Author: Phil Hecken

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken The “only game in town” as I like to call it takes place today between Army and Navy, who will be meeting for the 120th …

By Phil Hecken & The SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken Ah, Championship Weekend, when everyone gets a trophy the best team from each NCAA conference is crowned, concluded yesterday, and even …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Four of the Power 5 conferences meet today in their respective championship games (Oregon and Utah played last night, in what should be Sunday’s &1) …

By Phil Hecken & the SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken “GEAUX” (Pronounced “GO”) That’s how fans of the LSU Tigers have been cheering their team on for decades — co-opting the …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Over the past couple weeks, the NBA released all new ‘City’ jerseys for teams, which conveniently dropped just in time for your holiday shopping needs. …

By Phil Hecken and the SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken On a day that may be remembered for things greater than football, yesterday gave us one of the games that makes …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken After a pretty wild uni-reveal week, especially for the NBA, things were very quiet on Friday (and that’s not necessarily a bad thing). With only …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken There weren’t a lot of clown costumes alternate unis — at least not by NCAAFB standards — although we did have a few flag desecration …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken As you’re all aware, this year marks the 150th Anniversary of the first ever college football game, played between Princeton and Rutgers, and throughout the …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Yesterday morning, the Arizona Diamondbacks — who until such time held the distinction of having the worst uniform set in all of baseball (and it …

By Phil Hecken and the SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken Anyone ever see the movie Pleasantville? You know, the one where it’s like half black & white and half in color? …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Yesterday, the Cincinnati Reds became the first team to announce a new uniform (jersey, actually) for the 2020 season. They like to claim they’re the …

By Phil Hecken and the SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken I don’t think I’m losing my mind…but I could be. The uniform you see above, the Anthracite for Anthracite’s sake, the …

By Phil Hecken, with Ronnie Bolton Follow @PhilHecken Well, even though the World Series has only three games in the books, this is the only weekend in which it’s being …

By Phil Hecken & the SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken Remember how stoked I was for Rutgers to wear sleeves? Well, it helps when everyone plays along. What you see above …