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 …
Month: January 2011
Two for the Price of One: The NHL & NFL All Stars Play Today!
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, …
Beerfest of Champions
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 …
The Latest All-Star Experiment
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? …
A Day to Remember (but if only we could forget)
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 …
Just Put the Swinging Friar Front and Center Already
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 …
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)
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 …
Catch 22
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 …
The Real *Final Four*
By Phil Hecken, with Jim “The Weatherman” Vilk Sure, college hoops may have its big weekend, and they may have even patented the name, “Final Four,” but for most sports …
What kind of fan are you?
By Phil Hecken I’ve been spending a lot of time with my pop the past few weeks, unfortunately due to circumstances that are less than pleasant, but one of the …
Major Blast from the Chisox Past
Many of you know that the White Sox sponsored a contest in 1981 to have fans help design and choose the team’s 1982 uniforms. If you’ve been reading Uni Watch …
The White Cap Chronicles, Continued
The 1967 A’s and their occasional use of white caps, which I first wrote about last Friday, continue to present an intriguing rabbit hole, as reader Dave Robb has just …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Could the Dream Hit the Curveball?
[Editor’s Note: Last week I mentioned that DIY submissions had slowed to a trickle. Reader Kenny Montross responded with a really good contribution that I’ve decided to run today as …
Uni Watch Profiles: Bethany Heck
Shortly after Thanksgiving I received a note from a design student named Bethany Heck, who was about to graduate from Auburn. Here’s what she had to say: Hello, Mr. Lukas! …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Flying Elvis lived up to its nickname in the third quarter of yesterday’s Jets/Pats game, as stand-up comedian Wes Welker took a head-to-head hit that resulted in fragments of his …