Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be safe and healthy. Hope the same is true for everyone at your home. Now then: Multiple …
Author: Paul Lukas
Gold Standard: Nats Players Reveal Championship Uniform
Just as the world was about to go kablooey back in early March, people were starting to ask me if the Nationals, like most other defending World Series champs in …
When the Number and Name Colors Don’t Match
Notice anything uni-notable about this old photo of Michael Jordan about to break some hearts in Detroit? Here’s the part that interests me: For both teams, the color of the …
Auction Action
As you may have noticed in the left-hand sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running another catalog auction. Let’s look at some of the highlights: • We’ll begin with …
Which MLB Teams Are Wearing Team-Branded Masks?
Embed from Getty Images As MLB teams return to their home stadiums for preseason workouts, it’s been interesting, and sometimes jarring, to see some players wearing masks during their training …
3 Days That Rocked the World of Native American Sports Imagery
Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be healthy and safe. Hope the same is true at your home and that you all did …
Happy Fifth of July
Our friend Matt came over yesterday for a socially distant cookout — chicken, steak, shrimp kebabs, and grilled kale — and then he stuck around to join us for Pandemic …
Happy Independence Day
Each year on this date I try to find an image that captures America in a nutshell (here are the ones from 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, …
FedEx, Nike Choose Sides in NFL Name-Change Debate
Yesterday’s Ticker included the news that investment firms and shareholders had asked three prominent ’Skins-associated corporations to stop doing business with the team. Those three companies were FedEx, which holds …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Kevin Cearfoss’s 3D Logos
For all photos, click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from reader and card-carrying member Kevin Cearfoss — that’s him above — who’s going to tell …
A Team Grows in Brooklyn: Meet the Branches!
As you may have seen in yesterday’s entry, Branch Rickety — the informal name for the wayward branch that was hanging from the tree across the street from Uni Watch …
Checking Out the New NWSL Kits
For all photos, click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from our own Jamie Rathjen, who’s going to fill us in on all the new NWSL …
Some Thoughts on the NBA’s Proposed Racial Justice NOBs
Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where all three inhabitants continue to be healthy and safe. Hope the same is true at your home. As you may have heard …
Naming Right or Wrong? Seattle Arena Gets New Moniker
Seattle’s new NHL franchise is set to hit the ice at the start of the 2021-22 season. We still don’t know what the team’s name will be (the latest word …
What It’s Like to Work as a Big League Groundskeeper
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by JohnMark Fisher — that’s him at right, and you can click to enlarge — who’s going to tell us about his …