark at ESPN.com)

Santa Sports Mojo – “All I Want For Christmas”

Check out the crazy fun Play Strong® Santa Sports Mojo line (hockey, soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and basketball) of t-shirts, hoodies, ornaments, Christmas cards and more! The Hockey “Checking It Twice” t-shirt is all this little guy wants for Christmas!

LAX Christmas Cards: Play Strong® Sports Powercards™

Lacrosse Christmas Cards

LACROSSE “THE NUTCRACKER” CHRISTMAS CARD!

Introducing Lacrosse Santa Sports Mojo “The Nutcracker” Christmas Cards from Play Strong® Sports! (Click Here to visit the Play Strong Store) Play Strong® the leading sports greeting card brand for players, coaches and fans announced the launch of it’s Christmas sports greeting cards series “Holiday Mojo”. These fun and expressive sports themed holiday cards (seven designs) are perfect for the sports-lover and include original Soccer (“Missile-Toe”), Basketball (“The Stocking Stuffer”), Baseball (“The Snow Cone”), Hockey (“Checking It Twice”), Football (“The Holiday Rush”) and Lacrosse (“The Nucracker”) original illustrations and designs.

AVAILABLE AT THE PLAY STRONG® STORE!

Each can be previewed and purchased at the Official Play Strong® Store or at the Amazon.com Play Strong® Store. This Holiday Season, Play Strong® and unleash your inner sports mojo!

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[ Play Strong® Sports is the exciting sports lifestyle brand dedicated to having fun and changing the world. Our signature products are our Sports Powercards™ incredibly cool and encouraging sports greeting, note, thank you, thanks coach and birthday cards featuring over 20 sports including basketball, soccer, tennis, swimming, water polo, field hockey, football, baseball, lacrosse and hockey! Check us out at PlayStrongStore.com and on Amazon.com ]

Football Christmas Cards: Play Strong® Sports Powercards™

CRUSH THE HOLIDAY RUSH!

Introducing Football Santa Sports Mojo Christmas Cards from Play Strong® Sports! Santa Football “The Holiday Rush” Christmas Cards, check ‘em out! Play Strong® the leading sports greeting card brand for players, coaches and fans announced the launch of it’s Christmas sports greeting cards series “Holiday Mojo”. These fun and expressive sports themed holiday cards (seven designs) are perfect for the sports-lover and include original soccer (“Missile-Toe”), basketball (“The Stocking Stuffer”), baseball (“The Snow Cone”), hockey (“Checking It Twice”), football (“The Holiday Rush”) and lacrosse (“The Nucracker”) original illustrations and designs. Click Here to visit the Official Play Strong® Store or at the Amazon Play Strong® Store. This Holiday Season, Play Strong® and unleash your inner sports mojo!

Football Christmas Cards

[ Play Strong® Sports is the exciting sports lifestyle brand dedicated to having fun and changing the world. Our signature products are our Sports Powercards™ incredibly cool and encouraging sports greeting, note, thank you, thanks coach and birthday cards featuring over 20 sports including basketball, soccer, tennis, swimming, water polo, field hockey, football, baseball, lacrosse and hockey! Check us out at PlayStrongStore.com and on Amazon.com]

Sports Christmas Cards: Hockey Christmas Sports Powercards™

Awesome Hockey Christmas Cards!

Introducing Hockey Santa Sports Mojo Christmas Cards from Play Strong® Sports! Christmas Hockey “Checking It Twice” Christmas Cards, check ‘em out! Play Strong® the leading sports greeting card brand for players, coaches and fans announced the launch of it’s Christmas sports greeting cards series “Holiday Mojo”. These fun and expressive sports themed holiday cards (seven designs) are perfect for the sports-lover and include original soccer (“Missile-Toe”), basketball (“The Stocking Stuffer”), baseball (“The Snow Cone”), hockey (“Checking It Twice”), football (“The Holiday Rush”) and lacrosse (“The Nucracker”) original illustrations and designs. Click Here to visit the Official Play Strong® Store or at the Amazon Play Strong® Store. This Holiday Season, Play Strong® and unleash your inner sports mojo!

