Here’s something I forgot to mention in last Friday’s NBA entry: Players in Saturday’s Suns/Warriors preseason game, which was played outdoors, had official permission to wear long undersleeves — an NBA first. It’s not yet clear if this will lead to sleeves being worn for indoor and/or regular season games, but it’s definitely . . . → Read More: Somewhere, Patrick Ewing Is Smiling (or maybe just taking a nap, whatever)
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Back in January, reader Warren Humphrey pointed me toward this page, which features lots of interesting Seattle Chieftains uniforms. I linked to it in the Ticker and that was the end of that. But if I had bothered to click around on the site where that page was hosted (which I’ve now finally . . . → Read More: History Lessons  212 comments - (Comments are closed)  Collectibles/Memorabilia, History, Jerseys, NBA, Uni-centric Web Sites, Warmup Outfits My recent ESPN column about goalie pads prompted an interesting note from Mark Coale. “I was listening to HNIC radio the other day and they said goalie pads next season will be based on the goalies’ individual measurements,” he wrote. “They said former goalie and now league employee Kay Whitmore will spend the . . . → Read More: Cutting Goalies Down to Size Okay, let’s get right to it: the Broncos/Pats game. I saw most of the game and have pored over a buttload of photos from various sources. After all of that, my thoughts are as follows: • First and foremost, whether the Broncos looked “good” or “bad” (I think there was some of both) is . . . → Read More: Monday Morning Uni Watch By Phil Hecken, with James T. Huening OK faithful Uni Watchers. You voted. We heard you. The results are in. As most of you are no doubt aware, two weekends ago, UW (with the tremendous help of James Huening) ran the first of what we hope are several polls to determine our uniform . . . → Read More: Survey Says… By Phil Hecken OK, it’s time to announce the nominees for the “Design A Cap” contest (the contest is now closed, but if you missed the original article, click here). Hopefully, one of the caps you’re about to see will be chosen by Coach Nemanich for his team, the Sartell Sabres. Lots to . . . → Read More: Design A Cap Nominees Two Fridays ago I spent a few hours up at the NBA offices, where they showed me all the new gear for this season. Some of the new designs have already been unveiled, like the new Sixers uniforms, Portland’s “Rip City” alternates, etc. — I won’t go into those here. I’m also going . . . → Read More: Checking in with the NBA 167 comments - (Comments are closed) Memorials, NBA, Patches, Shorts/Trunks, Team Colors, Team Logos/Insignia I recently Ticker-linked to this 1972 photo of an odd Padres cap, with a particularly wide-spanning yellow panel. That item has now prompted some interesting responses — let’s take a look: • First, several readers have pointed out that the same cap can be seen in this card (and most of them pointed . . . → Read More: In Which a Random Ticker Item Leads to a Full-Blown History Mystery |
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