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Barclays Center Trademarks Two "Brooklyn Hockey" Logos [Update]
Nets Daily (via Sporting News) has discovered the above two logos, filed on Feb. 12 and Feb. 17 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, by Brooklyn Arena LLC—the company that runs the Barclays Center, where the Islanders will begin play next season. ...

LeBron, Irving, Garnett, Others Wear "I Can't Breathe" T-Shirts
If you don't like serious cultural issues "intruding" into the sports world, it's going to be another tough week for you. The Cavaliers are playing against the Nets in Brooklyn tonight, and the Barclays Center has become a hub of protest against police brutality, especially the killing by a NYPD cop...

Inside The Barclays Center's Mysterious Meditation Room
In exchange for giving Forest City Ratner more than $300 million in public subsidies to build the Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn (and that's not counting additional tax breaks and below-market land), the developer promised to give back to the community, including affordable housing, and new ra...

<em>Damn</em>, Barclays Center, Why You Smell So Fine?
It's been a while since the Nets played in a building that didn't reek of inadequacy and failure. But if you've been to a game in Brooklyn, perhaps you noticed the air was a little...sexy? It's not just that new-multipurpose-arena smell. The Barclays Center has been pumping perfume through the vents...

The New York Islanders May Be Rebranding, Because Brooklyn
The Islanders will soon be calling Brooklyn's Barclays Center their home, and the geographical change may also be accompanied by an aesthetic one. Sources tell the New York Post that the team's sports marketing team is weighing the adoption of a new color scheme, and that they are already showing pr...

Now Hanging In The Barclays Center: Banners With NYC's Crime Stats
Some immortal names hang in the rafters of the Nets' new arena: Drazen Petrovic, Julius Erving, Buck Williams, 419 People Murdered In New York City In 2012. You know, the greats....

For Just $255, This Could Be Your View Of The Knicks-Nets Season Opener At The Barclays Center
Picture courtesy of A View From My Seat, which lets users upload photos of the sightlines at various arenas. If the $255 tickets selling on StubHub for section 225 (pictured above) strike you as a bit steep, why not move slightly to the left, over to the cozy confines of section 226, and pay only $2...

The New York Islanders Are Going To Brooklyn
The New York Islanders will be moving to the Barclays Center once their contract with Nassau Coliseum expires in three years. Here's the hot scoop from Yahoo Sports, via AP:...

Boxers Are Allowed To Choose Whether To Fight Opponents Who Have Failed Multiple Drug Tests, And One Chose Correctly Last Night
During the run-up to his fight against Danny Garcia at the Barclays Center Saturday night, Erik Morales failed two consecutive drug tests, testing positive for clenbuterol, the PED that got Alberto Contador stripped of the 2010 Tour de France title. He then passed a drug test on Friday night, meanin...

Barclays Center Guests Are Peeing Everywhere
Attention, people who go to the Barclays Center: stop peeing wherever you want. Park Slope residents are done putting up with your shit (or piss). City Council members Letitia James and Stephen Levin have been inundated with complaints from citizens, and the Barclays Center quality of life committe...

The Same Firm That Designed The Nets' Rusty Spaceship In Brooklyn Will Make A Soccer Stadium In Queens
The old maxim says that you can't determine the quality and endurance of a sports arena until Jay-Z has played at least six of eight consecutive concerts there. With that requirement satisfied and the Barclays Arena yet to crumble into a pile of orange-brown dust, MLS felt comfortable asking Barclay...