Where do we draw the line between style and substance? Between endearing and enduring? Between a clever design and a good design? I’ve been thinking a lot about those questions …
Author: Paul Lukas
Time for the Uni Watch Super Bowl Preview
The photo above, from a 2018 game, is a good approximation of how this Sunday’s Super Bowl will look (and, I hope, is also a good representation of the outcome). …
Beast Mode: Company Turns Pets Into NFL Players
For all images, click to enlarge If you want to pretend that your pet is a football player — and really, who doesn’t? — you have plenty of options. Unfortunately, …
A Uni Watch Look at Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant died yesterday. I’ll leave it to others to address what he meant on a cultural or historical level, or even on a basketball level. Here at Uni Watch, …
Pirates to Unveil New Road, Alternate Unis Today
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joshua Bell (@bell.josh19) on Jan 23, 2020 at 4:38pm PST The Pirates are scheduled to reveal some new uniforms this afternoon. …
Talking NFL Helmets with Poster Designer John Williams
For all photos, click to enlarge When I recently did the 2019 year-end raffle, one of the prizes was an NFL helmet poster, which was eventually won by reader Charles …
Tennessee School Turns Back the Clock to Segregated Era
Click to enlarge Obviously, school integration is a good thing. But as many segregated school systems integrated in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education …
Totally Loopy: 49ers DB Has Unusual Pants Modification
Click to enlarge Reader/commenter RJ Nordlund noticed something really interesting during Sunday’s NFC Championship Game: Unlike most players, who tuck their waistband towels, well, into their waistbands, 49ers defensive back …
Monday Morning Uni Watch, Conference Championship Edition
Click to enlarge In the fall of 1970, when I was six years old, I reached into a box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and pulled out a 3D football card …
Restoring an Original Mickey Mantle Jersey
For all photos, click to enlarge Many of you know longtime Uni Watch pal Bill Henderson as the guy behind the definitive guide to post-flannel MLB jerseys. Lately he’s been …
Jays Pitchers Bookend the Uni-Numerical Spectrum
The Blue Jays have a uniform unveiling scheduled for Saturday, but they made a different sort of uni-related news yesterday, as they introduced the newest member of their pitching staff: …
Auction Action
For all photos, click to enlarge As you may have noticed in the left-hand ad rail, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running another catalog sale. It includes the …
College Football Championship Wrap-up
Click to enlarge Greetings one last time from Florida, where the Tugboat Captain and I have been visiting her parents (we’re flying back home this afternoon). Yesterday we went kayaking …
Monday Morning Uni Watch, Divisional Playoff Edition
Click to enlarge Good morning! Greetings again from Florida, where the Tugboat Captain and I are spending a few days visiting her parents. An annual postseason ritual came into play …
Sunday Morning Uni Watch
Good morning! Paul here, filling in for Phil, who’s dealing with a family situation. Greetings from Florida, where the Tugboat Captain and I are spending a few days visiting her …