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Month: January 2012

A Visit to the Little League Museum

Did you know there’s a Little League museum out in Williamsport, Pennsylvania? I guess it makes sense, but I hadn’t been aware of its existence until reader Sam Sharp sent …

Couldn’t They Wait Until the Draft Like Everyone Else?

In case you missed it yesterday, Phil reported how Nike had unveiled a new set of NFL gloves for the Pro Bowl on Saturday. What Phil didn’t mention (in part …

Let The Swooshie Era Begin

By Phil Hecken The Pro Bowl is today. You won’t watch. Nobody cares anyway. I could probably end this portion of today’s post with that and be done with it. …

Uni Watch Profiles: Shawn Kennedy

By Phil Hecken Last weekend I did a mini-review of the new University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football uniforms, which prompted this E-mail from reader Shawn Kennedy (he’s the guy …

Auction Action

As you’ve probably gathered from the ad in the left sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions have another catalog auction taking place. This one’s a bit smaller than many …

And I Hear It’s Being Nominated for an Obie

. As most of you probably know by now, Nike unveiled new basketball uniforms yesterday for Arizona, Baylor (women’s), Connecticut (men’s and women’s), Duke, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Syracuse, …

Seeing Stars

This Sunday is a good chance to regrout the bathroom all-star day, beginning with the NHL All-Star Game at 4pm Eastern. Nothing new uni-wise, as they’ll be wearing the exact …

Uni Watch DIY Project: Cave Painting

[Today we have an excellent DIY project by Ryan Connelly. Enjoy! ”” PL] By Ryan Connelly I had a fun project to work on over the holidays, as a friend …

Angry Homeless Man: Big ‘Peebo’ Bryson Fan?

Hey, if you’re gonna look like a slob, you may as well have a slob-ish logo on your sleeve while you’re at it. Readers Geoff Hansen and G. Girard both …

Are You Ready For Some Football?

By Phil Hecken, with Brinke Guthrie Today, as we sit back and enjoy one of the greatest sports days (the NFL Conference Championship Games), it’s a John Facenda kind of …

Hockey TimE

By Phil Hecken, with Tim E. O’Brien Back again with our NHL tweaker/concepter-extraodinaire, Tim E. O’Brien, who has some grandiose NHL concepts that we’ve already seen, and has a few …

In Which the NFL Falls Down a Wormhole

Wanna see something odd? Go to Majestic’s home page and check out the second item in the carousel. Majestic is selling NFL gear! What’s that about? In addition, the shirts …

Because What This World Really Needs Is More Advertising

. Brinke Guthrie was looking at Australian Open photos yesterday when he came upon this shot of Casey Dellacqua. “Hmmm,” he thought, “Instant Sponsor? What the hell is that?” Instant …

Putting the Buckle on the Rust Belt

During my recent trip to Cleveland, I stopped in to see my friend Steven Tatar, the man behind the very wonderful Ohio Knitting Mills brand. He always has lots of …

‘It was a pleasure to meet me’: C-Town Party Report

At longtime readers may recall, three years ago I attended the “Super Flush” event, in which a select group of Mets fans got to test the toilets for the team’s …