At the recent Uni Watch party in San Francisco, I met reader Al Cummings, who mentioned that his daughter works as a colorist for a major sportswear company. I said …
Month: February 2007
I’m So Happy About the Site Being Back to Normal, I’m Even Saying Good Things About Nike
After all the hassles caused by the Nike-pox sleeves last season, I’ve been wondering if they’d be back this year. I hadn’t seen any sign of them in spring training …
Buckin’ The Trend: I’m Gonna Need a Hacksaw Helmet
By Vince Grzegorek Browsing through one of the free weeklies in Cleveland the other day, I saw this little tidbit from News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: “About one-fifth …
If Ron Hodges Could Do It, How Hard Could It Be?
The term we all hear tossed around this time of year is “pitchers and catchers,” but let’s be honest: The catchers are mostly incidental. The only reason they’re there is …
All Day I Dream About Soccer Sex Stripes
For the most part I don’t get too bent out of shape about Adidas’s three stripes. I mean, I like stripes. But last night’s NBA All-Star game was too much. …
Sunday Open Thread
(Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images) Amare Stoudemire is one of several players who’ll be wearing new sneaker designs in today’s NBA All-Star Game. Others include Kobe Bryant and …
Throwback … All the Way to Last Season
Almost every day I get e-mails from readers, telling me about this or that uni development that they’ve noticed. But Zach Smith, who wrote to me yesterday, went a step …
Curling Irony
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: One of the highlights of my recent trip to San Francisco was seeing my good friends and Uni Watch ukulele masters …
Uni Watch Profiles: David Goodfriend
Yesterday’s brief News Ticker mention of baseball cap surgery procedures prompted an unexpectedly large reaction, so this seems like a good time to mention that a few months ago I …
Uni Watch Book Club: Sleazy Does It
While I was in San Francisco last week, Uni Watch pastry chef Liz Clayton took me to Kayo Books, which specializes in old comics, pulp novels, and related sleaze. Pulp …
And They Didn’t Even Exhume Don Ho for the Halftime Show This Year
Picking on the Pro Bowl is almost too easy, but here’s something that’s been bugging me: Why do they keep putting the term “All-Star” on the jerseys? In past years …
Just a Bunch of Nice Jewish Boys
Thanks to everyone who came down to last night’s Uni Watch confab in Dallas. It was great meeting all of you. Photos of the Dallas and San Francsico gatherings to …
Uni Watch Book Club: Baby, It’s Friggin’ Cold Outside
By Vince Grzegorek A moderately warm December has given way to a winter that seems to have had snow, ice, and cold on repeat. It wasn’t too long ago that …
Block That Kick Puck!
Greetings from San Francisco, where I’ll be spending the next coupla days. Had a classic Uni Watch moment on the way out here yesterday: I was flying JetBlue out of …