Spring is on it’s way and we can’t wait. The days are getting longer and warmer and we’re excited to get back outside and active again. It’s time to put away the XBox and get spring started off right. What’s your sport of choice?

Aside from traditional sports, paintball is a rapidly emerging activity for all ages, played by over 10 million people in the United States every year. There are paintball centres and leagues for every skill level.

But whether you’re just getting started or have been competing for years, you’ll need to get the right gear to keep yourself safe and in top form.

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The Boston Celtics and Green Bay Packers are proving this year that you can win with green. So why are the new Tampa Bay Rays logos and uniforms stepping back towards generic?

The Tampa Bay Rays (nee “Devil Rays”) unveiled a new logo this week. In addition to now formally being known as the Rays (as in “ray of sunshine” instead of “manta ray fish”), the Rays have adopted a dramatically different color scheme. When the team entered the league in 1998, they sported white jerseys with a gradient of blue-green-yellow in the lettering; later, these uniforms changed to a more subdued dark green, which was a step in a nice direction.

Now, the Rays have dumped that color scheme too, in favor of new Tampa Bay Rays uniforms - blue with light blue accents and a “touch of gold”. Read the rest of this entry »