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Not sports related, but bankrupt link is changing their uniforms in an effort to refresh its image.

Good luck with that…

A writer for si.com called the Cardnal’s look this weekend the “bloodclot” look.

The greatest hockey uni of all time…the link…love the stripes!!!

Paul-
I have an interesting question for you. What would you do if a boxer offered to wear your temporary tattoo during a fight much like link

Looks like the Maryland Women’s Basketball team has been Nike-ized because of their recent success. Going from link to link.

I actually like the switch. Now they are using the same type treatment as the link while still maintaining their own identity, which I am a fan of. I’ve always liked it when all of the different teams at a school share a common design element.

[quote comment=”22239″][quote comment=”22235″]I have an interesting question for you. What would you do if a boxer offered to wear your temporary tattoo during a fight much like link[/quote]

Not a fan of that. Wouldn’t want it to happen.[/quote]

I waiting for someone to post a pic of a Uniwatch link.

[quote comment=”22243″][quote comment=”22241″][quote comment=”22232″]The greatest hockey uni of all time…the link…love the stripes!!![/quote]

Love BOTH of those jerseys – the green gold and white harkens back to the great Minnesota North Stars jerseys.[/quote]

You know, the more I look at the Ottawa jersey, they must have went with the “67’s” becaue the “Barber Poles” wouldn’t make a good team name – I still like the stripes though – any idea who the other team is though? I have to add that to my collection.[/quote]

They are the London Knights.

Yesterday’s lead-in pic of the Pata memorial sticker inspired me to share this bit of classy info. Forgive me if it’s already been shared.

On Saturday, FSU, who rarely does anything that can be considered classy, wore the same memorial decals that UM did. As many players on FSU’s roster are from the 305, I was glad to see some solidarity between this great state’s fallen programs.

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I just caught a fleeting glimpse of this so I didn’t even catch which player it was, but one of Indiana’s football players had a major helmet decal problem in the game against Michigan. The upper stroke of the “I” was completely obliterated, leaving the “U” and the part of the “I” that’s below where it intersects with the “U.” It looked like he had a cutaway image of a goblet on his helmet.

The collared-shirt story Don related was very definitely the Steelers/Saints game. I can’t remember which played for the Saints it was, but I can’t imagine it would’ve been very comfortable.

Also, during the game, Willie Parker lost part of his 9 early on, but it was repaired quickly, it seems.

Found a picture of RW McQuarters’ unconfirmed SpongeBob bandaid I mentioned yesterday

link

sports tattoos:

i have a Bruins spoked B for a tattoo – it was my first when i was 17 (i have to sleeves, back piece, stomach, chest, legs…it started something big).

a lot of my friends got Sox tattoos after 2004

Paul, maybe you should think about a piece on which logos (sports and not) get tattood the most?

in addition to the bruins i have several band logos, Black Flag, Rancid, Dag Nasty, Slapshot, my own old band – Daltonic, down by law, etc. etc.

I found and interesting logo/seal tidbit this morning in “Dark Sun: Making of the Hydrogen Bomb” by Richard Rhodes, Simon and Schuster, 1995. On p. 282

“…Clark Clifford had presented the President with a new design for the presidential seal a few weeks after the Japanese surrender, Truman had suggested adding lightning emanating from the arrowheads in the eagle’s left claw as a “symbolic reference to the tremendous importance of the atomic bomb.” (Clifford convinced Truman that the addition would ruin the design.)”

Hypocrite alarm! link can be purchased from the 49ers online store. It can be worn as an ensamble with the link and link.
However, Mike Nolan gets to wear link. I won’t even comment on the homeless angry man coaching in New England.

I should also note that Nebraska has made use of a thicker, stylized “N” for most purposes even going back to the era (1960s) when the plain “N” was first placed on the helmet.

Here’s Harry Husker.

Whoops, let’s try that again.

link
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The material the Knicks St. Patty’s unis is made of is a moisture wicking material. When Reebok made the unis they called it “play-dry” This is similar to Nike’s “Dri-Fit” I’m not sure what it’s called in adidas-world, but it’s the same fabric.

[quote comment=”22272″]Since Paul already brought up non-sports logos, and DJL called attention to Northwest Airlines’ new unis, I’d like to spotlight the interesting case of the Northwest logo. The old logo had a little visual trick to it – at first glance it looks like an N with a little triangle to the left of the N. What may not be apparent, though, is that the triangle really serves to form a W so that the logo is actually a superimposed N and W. Check it out link. The odd part is that the new logo alters the N but retains the little triangle which no longer serves its W-forming purpose (although it still represents a compass pointing NW). I used to work in an airport and saw the old logo every day without ever really “seeing” it. If you read the text in the link, it appears that the writer

still doesn’t fully get the old logo.[/quote]

I especially love the fact that the “new” Northwest logo clearly says NWA…even though Northwest is all one word, they like to go with the split initials, and with their name, it makes me wonder if Dr. Dre and Easy E might be flying their jets.

While watching the SD-Cincy game yesterday, I noticed a disturbing trend among Bengal defensive linemen. As if they already didn’t have a difficult time matching link and link patterns, some have decided to practically link them. They don’t link like they’re wearing remotely the same jerseys anymore as link.

[quote comment=”22257″][quote comment=”22245″]
Also, is there anything in this world worse than link?[/quote]

Yes, link.

