Small Sports Merch Companies

korme · 09-06-2013, 10:40 AM

Anyone know of any good sites for cool t-shirts? They could be city related or just a smaller company.

My favorite is HOMAGE : Vintage T-Shirts Made in USA, kinda Ohio-based but they branch out more than Ohio only things. Looking for more websites for some fun shirts like that.

www.cincyshirts.com is cool for city-specific, but I actually kind of hate the way their shirts fit.

nilodor · 09-06-2013, 11:32 AM

For Chicago stuff try:
Chitown Clothing — Helping Chicago take over the universe, one t-shirt at a time.
or
Chi City Sports CHICITYTEES.COM Featured Products

Another good one is
Ole Originals T-Shirt Company

You can find a lot of cool t-shirts on etsy.com if you have the patience to look for them, or have something specific in mind. I've found some pretty unique stuff on there that gets alot of compliments.

korme · 09-06-2013, 02:10 PM

Cool man, thanks

INDalltheway · 09-07-2013, 08:35 PM

Love Homage. I bought this shirt from them a few months back

ColtCrazy · 09-07-2013, 08:49 PM

Here's one I stumbled on when I was looking for a Fort Wayne Pistons shirt once (they didn't have it). They have some cool local defunct sports items.

Home Shirts | Retro City Tees Home Shirts | Retro City Apparel

Love the link you have. When we go on vacation, I often get a shirt of the local college team (this summer: Wisc-Green Bay Phoenix). Really like the Ohio Bobcat logo.

Suburban Rhythm · 09-11-2013, 08:28 PM

This place is great

http://compressmerch.com/

A friend of a friend designed the most recent shirt

Though not sports related, my favorite is this shirt, designed in support of a Pittsburgh comic who was in a twitter war with Westboro Baptist. For those not fluent in Pittsburghese, a jag, short for jagoff, is a annoying jerk. As in "quit acting like a jagoff!"

nilodor · 09-27-2013, 02:11 PM

Came across this site today
Vintage Football T-Shirts, Throwback Tees, Retro NFL Shirts | One 10
Looks like some cool stuff

korme · 09-27-2013, 02:21 PM

HOMAGE has a Cincinnati Bengals sale today, in honor of their 1968 foundation all shirts are $19.68 today so I picked this one up:

ColtCrazy · 09-28-2013, 12:29 PM

Glad you pointed it out. I'll be snagging the "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati" one.

korme · 09-28-2013, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ColtCrazy

Glad you pointed it out. I'll be snagging the "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati" one.

That one is so great because of the backstory. I really want to get it eventually.

nilodor · 09-28-2013, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by korme

That one is so great because of the backstory. I really want to get it eventually.

What is the story? It was an odd shirt when I saw it. I had no idea.

CU Tiger · 09-29-2013, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nilodor

What is the story? It was an odd shirt when I saw it. I had no idea.

Just goggle the phrase and add in "Sam Wyche" maybe...too long too type on my phone.

ColtCrazy · 09-29-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by CU Tiger

Just goggle the phrase and add in "Sam Wyche" maybe...too long too type on my phone.

Sam Wyche - Bengals - You Don't Live In Cleveland - YouTube

Here's the clip. Bengals fans where throwing things on the field….Wyche made this amazing announcement. Wyche was nuts, but still one of my favorite coaches just for this reason.

CU Tiger · 09-29-2013, 02:58 PM

Side semi related note.
In my tiny little hometown in rural SC growing up we had a Sam Wyche sports store...this would have been in the early to mid 80s...we're these everywhere?

Google is not much help, but in retro spect it doesn't mAke much sense to have a store bearing his name in SC much less in a town that had no wal Mary Kmart etc....we had a grocery store a tg&y and this Sam wyche sports store...and that was it except for a few gas stations and a a McDonalds that was only open o
During the week and closed at 5 on Fridays.

ColtCrazy · 09-29-2013, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CU Tiger

Side semi related note.
In my tiny little hometown in rural SC growing up we had a Sam Wyche sports store...this would have been in the early to mid 80s...we're these everywhere?

Google is not much help, but in retro spect it doesn't mAke much sense to have a store bearing his name in SC much less in a town that had no wal Mary Kmart etc....we had a grocery store a tg&y and this Sam wyche sports store...and that was it except for a few gas stations and a a McDonalds that was only open o
During the week and closed at 5 on Fridays.

