Div. II Football – Where Uni Design Goes To Die

by Phil Hecken and Jim Vilk

Once again, Jim Vilk has joined me to take us through a look at what is not necessarily an obscure sport (it is, after all, college football), but a division of NC2A football that doesn’t necessarily get a lot of play, at least on TV or the . . . → Read More: Div. II Football – Where Uni Design Goes To Die

A New Crew – Part the First

By Phil Hecken

Welcome back, everyone!

It all started a few scant weeks ago when I and a couple of other posters decided that the Chicago White Sox uniform needed “fixing.” While reaction to that post was mixed, it was also met with a call for other teams who could use . . . → Read More: A New Crew – Part the First

Now We Just Have to Get Rajai Davis to Hit Against Him

As several readers have noted, Aaron Heilman has been wearing deluxe logo-emblazoned stirrups lately. There’s a story behind that — a story in which Uni Watch and I have a minor role.

It began in mid-July, when Heilman had already been wearing standard, logo-free stirrups for about a month. That’s when I . . . → Read More: Now We Just Have to Get Rajai Davis to Hit Against Him

Rank Has Its Privileges

Notice anything unusual about this Gary Matthews gamer from 1983? That smudge on the right sleeve is a little sergeant’s pin — a reference to Matthews’s nickname, Sarge.

But was the pin actually worn on the field or just added to the jersey after the fact? “The jersey’s current owner said he received . . . → Read More: Rank Has Its Privileges

Auction Action

When I attended the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland earlier this summer, I spent plenty of time lingering over the basketball jerseys shown at the Grey Flannel Auctions booth. Now a lot of those jerseys — along with a bunch of other good stuff — have shown up in Grey Flannel’s latest . . . → Read More: Auction Action

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Man, I’ve gotta do that more often.

Actually, it wasn’t as much of a sabbatical as you might think, since I produced three ESPN columns during the blog’s 19-day hiatus (in case you missed them, they’re here, here, and here) and will have another one running either tomorrow or Thursday. In short: . . . → Read More: What I Did on My Summer Vacation