[quote comment=”22247″]Ek-
Get your girlfriend a boys Giants jersey. I got my girlfriend a boys Tommie Harris jersey and she loves it, especially how it fits.[/quote]
Thanks Kenny.

[quote comment=”22283″] Harney Rubble Hairpieces[/quote]

Make that Barney. I need more coffee. :o)

[quote comment=”22286″]
The sabres fans are also trying to keep up with the new look as well, and are willing to support the team. Phoenix rebranded themselves (quitewell IMO), but there is not the same support for hockey or the team in Arizona. Another example is the Edmonton Oilers. For a long time they have had some of the worst merch. sales in the league due to their look, but since they started winning again, and the adoption of the third jersey, sales went up. (albeit not enough).

Are there any designers out there who care to make some new oilers mockups, they need them![/quote]

Good addition, Fraser. I assumed that some of the sales were due to that, but I should have said that. As for the Oilers, they have made small changes over the last decade, but nothing that would be overly dramatic in terms of a change. Personally, they still look good.

That Oilers alternate was designed by Todd McFarlane of Spawn comic book fame. He’s one of the owners in the group that owns the Oilers. That’s why he volunteered to design that alternate jersey which gets worn more often than most other alternate jerseys.

[quote comment=”22273″]The material the Knicks St. Patty’s unis is made of is a moisture wicking material. When Reebok made the unis they called it “play-dry” This is similar to Nike’s “Dri-Fit” I’m not sure what it’s called in adidas-world, but it’s the same fabric.[/quote]

I hadn’t noticed before reading this comment, but there is a small “Play Dry” tag on each pair of shorts (you can sort of see it in one of the pictures above — it is the small logo to the left of the NBA logo on the inner waistband of the shorts). Even though Reebok put that tag on each pair, there is no way that the respective shorts are the same – which contributes even more to my confusion. Why do the shorts look/feel/flow/breathe differently if Reebok still considers them all to be “play-dry.” Makes you wonder what exactly classifies as “play dry.”

To compare, I have Nike Dri-Fit game shorts as well. Each pair that claims to be Dri-Fit is identical to the others as far as fabric is concerned. Nike might do a lot of things Uni Watchers don’t like, but at least they’re more consistent than Reebok (or so it seems to the very untrained eye).

Brought this up on Saturday as well:

Did anyone see that wool coat that Mike Shula was wearing during the LSU/Alabama game? I know Nike isn’t the favorite brand of this particular institution but I might have to jump on one of those if they come in LSU’s colors. Very classy old-school look.

[quote comment=”22263″] Hypocrite alarm! link can be purchased from the 49ers online store. It can be worn as an ensamble with the link and link.
However, Mike Nolan gets to wear link. I won’t even comment on the homeless angry man coaching in New England.[/quote]

Coach, you mustn’t look too dressy out there, but we, on the other hand, have to make our scratch.

Chad S., thanks for that last line about Billy B. Priceless!

[quote comment=”22274″]link

link

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link, link

link, link

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Kenny, the dizzy links don’t work, but the others….Oh my god, what were they thinking? Especially that teal thing–nearly lost my retinas with that one. However, I still have to give the slightest edge to Kris M. because of the pink ones he produced. You are thisclose to taking over reign as KoH.

It’s Roderick Rogers, not Cedric Rogers.

[quote comment=”22291″][quote comment=”22273″]The material the Knicks St. Patty’s unis is made of is a moisture wicking material. When Reebok made the unis they called it “play-dry” This is similar to Nike’s “Dri-Fit” I’m not sure what it’s called in adidas-world, but it’s the same fabric.[/quote]

I hadn’t noticed before reading this comment, but there is a small “Play Dry” tag on each pair of shorts (you can sort of see it in one of the pictures above — it is the small logo to the left of the NBA logo on the inner waistband of the shorts). Even though Reebok put that tag on each pair, there is no way that the respective shorts are the same – which contributes even more to my confusion. Why do the shorts look/feel/flow/breathe differently if Reebok still considers them all to be “play-dry.” Makes you wonder what exactly classifies as “play dry.”

To compare, I have Nike Dri-Fit game shorts as well. Each pair that claims to be Dri-Fit is identical to the others as far as fabric is concerned. Nike might do a lot of things Uni Watchers don’t like, but at least they’re more consistent than Reebok (or so it seems to the very untrained eye).[/quote]

Interesting about the play-dry tag. I didn’t even notice that. I do know that the play-dry tag is only found on Pro Cut shorts, not retail “authentics”
I have a pair of Phoenix Suns alternate authentic shorts that are of the retail variety and they don’t have the play dry tag. Also, the lining is orange. On the pro cut shorts the lining is white and the play dry tag is present.

Finally found a couple of photos of Rutgers’ late-1990s jerseys, which look even better (IMO) than what they’ve got now. These were dismal years, so photos are impossible to find.

link you can see the white road jersey, and link a color photo.

Seems they also wore link with it in 2000.

And here is the fantastic-looking link.

Still looking for the earlier ones where they had curved digits; those look even better.

