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My annual college football season-preview column is now available on ESPN. Ordinarily that would mean a short main entry here, but today we have big news that can’t wait. It’s been several months since we’ve had an update on the mystery of the Broncos’ early-1962 helmet decal. But now the case appears to . . . → Read More: Of White Whales, Blue Horses, and Red Herrings So Phil and I are at yesterday’s Mets/Fish doubleheader at Shea, and we decide to take a stroll around the ballpark after the first game ends. In the midst of our perambulations (which are interrupted three times by people complimenting our matching “I’m Calling It Shea” shirts), I glance out from the concourse . . . → Read More: An Earthquake, a Hurricane, and Now This Hurricane, shmurricane. I don’t mean to make light of a storm that killed 21 people and has left millions without power. But in my part of Brooklyn, thankfully, it was mostly a big nothing. I didn’t lose power, internet, or sleep. No downed trees on my block, and very few in my . . . → Read More: The Earflap Chronicles, Continued By Phil Hecken There is no surer sign of spring than the first robin … or so the saying goes. So there must be no surer sign of the impending college football season than the introduction of spiffy new football uniforms, including three in the past week by Nike alone — all in . . . → Read More: Black and White and (kinda) Red All Over…  95 comments - (Comments are closed)  College Football  Boise State, Broncos, Bulldogs, Ducks, Georgia, Oregon, Pro Combat By Phil Hecken Howdy, boys and girls — I’m baaaaaack. Who’s that in the splash photo? None other than Caitlin Lukas and her owner, Paul — more on that in a minute. I wish I could tell you guys my weekend hiatus was because I was on vacation or otherwise was having . . . → Read More: Here’s Looking at You For the past year or so I’ve been toying with the idea of getting green/gold striping tattooed onto my calves, to mimic the look of tube sox. But reader Adam Walter beat me to that idea. As you can see above, he has a nice Northwestern stripe pattern on his right leg. “I . . . → Read More: South by Northwest(ern) Back in May, I Ticker-linked to the new uniforms being worn by the Gary South Shore RailCats. “Unusual, but it totally works,” I wrote. Many people in the comments section agreed. What I didn’t realize (read: I forgot) was that the seeds for this design had been planted last November, when I received . . . → Read More: Gary’s Players 158 comments - (Comments are closed) Minor League Baseball, Uniform Manufacturers Bill Henderson, Gary South Shore RailCats, Greg Tagert, Patsy Elmer, Terry Proctor Mildly surreal sight last night at the Big A, as Ervin Santana, apparently suffering from a nosebleed, took the mound for the top of the 4th against the Chisox with a very prominent wad of tissue wedged up his left nostril (lots of screen shots here). After giving up a leadoff double and . . . → Read More: With a Rubber Hose |
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