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By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson As we wrap up 2010, I’m joined by Ricko, as he and I join forces for our year-end quiz. It’s been a while since I worked with Rick, and as always, our sage uniform historian will both entertain and hopefully, enlighten us as he has broken into . . . → Read More: Who ARE These Guys?  162 comments - (Comments are closed)  Uniforms in Movies/Advertising/Etc.  Alamo Bowl, Armed Forces Bowl, Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl, Champs Sports Bowl, Hawaii Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Humanitarian Bowl, Independence Bowl, Insight Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Little Caesar's Bowl, Military Bowl, Music City Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, New Orleans Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl, Sun Bowl, Texas Bowl, Tweaks, Yinzer Watch Gathering One of best things that happened to me in 2010 was that I had my first experience with curling, culminating in my participation in the House of Hearts Bonspiel back in March. A few weeks after the House of Hearts, I got an e-mail from Katie Moorhead, who described herself as a fourth-generation . . . → Read More: The Pin-nacle of Tiny Design Everyone knows Michigan football is famous for its winged helmet design. Many of you smartypants types also know that credit for originating the winged concept is usually given to Princeton coach Fritz Crisler, who came up with the design in 1935 and then took it with him to Michigan in 1938. That . . . → Read More: Winging It: Helmet History Reconsidered 176 comments - (Comments are closed) College Football, Helmets, History Michigan, Michigan State, Princeton, Winged Helmet Design One last batch of wire service pics before the calendar runs out, including some instant classics. All of these were submitted by Mako Mameli, except for the last four, which came from Mike Hersh and Paul Wiederecht. Dig: • Coolest baseball jacket ever? I vote for yes. • This jacket isn’t bad either, . . . → Read More: There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 23 People, I’m going to be frank: I spent all of yesterday cooking, eating, drinking, and shoveling (which is supposed to be my landlord’s job, but he was snowed in across town at his own place). I watched exactly zero football, and I was so stuffed and tired after my Boxing Day party guests . . . → Read More: Monday Morning Uni Watch I spent yesterday afternoon in the Jersey City studios of the mighty WFMU, where I joined “Fool’s Paradise” radio host Rex and a festive crowd of merry-makers and rabble-rousers to ring in the holiday. While Rex spun hep platters like “Santa Came Home Drunk,” “Seymour the Beatnik Elf,” and “Christmas in Jail” (here’s . . . → Read More: I’m Dreaming of a White Boxing Day Santa knows that the best Christmas stockings aren’t the ones being hung by the chimney with care. He also knows stockings aren’t the only things worth stuffing, and that there are more places to go down than just the chimney, if you get my drift. Anyway: Even if you haven’t gotten any . . . → Read More: Ho-Ho-Hosiery The sports media world, Uni Watch included, doesn’t pay much attention to women’s sports. And that was even more true in 1974, when Billie Jean King helped launch womenSports magazine (which was later renamed Women’s Sports; you can read about its history here). I don’t think I’ve ever seen an issue of the . . . → Read More: And Not a Single Pink Wristband in Sight 85 comments - (Comments are closed) History, Softball, Uni-centric Magazine/Newspaper items, Women's Sports |
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