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By Paul Lukas, on December 15th, 2010%
You know, I’d be fine with the new Nikegon design if they’d gone with a true yellow instead of the highlighter tone, which definitely ups the day-glo factor a few notches. My full take will be up on ESPN later today — link coming soon. is up now on ESPN.
Meanwhile, we have . . . → Read More: Dude, What’s the Exact Percentage of Green in Your New Uniform?
By Paul Lukas, on December 14th, 2010%
And he apparently meant that in a good way.
So that’s the new Nikegon uniform, just unveiled today, for the BCS title game. I have a very short take up over on ESPN.com, and I’ll have a much fuller ESPN assessment tomorrow. For now, I’ll say this much: This is a rare time . . . → Read More: Actual quote from Nike exec Todd Van Horne: ‘It will look like blur on the field’
By Paul Lukas, on December 14th, 2010%
[Editor's Note: It's been a while since we've had a DIY entry, so today we have a guest-written piece from Steve Dodell, who wanted to match the dugout jacket NOB font used by the 1986 Mets, 1989 A's, and 1990 Reds. Enjoy -- PL]
By Steve Dodell
I bought an authentic Starter . . . → Read More: Uni Watch DIY Project: Letter Perfect
By Paul Lukas, on December 13th, 2010%
Oh man, is there anything better than a snow game? The shoveled yard lines, the slipping and sliding, the obligatory video clip of the Snow Plow Game. Yesterday’s Bears/Pats game had all that and more (lots of photos here), including Brian Urlacher’s broken helmet decal and the odd sight of CBS’s first down . . . → Read More: Monday Morning Uni Watch
By Phil Hecken, on December 12th, 2010%
By Phil Hecken, with Tod Hess
Back today with part II of the College Bowl predictions and previews, joined by Tod Hess, who has put together the Uni Watch NCAA Bowl Pool. If you want to dispense with the remaining 17 bowl writeups, and head straight to the poll, it’s right below. The . . . → Read More: NCAA Bowl Pool Predictions – Part II
By Phil Hecken, on December 11th, 2010%
By Phil Hecken, with Tod Hess
Now that the NCAA College Football Bowls have all been announced, I’ve teamed up with Tod Hess to bring you the First Annual Uni Watch NCAA Football Pool. We’ll go over the first half of the bowls (there are 35) today, and finish up with the second . . . → Read More: NCAA Bowl Pool Predictions – Part I
By Paul Lukas, on December 10th, 2010%
We all love jersey typos. But you don’t often see typos on retail replicas, in part because any store manager who spotted a misspelled jersey would most likely just send it back.
But what if he didn’t send it back? What if he saw it as an opportunity?
That’s the question raised by . . . → Read More: If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Can’t We Equip a Sewing Machine with Spell-Check?
By Paul Lukas, on December 9th, 2010%
Ah, the Teletype machine — the gift that keeps on giving. Some of these were submitted by Mike Hersh, but I found most of them myself (imagine that!). Here we go:
• We begin this batch with a major discovery: Check out the cap being worn in this 1965 shot of Astros manager . . . → Read More: There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 22
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