[quote comment=”22306″][quote comment=”22296″]Brought this up on Saturday as well:

Did anyone see that wool coat that Mike Shula was wearing during the LSU/Alabama game? I know Nike isn’t the favorite brand of this particular institution but I might have to jump on one of those if they come in LSU’s colors. Very classy old-school look.[/quote]

Speaking of college football coaches in wool coats, link often wears this coat at games and around campus when the weather turns cold. I like to call it his link coat because of the wooden clasps and rope loops (whatever they’re called)…and not one single swoosh in site![/quote]

im not 100% sure but i think joe paterno warmed up in this during this past weekend’s penn st. game…
link

This came up during the discussion of the permanent MLB-wide retirement (or banning) of Jackie Robinson’s number 42 and possible alternative solutions: the Mets are building a new park, and…

The stadium will include the “Jackie Robinson Rotunda,” which will pay tribute to the former Dodger who broke the color barrier in professional baseball. The rotunda will tell Robinson’s story and include a statue of him.

“It is my hope that as individuals and groups walk through the rotunda that they will begin to be inspired,” said Rachel Robinson, the widow of the baseball great. “I hope it will spread not just some joy but some critical thinking about our society.”

That’s from Yahoo, if you’re interested.

[quote comment=”22253″]Found a picture of RW McQuarters’ unconfirmed SpongeBob bandaid I mentioned yesterday

Not sure about the Band-aid but link it looks like he has doubled up the strip socks instead of wearing the plain whites under the normal striped socks.

[quote comment=”22314″]Finally found a couple of photos of Rutgers’ late-1990s jerseys, which look even better (IMO) than what they’ve got now. These were dismal years, so photos are impossible to find.

link you can see the white road jersey, and link a color photo.

Seems they also wore link with it in 2000.

And here is the fantastic-looking link.

Still looking for the earlier ones where they had curved digits; those look even better.[/quote]
The one change I would make to Rutgers’ unis is to put a stripe on the pants. without stripes, white pants look like practice gear. Still, infinitely better than the “Nike template color option -2” that my alma mater (U of A) wears.

One of the link logo’s and uniforms in the NHL.

So the Mets stadium groundbreaking was today, and the name was announced as link, not the one word CitiField. I wonder if the Mets changed the name after complaints over the weekend, or if the media just got it wrong.

[quote comment=”22319″]This came up during the discussion of the permanent MLB-wide retirement (or banning) of Jackie Robinson’s number 42 and possible alternative solutions: the Mets are building a new park, and…

The stadium will include the “Jackie Robinson Rotunda,” which will pay tribute to the former Dodger who broke the color barrier in professional baseball. The rotunda will tell Robinson’s story and include a statue of him.

“It is my hope that as individuals and groups walk through the rotunda that they will begin to be inspired,” said Rachel Robinson, the widow of the baseball great. “I hope it will spread not just some joy but some critical thinking about our society.”

That’s from Yahoo, if you’re interested.[/quote]

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I am interested, Mark in Shiga. I think this is an excellent idea, and if every new ballpark included something like this, *cough* the Twins, then I wouldn’t mind if Robinson’s number went back into circulation.

[quote comment=”22303″][quote comment=”22258″]sports tattoos:

i have a Bruins spoked B for a tattoo – it was my first when i was 17 (i have to sleeves, back piece, stomach, chest, legs…it started something big).

a lot of my friends got Sox tattoos after 2004

Paul, maybe you should think about a piece on which logos (sports and not) get tattood the most?

in addition to the bruins i have several band logos, Black Flag, Rancid, Dag Nasty, Slapshot, my own old band – Daltonic, down by law, etc. etc.[/quote]

skott, how many tats do you have? I have four, but none of a brand. You got me thinking. If I did get a brand/logo, what would it be? Not only would it have to be a team/group that I like, the logo would have to be aesthetically pleasing. Any suggestions, guys? You know my preferences by now.

Paul, I think we are moving towards the inevitable—an entry on tattoos![/quote]

I’d get “Minna” – but with the old North Stars N’s for your N’s.

[quote comment=”22230″]A writer for si.com called the Cardnal’s look this weekend the “bloodclot” look.[/quote]

DJ Gallo called it Embarassment Red trimmed with Surrender White.

[quote comment=”22335″]how many? hard to say at this point, to be honest.
two full sleeves, tons on legs and stomach, chest and back…
well over 100 if i were to guess.

for me, its really about what is important, whether at the time or forever. i don’t mind getting g/f letters or whatever because when we split up at least i’ll have that reminder that something was good at least! ha.

some of my favorite tattoos are simple – i have Abraham Lincolns signature on the back of my neck, i have an ex’s b-day on my chest, my grandmother and dad’s name on my arm after they passed away…

but i also have silly stuff like an 8 ball w/ a sailor’s cap and some coi fish with anarchy signs for eyes.

can’t take anything too seriously in my opinion. life’s too short and if you’re gonna take it to the grave make it good and something that’ll make you smile even if you regret it, you know?

oh, my last bit of info on tattoos – if you’re gonna do it, go big. don’t start small and work your way up, just go big. you’re only gonna have that body once so make it memorable!

ps: i love the stp logo! also, the evel knievel #1 and his stripes and stuff – totally unforgetable.[/quote]

skott, I know this is wildly off-topic, but do you have any pics you would be willing to post of your artwork? I am intrigued by full-body tat work—like the Japanese yakuza.

I do have four—two biggish and two smaller, but you’re making me hanker for more.

