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Author: Paul Lukas

In Which I Land on the DL (again)

Click to enlarge As some of you may recall, three years ago I broke my wrist and forearm in a cycling accident with another biker. This past Sunday morning, while …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Due to an unforeseen personal situation yesterday, today’s lede and Ticker are both a bit shorter than usual. My apologies to those of you who …

Friday Flashback: The NBA’s Class of ’95

My Friday Flashback piece on ESPN this week is about the 1995-96 NBA season, which featured the debuts of fairly outlandish uniforms from the Grizzlies, Raptors, Hawks, and Bucks (among …

The Tailgate Candidacy

In yesterday’s Ticker I noted that someone had shown up at a Jeb Bush campaign event with a very SEC-esque “Jeb” sign (shown at right; click to enlarge). I figured …

DeAngelo Williams Paints the NFL Into a Pink Corner

As you’ve probably heard by now, Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams, whose mother and aunts died from breast cancer, wanted to keep wearing pink accessories even after Pinktober ended but …

A Perfect Night at the Ballpark

Photo by some guy sitting two rows behind us; click to enlarge Great time last night at Shea, as I was fortunate enough to be part of a stalwart quartet …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Screen shot by @Pandorasdad; click to enlarge Now that the A’s season is over, the Raiders finally went with the gold 50 yard line markers yesterday. And as you can …

Friday Flashback: The Forgotten Era of Patriots Uniforms

When people think of Patriots uniforms, they usually think of two primary eras: the old Pat Patriot look and the team’s current set. But people often forget that there was …

I Love a Man in a Uniform: Bill Henderson Interview

If you’re a regular Uni Watch reader, you’re probably familiar with (and, ideally, own a copy of) Bill Henderson’s seminal Game Worn Guide to MLB Jerseys, by far the most …

The People’s Crest

Some of you may recall design Mark Willis’s great “Soccer Out of Context” project from a few years ago, in which Willis took MLB jerseys and repurposed them as soccer …

Nikegon’s Latest Costume

Does anyone still get excited by the words “new Oregon uniform”? For me it’s more like, “Oh, another one — yeah, whatever.” That’s the problem with (a) constantly changing and …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Bizarre scene at yesterday’s Dolphins/Jets game, which took place at Wembley Stadium in London. As dozens of readers pointed out, the team logos in the end zones were blank outlines …

A Little Puck, A Little Yuck

Big day for Uni Watch over at ESPN, as my annual NHL preview will be running, plus we’ll have the debut of a new weekly feature, “Uni Watch’s Friday Flashback” …

The Wizards Channel the 1970s Baltimore Bullets

We’d known this was coming thanks to the earlier leak-o-rama, but now it’s official: The Wizards will wear a sleeved version of the Baltimore Bullets’ old racing stripe uni for …

Mirror, Mirror

We’re going off-uni today, because I want to talk about an aspect of visual culture that I’ve thought about for years but never written about until now. So: When I …