Month: March 2009

by Phil Hecken, and UW Design Expert, Paul Soto Well. “Pretty Boy” Paulie Soto is back with a fresh batch of incredible stuff. And I do mean incredible. If MLB …

If you were to go back and check every rugby item ever to appear in the Ticker, you’d probably find that about 70% of them were contributed by reader Caleb …

By Phil Hecken This past week, a number of pictures from the outstanding Google-Life magazine collaboration, featuring the treasure trove of Life magazine pictures, have been again popping up on …

By Phil Hecken, with Uni Watch Hockey Wing President, Teebz We begin with a some words from Teebz: As some of you have seen on this blog, I have railed …

You know I love uniform catalogs and uniform style guides. But I also like (and collect) catalogs and style guides that have nothing to do with uniforms, and we’re going …

There was some chatter in the comments yesterday about the Pittsburgh Maulers, who played in the USFL back in 1984. By happy coincidence, reader Jeff Warner has an interesting story …

The NFL began rolling out the details of its AFL throwback program yesterday, and there’s a lot to like. The jerseys and helmets look pretty damn sweet, no? (For the …

Time to pay another visit to our friend Will “Doc” Ginn (if you missed his Uni Watch debut, look here). Here’s his latest batch of unusual memorabilia: • “I’ll bet …

I threw myself a birthday party on Saturday afternoon, and everyone who showed up asked, “So what have you done so far on your special day?” And for once I …

[Ed. Note: I was severely tempted to post a “Sunday Open Thread,” as I was detained for most of Saturday enjoying the wonderful company of some fine folks, who joined …

…the Phillies would wear the above jersey all year long. (Major props to Paul Soto for making that graphic for me!) By Phil Hecken Instead, they will wear this on …

New York football Giants equipment director Joe Skiba recently sent me a serious blast from the past: a 1976 Giants program. Naturally, it’s full of interesting tidbits, so let’s take …

Sorry, folks — taking the day off. No content, no comments, no nothin’. So go back and read that bonus page about Robert Marshall’s Big Ten bowling set if you …

Last week’s ESPN column about DIYers mainly featured people whose projects had already appeared here on the blog. The primary exception was Robert Marshall, a self-described “OCD DIYer” who’s been …

It took a while, but I finally got myself a copy of the new book Colors: Pro Football Uniforms of the Past and Present, which attempts to present a fairly …