Hockey Christmas Card

[ Play Strong® Sports is the exciting sports lifestyle brand dedicated to having fun and changing the world. Our signature products are our Sports Powercards™ incredibly cool and encouraging sports greeting, note, thank you, thanks coach and birthday cards featuring over 20 sports including basketball, soccer, tennis, swimming, water polo, field hockey, football, baseball, lacrosse and hockey! Check us out at PlayStrongStore.com and on Amazon.com]

Santa Sports Mojo – “All I Want For Christmas”

Check out the crazy fun Play Strong® Santa Sports Mojo line (hockey, soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball and basketball) of t-shirts, hoodies, ornaments, Christmas cards and more! The Hockey “Checking It Twice” t-shirt is all this little guy wants for Christmas!

SportSketch365 #23 – Missile-Toe

It’s that time of year! I did this Missile-Toe Soccer Santa as part of a series of Sports Christmas cards for Play Strong® (Click to check out / purchase all of the cool Sports Santa Cards at Play Strong® Sports!)

I’m FREAKING OUT!

Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants freak everyone out, win the World Series! (Click to read)

Tim Lincecum, aka The Freak leads SF Giants to World Series Victory

SportSketch365 #18 – ‘Roid Rage

I did this illo for a client a couple years ago for a kid’s summer baseball camp, sadly he never used it…never found out why…I’m thinking it’s because the guy’s kind of ‘roided out…I’m ticked, I kinda miss the huge home run hitters…baseball’s boring now…do I have reverse “Roid Rage?

'Roid Rage, Where have All The Homers Gone?

SportSketch365 #16 – CC Large

Everything about this man is LARGE…he makes $161 large, he mans-up large, he pitches changeup x-large, the brim of his hat is large…let’s see if comes up large against the Rangers…

CC Sabathia; XXXL

SportSketch365 #5 – Jeeeta!

Jeter, The Shortstop, Yankees' all-time hits leader

SportSketch #4 – The Freak

Any wonder why they call Tim Lincecum, starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, “The Freak”?

Tim Lincecum aka The Freak

Play Strong® Sports Christmas Card Series

Play Strong® the exciting new sports gift and greeting card brand for players, coaches and fans announced the launch of it’s special Christmas holiday sports greeting cards series “Holiday Mojo”. These fun and expressive sports themed holiday cards (six designs) are perfect for the sports-lover and include original soccer (“Missile-Toe”), basketball (“The Stocking Stuffer”), baseball (“The Snow Cone”), hockey (“Checking It Twice”) and football (“The Holiday Rush”) original illustrations and designs. Each can be previewed and purchased at the Play Strong® website store greeting card section (click to check ‘em out!). Play Strong® offers unique, high-impact and encouraging sports messages, original illustrations and designs on premium quality greeting cards, stationery, apparel, merchandise and gifts. Over twenty sports are represented (including basketball, soccer, water polo, football, baseball, volleyball, snowboarding, gymnastics, surfing, skateboarding, field hockey, ice hockey, golf, skiing, tennis, softball, swimming, lacrosse, wrestling and motocross). The Play Strong® website includes a store, blog, wholesale page and more. This season, Play Strong® and unleash your inner Santa sports mojo! 

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Go Planet Design Launches Play Strong®

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Go Planet Design, the sports illustration, design and promotions firm announced the launch of an inspirational new sports greeting card and gift brand, Play Strong®. In the often hyper-competetive world of youth sports, Play Strong® offers positive, high-impact and encouraging sports messages with original illustrations and designs on greeting cards, stationery, apparel, merchandise and gifts. Over twenty sports are represented (including basketball, soccer, water polo, football, baseball, volleyball, snowboarding, gymnastics, surfing, skateboarding, field hockey, ice hockey, golf, skiing, tennis, softball, swimming, lacrosse, wrestling and motocross).

Steve Shoff, president and creative director of Go Planet Design commented, “We believe that genuine encouragement and affirmation are two of the most vital and effective motivators of young athletes and their coaches. There’s something very special about gratitude and generous recognition that inspires the aspiring athlete. That’s what Play Strong® is all about.” The Play Strong® website includes a store, blog, wholesale page and more featuring fun, festive products and greeting cards for the holiday season. So this season, Play Strong® and unleash your inner champion!