Man, i can’t believe nobody (including paul) mentioned the fact that the link were wearing some sweet throwbacks. It’s too bad they were the white aways and not the home blues, though.

[quote comment=”22290″]
I was just passing along the information on a much-discussed logo.[/quote]

I didn’t mean it as a point of disrespect. Quite the opposite, in fact. What I am saying is that the reporter is pointing out the obvious. Sales will automatically be up due to the fact that fans of the Sabres want to stay current. He needs to qualify the story as to why the number of jerseys sold are way up. That’s all.

I’m sorry if I implied any disrespect, DJL. My apologies as it wasn’t what I was intending at all.

[quote comment=”22323″][quote comment=”22314″]Finally found a couple of photos of Rutgers’ late-1990s jerseys, which look even better (IMO) than what they’ve got now. These were dismal years, so photos are impossible to find.

link you can see the white road jersey, and link a color photo.

Seems they also wore link with it in 2000.

And here is the fantastic-looking link.

Still looking for the earlier ones where they had curved digits; those look even better.[/quote]
The one change I would make to Rutgers’ unis is to put a stripe on the pants. without stripes, white pants look like practice gear. Still, infinitely better than the “Nike template color option -2” that my alma mater (U of A) wears.[/quote]

I always go by the rule that helmet stripe should match the pants stripe, and since Rutgers has no helmet stripe, plain pants are fine. Now my alma mater Penn State has a helmet stripe and no pant stripe, but adding a stripe to their pants would probably offset the earth’s rotation about its axis…and we don’t want to do that.

link

OSU is Purple? Still better than the WARNING…MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS…link.

[quote comment=”22350″]OSU is Purple? Still better than the WARNING…MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS…link.[/quote]

Minna watch yourself with this one. How about this for link I was working at the Furman football game this Saturday and this guy was part of a line of fans that had painted their bodies and spelled out “PURPLE ‘N PROUD OF IT” wish I could find a pick of the whole line. I didn’t have a camera with me and was pretty busy working so I couldn’t get it. Also, I noticed something very interesting from the game. Furman is outfitted by NIKE (although their jerseys are still traditional) and have a link on the right side. Most players have this but some do not and it is just link.

[quote comment=”22353″][quote comment=”22350″]OSU is Purple? Still better than the WARNING…MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS…link.[/quote]

Minna watch yourself with this one. How about this for link I was working at the Furman football game this Saturday and this guy was part of a line of fans that had painted their bodies and spelled out “PURPLE ‘N PROUD OF IT” wish I could find a pick of the whole line. I didn’t have a camera with me and was pretty busy working so I couldn’t get it. Also, I noticed something very interesting from the game. Furman is outfitted by NIKE (although their jerseys are still traditional) and have a link on the right side. Most players have this but some do not and it is just link.[/quote]

Ohh also forgot to mention something else that happened there, though not uni related. The fine students from Furman University like to let it be known they go to FU as it was chanted often during the game. The scoreboard also flashes it on the screen for the majority of the game.

[quote comment=”22245″]Did anyone see the Steelers/Saints game this weekend? One of the players for the Saints looked to be wearing a white buttoned down collared shirt under his pads. The collar was poking through and the announcer commented that it looked like he had an Izod shirt on.

I’m pretty sure it was the Steelers/Saints but I may be wrong. Anyone have a picture of this?[/quote]

It was the Steelers Saints game and it was Charles Grant. Although I doubt it was an Izod. It looked more like one of link with the neck cut down the middle.

[quote comment=”22359″][quote comment=”22341″][quote comment=”22334″]

I’d get “Minna” – but with the old North Stars N’s for your N’s.[/quote]

Banker Bill, this is great. I like the creativity. Maybe I’ll get it in the Wild! typeface and throw an exclamation point after.

Do you have any tats?[/quote]
One – 6 years ago – NYR Liberty logo for my Rangers fanaticism and for my father, who got me to watch as a kid. Looking to get another – but probably not sports themed. My wife wants a logo for a tattoo – she wants the Corona logo with the two – whatever they are (dragons? some other animal?) and the crown in the middle with the words “mas fina” over it and true “tramp stamp” position. I kind of like the idea…[/quote]

Banker Bill, what does ‘mas fina’ mean? More…final? More finished? I like tattoos on the lower back, but I wouldn’t get one because I could never see it. Your wife likes Corona, eh? Talk about free advertising.

Do you have a pic of your tattoo logo? Not necessarily your tat, but of the logo? I’m curious. Maybe I’ll just get the UniWatch temporary tattoo as a real one on my chest (right side, already have a tat on the left side) and give Paul some free advertising as well.

[quote comment=”22360″][quote comment=”22359″][quote comment=”22341″][quote comment=”22334″]

I’d get “Minna” – but with the old North Stars N’s for your N’s.[/quote]

Banker Bill, this is great. I like the creativity. Maybe I’ll get it in the Wild! typeface and throw an exclamation point after.

Do you have any tats?[/quote]
One – 6 years ago – NYR Liberty logo for my Rangers fanaticism and for my father, who got me to watch as a kid. Looking to get another – but probably not sports themed. My wife wants a logo for a tattoo – she wants the Corona logo with the two – whatever they are (dragons? some other animal?) and the crown in the middle with the words “mas fina” over it and true “tramp stamp” position. I kind of like the idea…[/quote]

Banker Bill, what does ‘mas fina’ mean? More…final? More finished? I like tattoos on the lower back, but I wouldn’t get one because I could never see it. Your wife likes Corona, eh? Talk about free advertising.

