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Month: July 2008

Well, at Least It’s More Legible Than the Last Version

Here’s what the new Timberwolves uniforms will apparently look like. Pretty plain, no? Plus I’m so sick of this trend of capitalizing the first and last letters — pfeh. New …

Now Boy, Don’t Make Me Take Off My Belt

There was a uni-related sequence for the ages during last night’s Mariners/Rangers game in Arlington. With the Mariners trailing by a run in the top of the 9th, Kenji Johjima …

The Ricko Files, Vol. 4

Ricko stepped it up a notch last week. In addition to sending me his usual assortment of archival clippings, he also shipped me a package, which contained a gorgeous pair …

Please, I Beg You, Make It Stop

Every now and then a debate breaks out in the comments section about the precise definition of logo creep. As the guy who came up with the term, I feel …

How New Is Fausto Carmona’s Lid?

Hologram: check. Bar code: check. Coming off the DL to find half your teammates traded: check. Wait, that was just C.C. Sabathia and Casey Blake. But man, with C.C. gone …

WNBA Dress Code … Not Enforced (Non-existent?)

As we were all made aware a few years back, the NBA instituted a dress code for players on the bench. It’s relatively simple — don’t look like an ass …

Red, White, and Whatever Nike Wants

By Bryan Redemske Every four years — well, every two, really — we hear multi-millionaires from the NBA and NHL saying how excited they are to wear their country’s colors …

Memo to Obama and McCain: Skip the Bumper Stickers and Just Make a Bunch of These

Uni Watch librarian Carrie Klein and I spent yesterday afternoon checking out this exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, and my favorite item by far was …

Uni Watch Book Club: The First 50 Years

Several readers have spoken highly of this 1969 book, which chronicles the first half-century of the NFL, so I tracked down a copy. Sure enough, tons of great stuff. Here …

The Ricko Files, Vol. 3

How great is Ricko? This great. Maybe you were doodling uniform drawings in your notebook or devising new logos for your favorite team, but Ricko basically doing proto-Okkonen-esque work back …

Uni Watch Stirrups of the Week

It was hot in NYC yesterday. Like, really hot. So hot you could feel your eyeballs perspiring and your nuts liquefying. So hot you could break a serious sweat just …

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Dana Quigley

Paul’s smoking athletes story was a while back on Page 2, but here’s one from Saturday. Golfers are the easiest to catch on camera, obviously. I think it’s because, while …

This Biscuit = Gravy Train

(This entry isn’t 100 percent about uniforms, though the team in question is one of the cooler nicknamed teams in professional sports. If any of this offends you, I’m sure …

Brew Crew Bonanza

Now that, my friends, is a T-shirt. That design (here’s a closer view) is one of three superb Brewers-centric tees being offered by reader David Tuttle via his new site, …

Star Power

[Editor’s Note: Pittsburgh-based reader Doug Keklak recently got a DVD set of a notable chapter in uniform history and put together an entry based on his many observations. Enjoy. — …