Almost everyone I know enjoys the total media explosion that is "March Madness" and I’m no different. Most of us fill out our brackets and with an expert eye decide which underdogs we will root for if our favorite team is not in the tourney, or get’s knocked out early. This time around…

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…my favorite home town team is not only in the tourney, but one of the teams picked to win it! I’ve been trying to stay calm and realize how hard it is for them to go all the way. And, I usually get no help from them since they seem bent on "winning ugly" all the time.

That’s ironic given that the Steelers…

While we’re on the subject of designing logos (see last post), I was also fortunate enough to be officially asked to design an event Logo for The Bill Mazeroski Celebrity Golf Tournament. It’s to be held this June 15-16 on the Mystic Rock Golf Course at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort located east of Pittsburgh. Now, that’s all well and good but the real thrill…

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…here is that "Maz" as fans everywhere know him by, was a huge baseball favorite of both myself and my Dad’s generation. Not to mention that the Hall of Fame second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a walk-off home run heard around the world in the bottom of the ninth inning of game seven to win the 1960 World Series over the New York Yankees.

Okay, so what….well it was pretty cool for me, seeing as I was a hometown fan of Maz and the Pirates as a kid growing up and listening to hundreds of games over an old static spewing radio my Grandmother gave me to listen to. But an even bigger thrill to have not only had a chance at designing a logo but having had mine chosen and approved by the man himself. Bill Mazeroski.

For more information on the Bill Mazeroski Celebrity Golf Tournament visit:
The Official Website

With the start of the biggest basketball sporting event in the country now underway, I thought I would share one of the most exciting opportunities I’ve had as a graphic artist. Around this time last year I was asked by MY company (day job) to take a crack at the proposed final Four Logo for 2009 in the City of Detroit. Now, the request came with no promises and…

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…they also asked that I stay somewhere near the leading graphic that was, at that time, already under strong consideration by the Final Four committee. Not the best way to get a designer excited but I agreed to the confined perimeters…