Do you have a pic of your tattoo logo? Not necessarily your tat, but of the logo? I’m curious. Maybe I’ll just get the UniWatch temporary tattoo as a real one on my chest (right side, already have a tat on the left side) and give Paul some free advertising as well.[/quote]

In the smarmiest voice I can conjure…”You show me yours and I’ll show you mine….”

It’s the logo on the Rangers alternate jersey – the statue of liberty head with the NYR under it. I’m sure if you go to

duke unveiled their hideous new jerseys last night

[quote comment=”22357″][quote comment=”22353″][quote comment=”22350″]OSU is Purple? Still better than the WARNING…MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS…link.[/quote]

Minna watch yourself with this one. How about this for link I was working at the Furman football game this Saturday and this guy was part of a line of fans that had painted their bodies and spelled out “PURPLE ‘N PROUD OF IT” wish I could find a pick of the whole line. I didn’t have a camera with me and was pretty busy working so I couldn’t get it. Also, I noticed something very interesting from the game. Furman is outfitted by NIKE (although their jerseys are still traditional) and have a link on the right side. Most players have this but some do not and it is just link.[/quote]

This is what I like: my fellow UniWatchers looking out for me. Fortunately, I had braced myself, and I wasn’t too shocked, given that I root for the Vikings.

dchis, what is your job that you get to work games? I vaguely recall that you used to work in a hockey arena (if that wasn’t you, sorry), but football games? That’s a nice job, but I bet you don’t have much chance to watch the actual game.[/quote]

I was working there as a camera man for a television show that airs on Sunday in Asheville, NC. It was really fun at the game. I was mainly supposed to shoot the coaches, the players celebrating and on the sidelines, and the crowd. So there wasn’t too much time to take in the whole game. It was awsome though. I almost got ran over ala Joe Paterno but it was ok. I did scare a friend of mine who was working as a camera man for the television feed when I jumped, I made him jump too and he told me later that they had just cut to his camera when he jumped. It was really awsome just being on the sideline and being able to watch some of the time and the rest working. I was like, “dang I’m really getting paid for this.”

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I am so illiterate with these links – go to and shop for Rangers jerseys – it’s the alternate.[/quote]

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That is very nice. Tell you what, Banker Bill. When Paul finally consents to doing a tattoo entry, everyone on the board should post pics of her/his tattoos. If this miracle occurs (Paul writing on tats), I will find a way to post a pic of my tats. I don’t have a digital camera or a scanner, but I know people who do.

[quote comment=”22368″][quote comment=”22363″]

I am so illiterate with these links – go to and shop for Rangers jerseys – it’s the alternate.[/quote]

link

That is very nice. Tell you what, Banker Bill. When Paul finally consents to doing a tattoo entry, everyone on the board should post pics of her/his tattoos. If this miracle occurs (Paul writing on tats), I will find a way to post a pic of my tats. I don’t have a digital camera or a scanner, but I know people who do.[/quote]

Thank you – see, in NY we leave our links open for all the world to marvel at – and I am an exhibitionist…it started as a freshman when my attractive English teacher warned me about my “dangling participle”…I just thanked her and went on my way….

I have a digital camera – once I get it touched up, I’ll find a way to post it on here. Maybe Uni Watch can have a tattoo subdivision…Uni Wear?

[quote comment=”22369″][quote comment=”22366″]

I was working there as a camera man for a television show that airs on Sunday in Asheville, NC. It was really fun at the game. I was mainly supposed to shoot the coaches, the players celebrating and on the sidelines, and the crowd. So there wasn’t too much time to take in the whole game. It was awsome though. I almost got ran over ala Joe Paterno but it was ok. I did scare a friend of mine who was working as a camera man for the television feed when I jumped, I made him jump too and he told me later that they had just cut to his camera when he jumped. It was really awsome just being on the sideline and being able to watch some of the time and the rest working. I was like, “dang I’m really getting paid for this.”[/quote]

So do you get to do many games, or was this a one-time deal, dchis?

Oh, uni-related: I like the Titans’ dark-on-dark, but I suspect I’m in the minority, As for the redbirds of Arizona, they have proven that there can bee too much of a good thing. Red is my second favorite color, but that combo on Sunday hurt my eyes. Didn’t seem to help them play, either.[/quote]

This was the first game that I was able to be involved in this year. The guys who do the show are really good friends of mine and have been wanting me to come and work for them for a while but I have had availability issues. Mostly schedule conflicts with doing my own shows.

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p.s. I asuume you mean once you get your tattoo touched up (felt up?) and not your camera….[/quote]

I also assume that I can spell assume, but obviously not. dchis, what kind of shows do you do? Sports’ related? (Trying desperately to stay on topic).

