About a month ago someone sent me some graphics that he claimed to be from the Clippers’ upcoming redesign. I wrote back to this person — let’s call him Source …
Author: Paul Lukas
Our Annual Look at Jackie Robinson Day
Click to enlarge As many of you know, the Padres provide jerseys — Padres jerseys — to San Diego-area Little League teams. They had a bunch of those Little Leaguers, …
Uni Watch Rust Belt Unveiling Tour Rolls On
Click to enlarge Remember long-ago Uni Watch intern Vince Grzegorek (above left)? These days he’s the editor of the alt-weekly newspapers in Cleveland and Detroit, and it was great to …
Uniform Summit, Cream City Edition
Click to enlarge Who was that yesterday afternoon at the Miller Time Pub & Grill in Milwaukee? From left, that’s me, Uni Watch intern Mike Chamernik, and SportsLogos.net impresario Chris …
Pro Sports Fight Songs: NFL
Greetings from Milwaukee, where I’ll be covering the unveiling of the Bucks’ new logo set tonight. Uni Watch intern Mike Chamernik, who’s a big Bucks fan, will be coming up …
Painting Uniforms on Uniforms
Reader Douglas Ford recently alerted me to the work of an artist named Dan Stromme, who has an interesting specialty: He paints sports scenes on helmets and jerseys. Let’s start …
An Assortment of MLB Goodies
How cold was it last night in Philadelphia? So cold that Phillies outfielder Jeff Francoeur wore a batting glove on his throwing hand (and apparently laughed about it). Not sure …
Uni Design Moves to Brave New Video World
In all the years that I’ve been running uniform design contests over on ESPN, nobody has ever submitted his or her design as a video — until now. When we …
My Team’s Magic Number Now Down to 162
Lots of uni-notable moments in yesterday’s Opening Day games, none better than when Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett (who already has the best name in the bigs) adjusted his pants …
Pro Sports Fight Songs: MLB
[Editor’s Note: Today we have the start of a new series of entries by intern Mike Chamernik, who’s taken a deep, deep dive on an excellent topic. Enjoy. ”” PL] …
Cross-Dressing Alert!
Interesting news last night out of St. Louis, where the Blues announced that they’ll be marking the start of the baseball season by wearing Cardinals jerseys for pregame warm-ups on …
A Look at Yesterday’s Uni-Related Pranks
Lots of April Foolery around the uni-verse yesterday. The prize for the most elaborate prank goes to the Colts, who announced that they’d be going with a “white-out” uniform and …
Geezer British Oldies Act Pretends to Know Something About American Sports Uniforms
Interesting mix of sports design and music design yesterday, as the Rolling Stones announced a 15-city North American tour and promoted it by adapting their familiar lips-and-tongue logo to include …
Extra Texture (or at least the illusion thereof)
Click to enlarge The Jacksonville Suns — the Marlins’ Double-A affiliate — sent out this photo of their new road jersey yesterday. Looks like Wilson, the manufacturer, used a faux …
The White Shoe Chronicles, Continued
TBig Uni Watch day over on ESPN, as my annual MLB season preview is up, and so is an interview I did with the guy who’s selling that vintage Mets …