As most of you are aware by now, I recently added a blind link in the right sidebar, called the Catch of the Day, illustrated by the famous photo of …
Month: November 2011
Instant Classic
The Rangers finally unveiled their Winter Classic jersey yesterday. Kinda odd that they waited until after Black Friday, but whatever. Can’t say I’m in love with the heavy red stripes …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
. Another quiet Sunday in the NFL yesterday. As you can see above, the Chargers wore the alternate uniforms that everyone wishes they’d wear full-time, but after that it was …
Sunday Morning Uni Watch
By Phil Hecken, with Terry Duroncelet I was all set to go on a rant today about the BS BCS system and all the conference championships we have now (for …
The Game
By Phil Hecken This post has been more than two months in the making. And it’s worth the wait. Unlike last weekend, when my guest author and I enjoyed a …
Auction Action
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, as I did. In between bites of turkey and stuffing, my brother informed me that he’s become a soccer fan, which was a bit …
Before You Reach for That Drumstick, Take a Look at This
As I’ve been saying for years now, the conventional football uniform format of a shirt, pants, and socks is badly outdated. The shirt is no longer a shirt (no sleeves), …
The Rodney Dangerfield of MLB
Click to enlarge The Royals have been so bad for so long that it’s easy to overlook how good their uniforms have been for most of their history. Aside from …
Tablets from the Mountaintop
Back in February I did a post about how the 49ers’ infamous 1991 one-day helmet had appeared as part of a Duncan Hines cake promotion (if you missed that entry, …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
. Weird day in the NFL yesterday — almost nothing uni-notable to speak of except for Jermaine Gresham’s torn jersey, shown above. I realize that’s the kind of photo that …
Sunday Morning Uni Watch
By Phil Hecken, with Terry Duroncelet Perhaps more notable that the uni action (though there was plenty of that) was the huge number of upsets of the top 5 teams …
(Not Just) Another Game
By Phil Hecken Earlier this week I had the great pleasure of being treated to a fine evening of food and drink by none other than today’s guest author. That’s …
Funk in the Trunks
After Joe Frazier’s recent death, I mentioned Frazier’s flashy trunks in the first Ali fight and his orange gloves with green thumbs in his first bout with George Foreman. That …
Now Just Fire Wayne Hagin Already and We’ll Be All Set
Click to enlarge For a time, life was Good. Or at least it seemed Good, because for the most part it looked Good. So even when fate threw various obstacles …
‘It was as if someone had spread butter on all the fine points of the stars / ’Cause when he looked up they started to slip.’
. Everyone’s gonna like these. And why shouldn’t they? Let’s go through the details, one element at a time: • The new cartoon bird: You know, I’ve always enjoyed the …