[quote comment=”22342″]Man, i can’t believe nobody (including paul) mentioned the fact that the link were wearing some sweet throwbacks. It’s too bad they were the white aways and not the home blues, though.[/quote]

I totally agree with maximumK, those old school leafs unis are a lot better than the regular unis, though I find the extreme plainness of the link they use now, but the vein lines of the old logo makes the unis look sweet. Just wish they had nice classic lettering for the unis like link because link has just never looked right on such a classy uniform. Though on closer inspection it looks like it is the same lettering that is found on the logo, it just looks a little weirder when it is enlarged. I would like to see the Leafs go back to the more standard lettering like seen link on the the non-throwbacks. Though how sweet would it be to see the Leafs don THOSE throwbacks in the last pic. That would look mighty tight. I am just glad that they dont slap the new lettering on the throwbacks, shown link, but I have one more gripe, and its that “TML” logo on the shoulder. I do not like that either as I would rather see the old logo from the throwbacks put back on the shoulders, as seen in the first pic from nhluniforms.com. So they should just revert back to the days when they were still rocking the Gardens and Felix the Cat was roaming the crease. Alright, just had to get that off my chest. Though it cannot compete with link, 2 in a row!!!

Another Adidas school that had a player wearing the mismatched sleeves this weekend was IU. Number 9 Tracy Porter is wearing the sleeves. You can see it here. link

[quote comment=”22323″][quote comment=”22314″]Finally found a couple of photos of Rutgers’ late-1990s jerseys, which look even better (IMO) than what they’ve got now. These were dismal years, so photos are impossible to find.

link you can see the white road jersey, and link a color photo.

Seems they also wore link with it in 2000.

And here is the fantastic-looking link.

Still looking for the earlier ones where they had curved digits; those look even better.[/quote]
The one change I would make to Rutgers’ unis is to put a stripe on the pants. without stripes, white pants look like practice gear. Still, infinitely better than the “Nike template color option -2” that my alma mater (U of A) wears.[/quote]

I actually think that this is the best that Arizona has ever looked. This isn’t typical, but I’m a HUGE fan of the link. The link is too good to deny.

I also think Rutgers looks great the way they are, though the probably shouldn’t go red on read. White on white is OK, but the colored ones just gets to be too much.

[quote comment=”22243″][quote comment=”22241″][quote comment=”22232″]The greatest hockey uni of all time…the link…love the stripes!!![/quote]

Love BOTH of those jerseys – the green gold and white harkens back to the great Minnesota North Stars jerseys.[/quote]

You know, the more I look at the Ottawa jersey, they must have went with the “67’s” becaue the “Barber Poles” wouldn’t make a good team name – I still like the stripes though – any idea who the other team is though? I have to add that to my collection.[/quote]

They’re the 67’s because the franchise was granted in February, 1967.

And they say government towns have no imagination.

[quote comment=”22387″]Why do all you people hate the Nike basketball jerseys. I like the shoulder stripes.[/quote]

College basketball jerseys don’t have a manufacturers symbol on the jersey tops, this I assume is nikes way of getting around this issue. Plus now it’s just a generic template that they have put all the classic Uni’s into, therefore ruining them. Now UNC, (one of the now ruined nike jerseys) duke, ohio state, mich. state illinois, oregon etc… basically all have the same Uni, just in different colors. It ruins the teams individuality.

I’ll say as it is often said here: you either “get it” or you don’t.

[quote comment=”22384″][quote comment=”22323″][quote comment=”22314″]The one change I would make to Rutgers’ unis is to put a stripe on the pants. without stripes, white pants look like practice gear. Still, infinitely better than the “Nike template color option -2” that my alma mater (U of A) wears.[/quote]

I actually think that this is the best that Arizona has ever looked. This isn’t typical, but I’m a HUGE fan of the link. The link is too good to deny.

I also think Rutgers looks great the way they are, though the probably shouldn’t go red on read. White on white is OK, but the colored ones just gets to be too much.[/quote]
I think we’ll have to agree to disagree. I fly the Uniwatch flag brought up in the last ESPN coumn. Team Nike is not good for sports at any level. I’ve said before that U of A doesn’t have much uni history to stay true to. I guess that makes them more vulnerable to the template thinking. I can’t say what I want to see but a photo negative of Miami isn’t it.

Paul, because you posted the link to the Mets logo with the phased-out stick NY, I noticed today that my Mets tri-fold wallet [from third grade] has the stick NY in it, and that made me smile a bit.

[quote comment=”22301″][quote comment=”22274″]link

link

link

link, link

link, link

link

link[/quote]

Kenny, the dizzy links don’t work, but the others….Oh my god, what were they thinking? Especially that teal thing–nearly lost my retinas with that one. However, I still have to give the slightest edge to Kris M. because of the pink ones he produced. You are thisclose to taking over reign as KoH.[/quote]

Actually, the links DO work. When you get the “forbidden” message, just click the green “go” button to the right of your browser’s URL display. That worked for me … just FYI.

:)

So yesterday I decided to punish myself and went into a Nike factory outlet store. And to my surprise, I found an article there that was surprisingly well done and with the most minute amount of logo creep. It was one of thelink of former Negro League baseball unis. The shoes are horrendous, but I am really impressed by the tops. The only logo creep is about a half inch squared stamp in the leather patch. I looked for better pics, but couldn’t come up with them.

[quote comment=”22386″][quote comment=”22243″][quote comment=”22241″][quote comment=”22232″]The greatest hockey uni of all time…the link…love the stripes!!![/quote]

Love BOTH of those jerseys – the green gold and white harkens back to the great Minnesota North Stars jerseys.[/quote]

You know, the more I look at the Ottawa jersey, they must have went with the “67’s” becaue the “Barber Poles” wouldn’t make a good team name – I still like the stripes though – any idea who the other team is though? I have to add that to my collection.[/quote]

They’re the 67’s because the franchise was granted in February, 1967.