He ran for political office in South Carolina, so maybe he's been living there for awhile and opened a local store? Apparently he was a coach at a SC high school as well in the early 2000s.

Wolfpack · 09-29-2013, 08:06 PM

Yep. I distinctly remember reading a newspaper article talking about him being an assistant on a high school team in South Carolina after he had a surgery accidentally damage his vocal chords that effectively ended his coaching career at the higher levels.

CU Tiger · 09-30-2013, 09:05 AM

Yeah googling turned up the HS coaching gig.
I guess what surprises/confuses me is all the google news I can find is him 2 hours away. Even saw an article about another store some 60 miles away closing. But nothing close to my area (or for that matter TV market even)...and again while the town would be known by many SC residents today, at the time it was barely a train stop. I mean we didnt get a walmart until 8 years later...then again maybe choosing to put a large sporting good specialty store in a town of 1,500 people is exactly WHY we dont see them anymore.

09-07-2013, 08:49 PM	#5
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	Here's one I stumbled on when I was looking for a Fort Wayne Pistons shirt once (they didn't have it). They have some cool local defunct sports items. Home Shirts \| Retro City Tees Home Shirts \| Retro City Apparel Love the link you have. When we go on vacation, I often get a shirt of the local college team (this summer: Wisc-Green Bay Phoenix). Really like the Ohio Bobcat logo. __________________ The Field Generals and Statis Pro Basketball Super League

09-11-2013, 08:28 PM	#6
Suburban Rhythm Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pittsburgh	This place is great http://compressmerch.com/ A friend of a friend designed the most recent shirt Though not sports related, my favorite is this shirt, designed in support of a Pittsburgh comic who was in a twitter war with Westboro Baptist. For those not fluent in Pittsburghese, a jag, short for jagoff, is a annoying jerk. As in "quit acting like a jagoff!" __________________ "Do you guys play fast tempos with odd time signatures?" "Yeah" "Cool!!"

09-28-2013, 12:29 PM	#9
ColtCrazy College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Midwest	Glad you pointed it out. I'll be snagging the "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati" one. __________________ The Field Generals and Statis Pro Basketball Super League Last edited by ColtCrazy : 09-28-2013 at 12:30 PM.

09-06-2013, 11:32 AM	#2
nilodor College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: calgary, AB	For Chicago stuff try: Chitown Clothing — Helping Chicago take over the universe, one t-shirt at a time. or Chi City Sports CHICITYTEES.COM Featured Products Another good one is Ole Originals T-Shirt Company You can find a lot of cool t-shirts on etsy.com if you have the patience to look for them, or have something specific in mind. I've found some pretty unique stuff on there that gets alot of compliments.

09-06-2013, 02:10 PM	#3
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Cool man, thanks

09-07-2013, 08:35 PM	#4
INDalltheway College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago	Love Homage. I bought this shirt from them a few months back

09-27-2013, 02:11 PM	#7
nilodor College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: calgary, AB	Came across this site today Vintage Football T-Shirts, Throwback Tees, Retro NFL Shirts \| One 10 Looks like some cool stuff

09-27-2013, 02:21 PM	#8
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	HOMAGE has a Cincinnati Bengals sale today, in honor of their 1968 foundation all shirts are $19.68 today so I picked this one up:

09-29-2013, 02:58 PM	#14
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	Side semi related note. In my tiny little hometown in rural SC growing up we had a Sam Wyche sports store...this would have been in the early to mid 80s...we're these everywhere? Google is not much help, but in retro spect it doesn't mAke much sense to have a store bearing his name in SC much less in a town that had no wal Mary Kmart etc....we had a grocery store a tg&y and this Sam wyche sports store...and that was it except for a few gas stations and a a McDonalds that was only open o During the week and closed at 5 on Fridays.

09-29-2013, 08:06 PM	#16
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	Yep. I distinctly remember reading a newspaper article talking about him being an assistant on a high school team in South Carolina after he had a surgery accidentally damage his vocal chords that effectively ended his coaching career at the higher levels.

09-30-2013, 09:05 AM	#17
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	Yeah googling turned up the HS coaching gig. I guess what surprises/confuses me is all the google news I can find is him 2 hours away. Even saw an article about another store some 60 miles away closing. But nothing close to my area (or for that matter TV market even)...and again while the town would be known by many SC residents today, at the time it was barely a train stop. I mean we didnt get a walmart until 8 years later...then again maybe choosing to put a large sporting good specialty store in a town of 1,500 people is exactly WHY we dont see them anymore.

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