Without a doubt, the biggest sports news of the week was the 2026 Winter Olympics gold medal wins by the United States women's national ice hockey team last Friday, followed by the men’s first gold since the "Miracle on Ice" team of 1980—exactly 46 years after that team's historic victory—this past Sunday.
After watching those wins I instantly knew I wanted to celebrate each of them so this week's Fresh Fitted Friday selection is the "Go USA!" variant of the Ghost Army design by Efra Sanchez (aka @chamucosstudio on Instagram) for The Clink Room.
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| This is the third Ghost Army cap I've featured here but the first time I've featured Clinker Efra's reimagining of the insignia that is now widely associated with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops years after the story of these masters of wartime deception finally became known to the public. |
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| I missed out on the first Ghost Army release at The Clink Room but feel this "Go USA!" colorway perfectly encapsulates the patriotism this logo should evoke. |
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| Grey undervisor gives a clean look here although I would not have been mad if it was green. Still though, I do prefer the grey so glad they went that direction. |
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| Clink Kong in white is strikingly great against the backdrop of a navy crown. Hey how bout that though? Navy and army together here is something special is it not? |
This week's post also serves as a "good luck" send off to baseball's Team USA which will face my San Francisco Giants for an exhibition game this coming Tuesday. In fact, every MLB team will play a WBC team on Tuesday and Wednesday at their spring training complexes so that will be fun to watch.
Classic pool play then begins with with Taipei taking on Australia in Tokyo at 12 noon Japan Standard Time which makes for a 10PM start time for me here in New York so I'll definitely try to catch at least the beginning of that game while I'm writing next week's blog post!
I am always filled with immense pride being American and that was only amplified by those thrilling hockey wins we witnessed last week so I am hoping for more big wins from Team USA in the WBC this year. After 2023's heartbreaking loss to Japan, it is time for the US to show the world that we are still the champions of this treasured game of ours!
This week's Fresh Fitted Friday selection is not going on the Trading Block however please don't hesitate to reach out if you want any other cap from that list and you are willing to part with any of the hats on my Wish List.
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