Author: John Ekdahl

By John Ekdahl Dogs serving in the United States military is nothing new. They were first used during the Revolutionary War as pack animals, and their responsibilities were expanded in …

By John Ekdahl The Mets wore “Los Mets” jerseys last night during Fiesta Latina Night at Citi Field. The public address annoucements were done in spanish by Veronica Contreras of …

By John Ekdahl We’ve all heard it before, and while it’s generally true that your allegiance to a team supersedes that of any one player, it doesn’t make it any …

By John Ekdahl The Harvard Business Review has found that using the color pink in breast cancer awareness campaigns is actually counterproductive. From the study: Stefano Puntoni ran a battery …

By John Ekdahl The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals wore Negro League uniforms last night for Heritage Week. The Cardinals were outfitted in the uniforms of the St. Louis …

By John Ekdahl The Winnipeg Jets released three of their official logos yesterday (the uniform release will be at a later time). Phil will be covering this in more detail …

By John Ekdahl As the World Cup final kicks off today, one player has an interesting decision to make afterwards. Hope Solo has emerged as the star of the tournament, …

[Editor’s Note: A few days ago I asked webmaster John Ekdahl, who’s much more golf-knowledgeable than I am, if he wanted to write something about the U.S. Open. I also …

By John Ekdahl Last year’s Daytona 500 was plagued with track problems that forced the race to be delayed multiple times. It was brutally cold (for Florida) and an overwhelmingly …

By John Ekdahl Team USA kicked off the 2010 FIBA World Championship with a comfortable 106-78 win over Croatia in their home whites. They’ll play their second game this morning …

By John Ekdahl As Phil noted yesterday (or more accurately, “angrily vented”) it seems as though the Colts have shortened their shoulder stripes a little more this year. Check out …

By John Ekdahl The Mets and Pirates honored the Negro Leagues in their rain-shortened game by wearing the uniforms of the New York Cubans and the Pittsburgh Crawfords last night. …

By John Ekdahl A couple other oddities from this week: • Robinson Cano’s pink (some say sunburned, but I’m not buying it) logo made another appearance on Thursday. • The …

By John Ekdahl A lot has been made of the under-30 group of golfers at this year’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. You’ll find them all over the top of …

By John Ekdahl Showalter’s new team broke out an old set of unis against the Tampa Bay Rays last night. The Orioles were in an all-orange uniform, which was only …