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By John Ekdahl, on August 7th, 2010%
By John Ekdahl
Round 3 of the W.G.C.-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club kicks off today with Tiger near the bottom of the leaderboard. Tiger has won 7 of the previous 11 tournaments played at Firestone, so it’s been surprising to see him post 74-72 over the first two days. The 74 on . . . → Read More: Paper Tiger
By Phil Hecken, on August 6th, 2010%
[Welcome to the "Best of Uni Watch," an occasional feature that will run, usually on Fridays, while Paul is on vacation. These entries represent some classic Uni Watch articles that many of you may not have seen when they were originally published (and even if you did see them, they're still worth revisiting). This . . . → Read More: Best of Uni Watch … Our Brands, Ourselves
By Phil Hecken, on August 5th, 2010%
By Phil Hecken
While searcing for something else, I came across the rather odd picture you see to your right. It turns out that the picture, and an accompanying article, came from the July 1932 edition of Modern Mechanics. Now, I believe that magazine is still in circulation — I never really got . . . → Read More: The Bewildering Browns Banned Bat
By Phil Hecken, on August 4th, 2010%
By Phil Hecken
Yesterday, the Baltimore Indianapolis Colts announced they will be wearing a throwback for 2010. This in and of itself is not notable — lots of teams throwback. This year alone, the Packers, Bears and Eagles have all announced they’ll be wearing special throwback uniforms for the 2010 season. It had . . . → Read More: 55 Since ’55 – The Colts Throw Back
By Phil Hecken, on August 3rd, 2010%
By Phil Hecken
As you likely know by now, the new manager of the Baltimore Orioles is Buck Showalter, having been named a few days ago, but not officially taking the reigns until yesterday. Buck takes over for interim manager Juan Samuel (wearing number 11), who will not return to his third base . . . → Read More: Mares eat Oats while Buck fetes Oates
By Phil Hecken, on August 2nd, 2010%
By Phil Hecken, with Chris Howell
With little fanfare, the UFL (United Football League) debuted it’s second season uniforms last week. You remember the UFL, right? That four-team football league of guys who couldn’t make the NFL, better known for having the world’s crappiest uniforms, all from the same template, and all having . . . → Read More: The UFL, Year 2: New Unis…but are they any better?
By John Ekdahl, on August 1st, 2010%
By John Ekdahl
The same rich-get-richer mantra seemed to play itself out this year with the Angels, Yankees, Phillies and Dodgers adding both players and payroll. Big market teams were the big winners yesterday, with a few exceptions. Now it’s time to break down the winners and losers among the uniform-switchers.
Winners
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