And they say government towns have no imagination.[/quote]

If the franchise had been created in 1968 I’m pretty sure it would have been called something else, not the 68’s. 1967 was Canada’s centennial, so I’m sure the name was to commemerate not only the beginning of the franchise, but also Canada’s Confederation in 1867.

Also, the barberpole jerseys are their thirds, their primary ones include a wicked link logo.

Just curious, I’m sure this has been covered before, but why exactly is the Torontonian team called the Maple “Leafs” and not the Maple “Leaves“? It can’t be Canadian English, eh? Does anyone have a link to the history behind that?

[quote comment=”22342”]Man, i can’t believe nobody (including paul) mentioned the fact that the link were wearing some sweet throwbacks. It’s too bad they were the white aways and not the home blues, though.[/quote]

[quote comment=”22319″]This came up during the discussion of the permanent MLB-wide retirement (or banning) of Jackie Robinson’s number 42 and possible alternative solutions: the Mets are building a new park, and…

The stadium will include the “Jackie Robinson Rotunda,” which will pay tribute to the former Dodger who broke the color barrier in professional baseball. The rotunda will tell Robinson’s story and include a statue of him.

“It is my hope that as individuals and groups walk through the rotunda that they will begin to be inspired,” said Rachel Robinson, the widow of the baseball great. “I hope it will spread not just some joy but some critical thinking about our society.”

That’s from link.[/quote]

Rachel Robinson was at the groundbreaking ceremony for New Shea today, because it’s important to have the widow of the greatest player never to play for your team at the ceremony. So tired of this. Can’t wait for the Brooklyn Dodgers to be ancient history.

[quote comment=”22411″]What, all these comments and no one links to link[/quote]

Paul already covered that. Unlike Smoot. Haha… I’m retarded.

[quote comment=”22384″][quote comment=”22323″][quote comment=”22314″]Finally found a couple of photos of Rutgers’ late-1990s jerseys, which look even better (IMO) than what they’ve got now. These were dismal years, so photos are impossible to find.

link you can see the white road jersey, and link a color photo.

Seems they also wore link with it in 2000.

And here is the fantastic-looking link.

Still looking for the earlier ones where they had curved digits; those look even better.[/quote]
The one change I would make to Rutgers’ unis is to put a stripe on the pants. without stripes, white pants look like practice gear. Still, infinitely better than the “Nike template color option -2” that my alma mater (U of A) wears.[/quote]

I actually think that this is the best that Arizona has ever looked. This isn’t typical, but I’m a HUGE fan of the link. The link is too good to deny.

I also think Rutgers looks great the way they are, though the probably shouldn’t go red on read. White on white is OK, but the colored ones just gets to be too much.[/quote]

I’m not a fan of the back stripe, but I do like how they put Arizona inside of it. It’s different and kind of cool looking.

[quote comment=”22417″]I know this is kind of random, but why does Yao Ming’s jersey say “Yao” on the back instead of “Ming”? He’s the only guy I’ve ever seen with that kind of treatment. Any special reason?[/quote]

Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong …

But in most Asian countries, I think surnames come first and “first names” are last. Or something like that–I do know that link has his name displayed in a similar fashion, for the same reasons (though he’s from Japan, not China).

And who didn’t close their damn italics tag???

“You either get it or you don’t?”

I guess I don’t get it. I’m a huge fan of the blog, but that doesn’t mean I take all of Paul’s preferences and make them my own.

I don’t see how Nike is any worse than UnderArmour, Adidas, or Reebok. They all use templates, and they all slap their logos all over everything. I like a lot of things Nike does.

I don’t mind purple in some applications. Kansas State football comes to mind.

You “get it” if you love uniforms. If you just take the opinions of the author of the blog and make them your own, that’s simply nuthugging, IMO.

[quote comment=”22396″][quote comment=”22301″][quote comment=”22274″]link

link

link

link, link

link, link

link

link[/quote]

Kenny, the dizzy links don’t work, but the others….Oh my god, what were they thinking? Especially that teal thing–nearly lost my retinas with that one. However, I still have to give the slightest edge to Kris M. because of the pink ones he produced. You are thisclose to taking over reign as KoH.[/quote]

Actually, the links DO work. When you get the “forbidden” message, just click the green “go” button to the right of your browser’s URL display. That worked for me … just FYI.

:)[/quote]

Andy from KC, I can’t believe I forgot that little trick—thanks for reminding me. My god, what women will wear in the name of’fashion’.

[quote comment=”22398″][quote comment=”22384″][quote comment=”22323″][quote comment=”22314″]Finally found a couple of photos of Rutgers’ late-1990s jerseys, which look even better (IMO) than what they’ve got now. These were dismal years, so photos are impossible to find.

link you can see the white road jersey, and link a color photo.

Seems they also wore link with it in 2000.

And here is the fantastic-looking link.

Still looking for the earlier ones where they had curved digits; those look even better.[/quote]
The one change I would make to Rutgers’ unis is to put a stripe on the pants. without stripes, white pants look like practice gear. Still, infinitely better than the “Nike template color option -2” that my alma mater (U of A) wears.[/quote]

I actually think that this is the best that Arizona has ever looked. This isn’t typical, but I’m a HUGE fan of the link. The link is too good to deny.

