My article + video about the making of the Super Bowl footballs in Ada, Ohio, is up now on ESPN. For today’s blog entry, I wanted to show you a few things that didn’t make it into that ESPN article, including the really charming movie theater in Ada. Here’s how it looks at . . . → Read More: Ada Outtakes
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By Phil Hecken Last Sunday we had the greatest day in the NFL — the Conference Championships — and next Sunday brings us the biggest spectacle: the Super Bowl. So, how do we fill the hours on the weekend between the Championships and the Bowl? Why, with the NHL All Star Game and . . . → Read More: Two for the Price of One: The NHL & NFL All Stars Play Today!  174 comments - (Comments are closed)  All-Star Unis, History, Jerseys, NFL, NHL, Throwbacks  All Star Uniforms, Hawai'i, NHL All Star Game, Pro Bowl, Pro Bowl Uniforms, Raleigh, Reebok, Team Lidstrom, Team Staal By Phil Hecken Although DIY isn’t my cuppa, there are many of you fine Uni Watchers out there who do love to create your own jerseys, uniforms, and assorted paraphernalia which accompanies your creations. Michael Malinowski (who posts as “MEMAL”) is one of those guys. And what he has created for this DIY . . . → Read More: Beerfest of Champions 90 comments - (Comments are closed) DIY Projects Beerfest, Beerfest Cup, Dible, glass etching, Michael Malinowski, Rainy Knights, Turners Most NBA players these days wear a compression tank top under their jersey. So why not just skip the jersey and wear the compression undergarment function as the uniform top? That’s an idea that the NBA has decided to test-drive in the upcoming all-star game. The league will announce today that all players . . . → Read More: The Latest All-Star Experiment 222 comments - (Comments are closed) All-Star Unis, Jerseys, NBA A's Gold Jerseys, NBA All-Star Compression Jerseys Today, Jan. 27, is a special day. For it was on this date 15 years ago — Jan. 27, 1996 — that one of the most legendarily awful uniforms in professional sports was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. Which one? This one. That’s right, folks — it was 15 years ago today that . . . → Read More: A Day to Remember (but if only we could forget) 200 comments - (Comments are closed) History, NHL, Uniform Designers Burger King Jersey, Los Angeles Kings, Wild Wing Jersey The Padres had an unveiling of sorts yesterday, so let’s take a look at what’s new for them in the coming season: • The new Sunday camouflage uniform: The new camo features an up-to-date digital pattern, plus they’ve added the American flag to the left sleeve — you know, just in case you . . . → Read More: Just Put the Swinging Friar Front and Center Already Peter Nash, who runs the excellent Hauls of Shame investigative site, recently posted an entry written by jersey historian Dave Grob that featured several uni-notable finds — one of which led to a lengthy back-and-forth debate between Nash and myself, with Grob eventually joining the discussion as well. Now that the dust . . . → Read More: In Which I Waste a Whole Day Engaging in a Ridiculous E-Mail Debate (and now you can waste a whole day reading about it) 218 comments - (Comments are closed) History, Merchandising, MLB, Uni-centric Web Sites, Uniform Manufacturers Greetings from northwestern Ohio, where the temperature is in witch’s teat territory. I was working pretty much all day and all night yesterday (doing a video shoot at the Wilson factory where they make the footballs that’ll be used in the Super Bowl — more on that later), so today’s Monday Morning Uni . . . → Read More: Catch 22 139 comments - (Comments are closed) Jerseys, NBA, Player Names/Nameplates, Typos/Glitches/Wrong Uni/Etc. Mustafa Shakur, Washington Wizards |
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