KHL team changes logo that it copied from video game

After they got caught stealing their logo from a video game, the KHL’s Red Star Kunlun has a new logo.

Dan Gartland | Jul 26, 2016

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The KHL’s newest team finally has a logo it didn’t swipe from somebody else.

Last month, a Reddit user noticed that Red Star Kunlun’s dragon logo was nearly identical to the one used by the video game Guild Wars 2. The old logo basically took the dragon portion of the logo and put it over a red star.

The team released a new logo on Tuesday, one that at least doesn’t appear to have been stolen from somewhere else.

Not only is it more original than the first, it’s just a better logo overall.

The KHL just has to be careful not to copy any other logos when it expands to London.

[via Reddit]

Published Jul 26, 2016

DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).