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Month: September 2013

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge Bizarre scene yesterday in Houston, where Seahawks defensive tackle Clinton McDonald’s facemask got badly contorted during a scrum. The image at top-left shows his regular mask positioning; …

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken It’s only week 5 of the NCAA Football season, but each week, schools (and their respective uni manufacturers) keep pumping out new colors and combinations. It’s almost …

Timelessly Representing the Ballclub, B1G Edition

By Phil Hecken I’m back again today with another installment of the popular “Timelessly Representing” series, and today we begin our look at the major NCAA Football conferences. Originally envisioned …

Can’t Russell Athletic Do Anything Right?

The good news is that Georgia Tech wore really nice throwbacks last night. The bad news, as you can see above, is that there were serious inconsistencies in the sleeve …

Hale, Hearty, and Full of Unresolved Questions

As most of you probably know, all MLB teams wore “Health” patches in 1942. This was the logo of the Hale America initiative, which was basically a “Shape Up!” fitness …

Uni Watch on TV: My Night With KO

Paul Lukas of @UniWatch looking sharp (of course) on @KeithOlbermann's show. pic.twitter.com/sCeTBHGkH2 — Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) September 25, 2013 Yes, that was me on Keith Olbermann’s show last night, talking …

Can the Glow-in-the-Dark Uni Be Far Behind?

Surprising news from the NBA last night, as reports began filtering out that the league will allow, or maybe even encourage, players on the Heat and Nets to wear nicknames …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

NFL butt cheeks used to make on-field appearances once every few years or so, but now it’s becoming a near-weekly phenomenon. The latest culprit: Browns wideout Travis Benjamin (shown at …

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken Welcome to another fine edition of Sunday Morning Uni Watch. We’re minus one piece today (the Duck Tracker) since the boys from Eugene had a bye week. …

War Damn Eagle!

By Phil Hecken As you guys will recall, over the summer I pinch-hit for Paul for a month, and you fine readers were not only extremely well-behaved for the substitute …

Brinke Is Totally Gonna Plotz

What you see above are some doodles made by former NFL Properties honcho Dave Boss — yes, that Dave Boss — while he was on the phone with a Chiefs …

Does Bob Seger Know About This?

It had previously been reported that the Lakers would have a BFBS alternate uni this season. Yesterday afternoon, with no advance warning and little fanfare, they let us see how …

Throwbacks Are Thrown for a Loss

Surprising news yesterday afternoon out of Tampa, where the Bucs had been planning to wear their creamsicle throwbacks on Sept. 29. Turns out they won’t be wearing them after all, …

What’s Round on Both Ends and High in the Middle?

Got a note yesterday from reader Kevin Mueller, as follows: My father played football at Ohio University 1964-1967, and was a grad assistant for a couple years after. While going …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

I’ve written several times that the Chiefs’ red pants are arguably the single best uniform element in the NFL. But it hadn’t occurred to me (or probably to anyone else) …