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By John Ekdahl We’ve all heard it before, and while it’s generally true that your allegiance to a team supersedes that of any one player, it doesn’t make it any easier when you lose a hometown favorite. It seems we’ve had to adopt this philosophy more and more during the era of free . . . → Read More: Rooting for Laundry By John Ekdahl The Harvard Business Review has found that using the color pink in breast cancer awareness campaigns is actually counterproductive. From the study: Stefano Puntoni ran a battery of experiments in which he primed women with gender cues by, for example, showing them ads dominated by the color pink or asking . . . → Read More: Stand Up to Pink [Editor’s Note: Morris Levin will be contributing an article each Friday while Paul takes his break. Enjoy! — Phil Hecken] Religious Modesty and Competitive Sports By Morris Levin The qualifying rounds for next summer’s Olympic soccer tournament are underway. For international women’s soccer, the two highest-profile international competitions are the World Cup, and . . . → Read More: Fridays with Morris  88 comments - (Comments are closed)  Caps, Equipment/Accessories, Headwear, Religion In Sports  Hijabs, Morris Levin, Religious Garments By Phil Hecken Two days ago, my buddy Mike Styczen put together a really neat post on the MLB panel cap phenomenon. It was a nice retrospective and Mike did a great job, but there was one image which piqued particular interest: Luis Tiant wearing a seldom-seen blue-red panel cap, which, according to . . . → Read More: The Joy of Sox By Phil Hecken Twelve years ago tonight, I watched a baseball game with my dad (and as it would turn out, it would be the last Mets game we ever attended together), between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mercury Mets. Wait, what? That’s right, twelve years ago, on this very evening, . . . → Read More: Meet The (Mercury) Mets 174 comments - (Comments are closed) Helmets, History, Jerseys, Merchandising, MLB, Team Colors, Team Logos/Insignia Mercury Mets, Turn Ahead The Clock Uniforms By Phil Hecken As part of my commitment to bring you the best content while Paul is away, and because of my schedule, I am precluded from being able to devote the requisite amount of time to coming up with my own original content every day — but I have been fortunate to . . . → Read More: When the panel cap was *in* By Phil Hecken If you’ve been following the NHL or Uni Watch the past few days, it should come as no surprise to you that the Winnipeg Jets — who recently located from Atlanta — are slowly announcing a new identity. First, they announced a name (coming on the eve of the NHL . . . → Read More: Meet The Jets By John Ekdahl The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals wore Negro League uniforms last night for Heritage Week. The Cardinals were outfitted in the uniforms of the St. Louis Stars, while the Pirates wore uniforms belonging to the Homestead Grays. Both teams looked sharp, except of course for the Pirates mismatched helmets . . . → Read More: Turning Back the Clock in Pittsburgh 58 comments - (Comments are closed) Equipment/Accessories, Fabrics/Textiles, General, Hosiery, Jerseys, MLB, Pants, Soccer, Throwbacks, Typos/Glitches/Wrong Uni/Etc. |
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