I also think Rutgers looks great the way they are, though the probably shouldn’t go red on read. White on white is OK, but the colored ones just gets to be too much.[/quote]

Red jerseys and blue helmets just don’t look like Arizona to me. When I was a student there we wore this:
link

Then they wen to these
link
Which I didn’t mind, but the current ones are tough for me to get used to.[/quote]

I really like those white helmets with the two different color stripes. I’ve always been a fan of subtle asymmetry. I too think that the link looks gaudy. But to me, the link looks fantastic. I think AZ was one of those “a change isn’t necessary but what they did looks good” updates.

Someone else mentioned liking the “ARIZONA” script in the link. Personally, I think it looks a little ameteur and more than necessary. Nothing wrong with leaving that stripe clean and simple.

While were talking about the Wildcats, I think they have possibly the greatest link in all of college sports. A Times New Roman font ‘A’ inside of a Varsity font ‘A’ outline. It’s so simple but creates such an interesting contrast and style. Classic yet fresh.

[quote comment=”22427″][quote comment=”22387″]Why do all you people hate the Nike basketball jerseys. I like the shoulder stripes.[/quote]

Miguel L., I hate the Swoosh basketball jerseys because they manage to be both boring and ugly at the same time—quite the dubious achievement. There is no personality to a Nike jersey—college basketball—or, there is random striping that makes no sense—Vikings’ jersey. Or, worse yet, there is the Oregon nightmare. I can’t speak for anyone else on the board, of course, but that’s why I dislike most brands—not just Nike. They just happen to be the most prolific in their spawning.[/quote]

The new Vikings jerseys are designed and made entirely by Reebok. And I think it varies from team to team how “boring’ (I prefer ‘simple,’ cuz we wouldn’t be here if uniforms were boring) or spicy the uniform is. It’s the school’s choice, but more often now, they’re going with Nike’s new designs. Plus some schools (like link, link or link) calm down a potentially link Nike link (all 5 of those are the same jersey by the way).

Same goes with basketball, because some Nike schools link. Again, it’s all up to the school and how they want to market themselves.

Meanwhile, regarding Nike and Cincinnati and logo creep and all the rest, check this out…

link

[quote comment=”22404″]
I think no one mentioned the Leafs’ jerseys because they’re the Leafs’ third jerseys, so it’s not like they’re new. They don’t wear them that much though, only against Original Six teams.[/quote]

I know they are not new, its just that i had a convo with a buddy about how much i love those unis and just wanted to let the people know where i stand…like they care…haha

[quote comment=”22424″]”You either get it or you don’t?”

I guess I don’t get it. I’m a huge fan of the blog, but that doesn’t mean I take all of Paul’s preferences and make them my own.

I don’t see how Nike is any worse than UnderArmour, Adidas, or Reebok. They all use templates, and they all slap their logos all over everything. I like a lot of things Nike does.

I don’t mind purple in some applications. Kansas State football comes to mind.

You “get it” if you love uniforms. If you just take the opinions of the author of the blog and make them your own, that’s simply nuthugging, IMO.[/quote]

I completely agree.
My favorite shoe / apparel brand is dare I say…NIKE.
I have over 200 pairs of Nike shoes, which have innovative design and amazing performance. I like the fact that I can buy tons of merchandise from my alma-mater, Arizona, because they are a Nike school. While I don’t like templated uniforms (Arizona football), not everything Nike does is bad (Arizona basketball).

I am not a huge fan of purple either, but my favorite basketball team wears purple (Suns) and frankly, I think they look good. They have used purple since 1968, not because it’s popular, but because of the colors in the desert sunsets in Arizona. Using purple for purple’s sake is lame though.

My favorite baseball team, however, (St Louis Cardinals) wears the best looking uniforms in all of sports

about the collared shirt. i always used to cut down the middle of the collar in all the underarmor shirts that i always wore because they always felt tight on my neck and uncomfortable. under some peoples pads, if the neck is cut far enough on a cold gear shirt, it can fold over and look like a collared shirt. i didn’t see the game, but thats just my input.

try this view link

[quote comment=”22414″][quote comment=”22225″]Because of its long-time association with Richard Petty, couldn’t one argue that the STP logo is actually a sports logo?[/quote]

No, no, no, NO NO NO NO!!!!

[quote comment=”22367″][quote comment=”22325″]One of the link logo’s and uniforms in the NHL.[/quote]
Hahahahahahaha, in the Bizarro World.[/quote]

Granted that the Fishsticks thing is one of the more embarassing moments in professional logo history, what’s wrong with the Isles current / classic uni? It’s a bit plain, but I love the simple four stripes to represent the Cups, and the logo fits the team name: they play hockey on Long Island. I don’t like that they fell into the trap of having Mets colors, but, overall, it’s one of the better unis on the ice nowadays.[/quote]

Yes, the Gorton’s Fisherman was THE biggest gaffe in uniform/logo history. But they made a good comeback when they returned to the classic look. It’s one of the cleanest and smoothest designs in the NHL. It’s not the Red Wings or Canadiens, but it’s smooth.

As far as the Isles & Mets colors, they may be similar, but they are not the same. The Isles went to navy blue when they returned to the classic look. The Mets still employ a sort of royal blue.