What’s that red hankie with the handwritten note? It’s Packers coach Mike McCarthy’s challenge flag, which is apparently inscribed with a personal note from his wife (or let’s hope that’s who it’s from). Green Bay Press-Gazette photographer Corey Wilson got a few shots of the red flag and then blogged about it — . . . → Read More: One Final Observation to Close Out the Year
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“I am not going to lie,” says Robert Marshall. “I worked my ass of cobbling and bobbling to make sure everybody got their bobbleheads in time for the holidays.” Shown above is video of a special Rollie Fingers model he made — love the ’stache. “I have stopped even trying to keep the . . . → Read More: As the Year Bobbles Down… Classic Auctions is different than the other auction houses whose wares I’ve recently covered. They’re based in Delson, Quebec, so most of what they offer is either hockey- or Canada-related. They’ve had some absolutely spectacular items up for bid lately. Here’s a sampling (in each case, click on the thumbnails for much larger . . . → Read More: Auction Action, Eh? Quiet day in the NFL yesterday, at least uni-wise, so let’s skip the football today and look at something else. To wit: Back in January I wrote an entry about the excellent Vintage Minnesota Hockey site. I hadn’t visited that site in a while, but a few days ago I learned that they’d . . . → Read More: North Star Studies By Phil Hecken & Rick Pearson Classic line, classic movie. Said by Crash Davis to Nuke Laloosh in “Bull Durham.” Great baseball movie, nice unis. Some sports movies just strike a chord in us, and we can recite them perhaps better than we can the Pledge of Allegiance. But just how well do . . . → Read More: “The Rose Goes In The Front, Big Guy” By Phil Hecken The NBA took centerstage on Christmas Day, in what is becoming an annual holiday tradition. Like the previous year, teams were sporting a Star of David snowflake patch on their unis. The only problem with this is when home teams wore white, rendering the patch practically invisible. * Not quite . . . → Read More: Boxing Day Uni Watch Santa’s finally here, boys and girls, and he’s packing some serious heat, so don’t get any bright ideas about dipping your hand into into someone else’s stocking, ya dig? Anyway: Two dozen readers have made the ho-ho-ho scene in a big way, because they’re the winners of the Uni Watch holiday raffle. Here . . . → Read More: Memo to the Grinch: Don’t Even Think About It Does the logo shown above look familiar? No? What about now? The first design is actually an early version of the mark that eventually became the Hartford Whalers logo. In fact, the triple-pointed design was presented to the team and accepted, but the designer, Peter Good, thought he could improve upon it, so . . . → Read More: A Good Design — Literally |
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