Click to enlarge Bizarre scene yesterday in Tampa, as Giants defensive lineman Jason Pierre-Paul made his first game appearance since losing one of his fingers and part of another during …
Author: Paul Lukas
Friday Flashback: Holy Gorgeous Uniform, Batman!
My Friday Flashback piece on ESPN today takes a look at one of my favorite overlooked uniform designs: the Steelers’ “Batman” uni, which was originally worn in 1966 and ’67 …
LeBron James Channels NBA Fans’ Collective Rage, Rips Open Sleeves on His Jersey
Sleeved NBA jerseys: You’re sick of them, I’m sick of them, and now the greatest player on the planet is officially sick of them. That’s the obvious conclusion to draw …
A Very Close Look at NFL Captaincy Patches
As we all know, Uni Watch readers like to “go deep” on certain uni-related topics. But some readers go deeper than others. A good example of that is this missive …
The Uni-verse Is Broken, but Not Because It Has Failed
When I was about 12 years old, I was poking around one of the bookshelves in our house and found a paperback called The Naked Ape. The book, which examines …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Click to enlarge Stripe-o-rama yesterday in Pittsburgh, as the Steelers wore their bumblebee throwbacks against the Bengals (additional photos here and here). I know lots of you don’t like the …
NFL Prepares for Thursday-Night ‘Color Rush’ Games
We’ve been wondering when we’d finally see color-on-color for the NFL’s Thursday-night games. Turns out it’s coming soon — but not in the way we expected. It was announced last …
Uniform Advertising Coming to NBA All-Star Game
Potentially big news out of the NBA last night, as The Wall Street Journal broke the story that the league will wear KIA advertising patches on its All-Star Game jerseys …
Could the Ratchet Be Turning the Other Way?
Craig Calcaterra of NBC’s Hardball Talk provided a a preview of last night’s World Series opening ceremonies and had some interesting analysis regarding the degree of “patriotic” and military-themed displays: …
Close Inspection Reveals Huge Mets Uni Advantage
As you can see above, there’s a sizable squatchee gap in this year’s World Series. The Mets’ orange cap squatchee is mirrored by a matching squatchee on their batting helmet, …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
[Editor’s Note: We have two posts today instead of one. If you missed the first one, look here. ”” PL] Good-looking game yesterday in San Diego, as the Chargers wore …
Mets vs. Royals: The Strip Tease
. [Editor’s Note: Special day here at Uni Watch, as we’ll have two posts instead of our usual one. Our usual Monday-morning NFL roundup and the Ticker will be posted …
Friday Flashback: Mets in Black
My Friday Flashback piece on ESPN today takes a look back at all the black drop shadows, black jerseys, black caps, and other black accessories that the Mets wore from …
Tastes Like Victory
Click to enlarge With a certain local baseball team breezing through the postseason, my local ice cream place, Ample Hills, has come up with a new Mets-themed flavor called “Party …
Under Armour Unveils New Under Armour Uniform for Under Armour (special thanks to Under Armour)
I’ve been saying for many years now that the uni-verse’s client/vendor relationship in way out of whack, especially in college sports. There’s the impression — and, in some cases, the …