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By Paul Lukas, on December 30th, 2011%
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. . . → Read More: How Come There’s No Disarmament Bowl?
By Paul Lukas, on December 24th, 2011%
. Interesting move in last night’s Rangers/Flyers game, as Jaromir Jagr and Jakub Voracek — both native Czechs — paid tribute to the recently deceased Václav Havel by wearing his initials on their helmets. The solemnity of that occasion was somewhat undercut during pregame warm-ups, when both teams promoted the Winter Classic helped . . . → Read More: Good Thing There Are No North Koreans in the NHL
By Phil Hecken, on December 18th, 2011%
By Phil Hecken
I had really hoped to bring you the twice promised NCAA Bowl Pool contest (and in fact, this may still happen, but not today). For that I apologize. The UWer with whom I had planned on bringing you that contest had been working on the parameters of said contest for . . . → Read More: THE Jeff … and his Helmet Concepts — AFC Version (or…’When the Inmate runs the Asylum’)
By Paul Lukas, on December 7th, 2011%
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Tyler Kepner is at the MLB winter meetings, where he spotted something very interesting: a Marlins batting helmet with a raised/embroidered logo, just like the one used by the Cubs. I’m trying to confirm whether this was just for display purposes or if the Marlins will . . . → Read More: New Threads for Miami
By Paul Lukas, on November 11th, 2011%
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My Scottish friend Lindsay Hutton (the man behind the awesome Next Big Thing, don’tcha know) is in town, and yesterday morning he wanted me to come out with him for coffee. I was going to explain to him that I don’t drink coffee, but you can’t tell . . . → Read More: Kiss Me, I’m (an honorary member of the) Irish
By Paul Lukas, on November 8th, 2011%
. Over the past two months, I’ve told about 20 different interviewers that the current trends in college football uni design basically boil down to the fact that 17-year-olds respond to shiny objects. As you can see above, the folks at Notre Dame have apparently taken that concept a bit more literally . . . → Read More: And They Aren’t Even Giving Me a Consultant’s Fee
By Paul Lukas, on September 29th, 2011%
The NHL’s been saving a sneaky little uniform change for the start of the regular season: Beginning next Thursday, all players except for goalies will be required to have their uni numbers on the front crown/forehead area of their helmets (as well as on the back, which was already required). The move, which . . . → Read More: Head Count
By Paul Lukas, on September 21st, 2011%
[Editor's Note: Today we have a DIY primer from reader Elliott Josypenko, who's been designing his own football helmets. Enjoy. — PL]
By Elliott Josypenko
A few months ago I decided I wanted to expand my football helmet collection. Being a fairly hands-on person, I didn’t see the point in simply buying new . . . → Read More: Uni Watch DIY Project: Shell Game
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