This Was A Bucket List Trip!

Not only was it a total blast being at the Met’s last Saturday game at Shea Stadium (September 27th…I’m just getting to writing about it!) with my son and a couple of friends, walking the warning track for the national anthem, witnessing Johan Santana pitch a shut-out and enjoying the all-you-can-eat BBQ in the corporate tent…it was a complete sensory overload trip (as an artist) seeing over 1200 t-shirts with illustrations and designs that I created on my drawing table loving the game and cheering like maniacs…(check it out at the GK&R site)…BTW, the Pitch In For A Good Cause Foundation has sold thousands of these t-shirts and raised tens of thousands of $ for charities, very cool!

Mets Broadcasters Support Great Charities

Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, beloved SNY broadcasters for the MLB Mets (again on top of the NL East) pitch in for some great causes…check out the video, the cool events, the GaryKeithandRon website (and check out the cool Go Planet Design/Steve Shoff illustrated and designed logo and t-shirts!)

Why Is A Football Called Pigskin?

Why is a football called a pigskin? And why are sports balls (like this football) fun to draw, ink and watercolor? On the first question, I didn’t know…check out Wiki Answers and the Straight Dope…kinda cool…on the drawing one, it’s just fun to try to capture the feel, the essence of the ball, it’s everything to the ball-sports fanatic. If you like rugby, football, soccer, basketball, baseball…etc. it’s all about the ball…(Sports Illustration #48)

BoSox PM (Post-Manny) Flex The Big Guns

Wicked cool, the Red Sox are basically tied for number one going into the stretch…Yesterday, 6 homers against the Rays flexing the big guns David Ortiz, Mike Lowell, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Kevin Youkilis and Jacoby Ellsbury…who didn’t homer?! Bosox on fire!

Who needs Manny?

Baseball (USA’s Sport) Started In England?

USA Today reports discovery…does this British guy’s diary prove it?

Click here to read the article in USA Today.

Mets Broadcasters Pitch In For A Good Cause

One of my favorite illustration and t-shirt design projects this year has been for the world class, celebrity Mets and SNY TV broadcast team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling (aka. Gary, Keith and Ron). Lynn Cohen, wife of Mets play-by-play broadcaster Gary Cohen and director of the Pitch In For A Good Cause Foundation contacted me late last year with some ideas she had for their new website GaryKeithandRon.com, to benefit several of the broadcaster’s favorite charities. It’s a fun, interactive and informative website helping some very meaningful causes. Check it out, buy a t-shirt (over 12 designs, thousand already sold!) and pitch in! Terrific work Gary, Keith, Ron and Lynn!

Here’s the t-shirt design for Gary’s signature saying “It’s Outta Here!” (click to enlarge)

Tiger In Your Tank?

Summer’s over, school’s starting…incredible! What a great summer for sports! I did this kid-Tiger character illustration series for Tiger Sports…a line of youth oriented cool t-shirt and merchandise designs…soccer, football, baseball, hockey, basketball, lacrosse…good times! (Illustrated Sports #45)

Fun In The Sun

Wow, July 1st, summer’s off and running…next few days I’ll post a series of sports “Victory Dance” illustrations that I did for a ‘Congratulations’ sports greeting card, including nine sports, entitled “Victory Is Sweet” (#1111 Check out the whole line!) …nothing like the sweet thrill of victory, party on! (Illustrated Sports #24)

Manny Ramirez – I Did It My Way

Man Ram, in his classic, laid back, “Where am I?” style, made history on May 31, 2008. The Official Site of the Boston Red Sox wrote: “Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez joined the 500-home run club in style, becoming the 24th member of the elite fraternity by belting a majestic solo shot deep to right-center field in front of a heavily pro-Boston crowd at Camden Yards.” (Illustrated Sports #2)

Sports Promo T-Shirt Designs

Here’s a few sports promotional designs I’ve done recently for Strike One Sports Center, The Boys and Girl’s Club, Skateboarding Competition and SCOR Soccer…
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