By Phil Hecken Despite Mitt Romney’s prognostications, the 2012 London Olympics seem to be moving along swimmingly through the first full four days of competition. So it’s only fitting that …
Month: July 2012
Olympic Beach Volleyball
By Phil Hecken When today’s Olympic Correspondent approached me for a discipline, after a brief discussion, he asked me if anyone had decided to cover “Beach Volleyball.” My reply was …
Throwbacks in Milwaukee
By John Ekdahl The Milwaukee Brewers wore uniforms belonging to the 1923 Milwaukee Bears and the Washington Nationals wore Homestead Grays uniforms last night at Miller Park. More pictures are …
Australia’s Uniforms Feature Names of Medalists
By John Ekdahl Last night (on tape delay), Australia rolled out their Olympics Uniforms that featured the names of all 131 Australian medalists lined on the inside of their blazers. …
Views From Elysian Fields: U.S. Baseball at the Olympics
By Morris Levin The 2012 Summer Olympic Games open tonight in London. The International Olympic Committee voted to displace baseball from the Games in a 2005 vote, and the 2008 …
Gold Golden Gophers
By Phil Hecken Paul has an ESPN column today — here’s the link. A quick break from the Olympics as the main article — So we have a short lede, …
Olympic Tennis at the Big W
By Phil Hecken Moving forward in our Olympic uniform coverage, I’m pleased to present a new collaborator for the boards, Stephanie Suarez, who (like about three of us — Brinke …
Are You Ready for Some Football?
By Phil Hecken As promised, Uni Watch strives to bring out the best of the Olympics, and today we begin our journey into the Games. Sadly, there hasn’t been much …
No No No
By Phil Hecken It’s been a big past few days in the uni-verse, so much so that there are really three big stories on the front burner today. They’re all …
Rockies Honor Victims
By John Ekdahl Friday night, the Colorado Rockies honored the victims of the movie theater shooting by wearing black armbands and marking their eye black with “7-20”. From MLB.com: The …
Dear Mr. Stern
By Phil Hecken It’s all becoming clear now. Well, maybe not. The NBA is serious about putting ads on jerseys for the 2013 season. If you’re not sure what I’m …
Hopefully I Won’t Be Writing About Uniforms Anymore by Then Anyway, but Still…
I have a new ESPN column running today about Penn State’s football uniforms (Link Here), but that’s on the back burner for now, because there’s major news afoot: NBA commissioner …
Uni Watch Art Project: Logo-rific!
Longtime reader/contributor/genius Marty Hick recently told me about an interesting project he’s been working on: He finds old paintings in thrift stores and then paints old NBA and ABA logos …
White Shoes Near the White House
Click photos to enlarge It’s funny how a random comment can lead you down a rabbit hole. Case in point: Phil and I were recently attending a Mets game, and …
Braves NickNOBs, Continued
[Editor’s Note: For the first two installments in this series, look here and here.] Well well well, look what we have here — Jimmy Wynn in nickNOB mode. I recently …