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It all began last week when memorabilia maven Mike Hersh drew my attention to this photo of Red Faber. “Look at his hat,” Mike wrote. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen that crossed-socks logo before.” The photo was from a huge trove of old wire service baseball photos currently up for bids at . . . → Read More: There’s No Service Like Wire Service Okay, it’s official: Something needs to be done about the new NFL jerseys that some teams and players are wearing, because it’s getting seriously ridiculous out there. Case in point: Packers tight end Jermichael Finley, who looked like he was wearing a cheap replica jersey yesterday. His front uni number and NFL shield . . . → Read More: Monday Morning Uni Watch By Phil Hecken You will all recall that over the past two weekends, I had the pleasure of bringing you the participants in the “Clarksville ‘Design-A-Uniform’ Contest.” All the entries were outstanding, and it really was a labor of love hosting the contest. But we’re not quite done yet, as Coach Marc Walls has . . . → Read More: And Now…The Clarksville Finalists…You Pick The Winner  135 comments - (Comments are closed)  Caps, Customization/Modification, High School Sports, Jerseys, League Logos, Pants, Patches, Team Colors, Team Logos/Insignia, Uniform Designers By Phil Hecken, with Hockey Wing President Teebz, and Pollster James T. Huening So I turned on Versus the other day, hoping maybe they’d be broadcasting the Grey Cup or perhaps some college football, or even some bull riding, and what to my wondering eyes should appear? Hockey! I didn’t even realize they . . . → Read More: The Hockey Wing Polls Before there was Air Coryell, there was, uh, debonair Coryell. “With highwaters, no less!” says Kenn Tomasch, who sent me that 1977 screen shot to me (and who named the file “don_coryell_looks_awful.jpg”). And Coryell wasn’t the only one going solid-red — apparently the entire coaching staff was crimson-clad. Sorry, gang, that’s it for . . . → Read More: Blood-Clot Cardinals, 1977 Edition Gather ’round, boys and girls, because I have a brand-new obsession, and it’s too good not to share. It started a few days ago, when reader Byron Wages sent me the photo you see above (here’s a slightly larger, uncropped version), along with the following caption: “Crowd watching ‘playograph’ at Harold Bldg. World . . . → Read More: Photography of Playography Okay, so I’m way late on this, but better late than never: As most of you know by now, The Hockey News has published a special issue devoted to jerseys, and it’s a doozy. It includes features on uni numbers, white being worn at home vs. on the road, the terms “sweater” vs. . . . → Read More: Uni Watch Newsstand Pick: The Greatest Jerseys of All Time 190 comments - (Comments are closed) History, Minor League Hockey, NHL, Uni-centric Magazine/Newspaper items I’ve never been a pro wrestling fan. It’s too stupid, too choreographed, too dependant on a culture of idiocy. In fact, a lot of the worst excesses we now see in real sports (showboating, trash talking, moronic fan behavior, miserably generic rock music used as an all-purpose cultural signifier, etc.) clearly came from . . . → Read More: Uni Watch Book Club: Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets |
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