Paul here, making a rare Sunday appearance. Phil has the day off and we weren’t planning on having a post today, but something happened last night that was just too …
Author: Paul Lukas
Have a Very Uni Christmas
Christmas Eve, 4:10pm; click to enlarge ’Twas the day before Christmas, and out on the porch Things were becoming a wee bit debauched The Tugboat Captain was dressed up like …
An Early Christmas Gift: Late-’80s NFL diet Coke Ads
For all images, click to enlarge Ticker-submission maven Kary Klismet recently pointed me toward a tweet that featured the late-1980s two-page Diet Coke ad shown above. “It opened up a …
And So It Begins: NHL Takes First Steps Toward Idiocracy
For all photos, click to enlarge The NHL officially entered the world of uniform advertising yesterday, as the Devils, Capitals, and Predators announced that their inaugural helmet advertisers will be, …
Child’s Play: More Awesome Uni-Themed Building Blocks
For all images, click to enlarge A year ago — almost to the day — we had a guest post from reader Loren Southard, who told us about the completely …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
For all photos, click to enlarge Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be safe and well. Hope the same is true at your …
Uni Watch Fan Appreciation Day, 2020 Edition
Good morning! It’s that time of year again — the time when I give something back, literally, to the comm-uni-ty. Or, if you prefer to be more cynical about it, …
Leak Hints at Mash-Up Unis for NBA’s 75th Anniversary
For all photos, click to enlarge The photo shown above is one of several images that were tweeted yesterday afternoon by the generally reliable @SunsUniTracker account, which got them from …
All 16 (or maybe 18!) NBA ‘Earned’ Uniforms Leak
For all photos, click to enlarge Major scoop last night from Justin Peabody, who runs the Thunder-centric @OKCTracker Twitter account. He says he was poking around yesterday on the NBA’s …
Less Is More: A Look at the NBA’s Ad-Free Three
Click to enlarge The 2020-21 NBA season tips off one week from today (I know, it’s crazy — feels like we were just crowning the Lakers), and preseason games have …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Lots to like in yesterday’s KC/Dolphins game, as the Fins wore their throwbacks, KC went white over red, and the late-year sunlight looked Just Right on Miami’s grass field. A …
The Story Behind ‘Time’ Magazine’s LeBron James Portrait
Click to enlarge Time magazine yesterday named LeBron James as its athlete of the year and, as you can see above, marked the occasion with a portrait that showed the …
History Lesson: ‘Black Sports’ and ‘Our Sports’ Magazines
For all photos, click to enlarge While doing photo research for Tuesday’s blog entry about Dick Allen, I came across this shot of him on the cover of the August …
Sartorial Justice: Do Some Unis Deserve to Win (or Lose)?
Click to enlarge We all know about poetic justice, and this year there’s been a lot of talk about social justice. But today I want to introduce a new term: …
A Uni Watch Look at Dick Allen
For most of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge Former MLB great Dick Allen (shown above at a Phillies game in 2017) died yesterday at the age of 78. …