Click to enlarge After weeks of teases and rumors, the Marlins finally made it official yesterday, unveiling their new primary and secondary logos. Naturally, they came with an annoying slogan, …
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“Is Older Better?”: NFL Edition
A few weeks ago I explored the topic of whether throwbacks and older uniform designs were really better than current designs by asking a simple question: “How many teams’ current …
A Picture Is Worth Thousands of Words: Talking Word Art with Dan Duffy
A few weeks ago we raffled off a print by artist Dan Duffy, who specializes in doing awesome sports-related illustrations comprised of words, which he sells under the brand name …
Why Do the Rams Look Bad but the Chiefs Look Okay?
Click to enlarge Reader Kyle Seely got in touch the other day to raise an interesting point. He noted that we all seem to agree that the Rams’ current uniform …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Click to enlarge Amidst all the G.I. Joke nonsense, the Chiefs did something interesting yesterday. They partnered with the National World War I Museum and Memorial, which is located in …
And Then There Were Two
When the 2017-18 NBA season tipped off a little more than a year ago, 17 of the league’s 30 teams had sold space on their jerseys to corporate advertisers. Another …
Crazy Day Features a Flood of NBA Leaks and Unveilings
The NBA’s drip-drip-drip of alternate uniform leaks became a tsunami yesterday, as a large number of jersey designs began circulating in advance of their official unveilings — with many of …
College Football to Feature 150th-Anniversary Patch in 2019
More than two and a half years ago, I wrote that 2019 would probably be an epic year for anniversary patches. We’ve already seen the beginnings of that wave with …
Reds Drop the Bomb: 15 Throwbacks on Tap for 2019!
Click to enlarge The Reds — baseball’s oldest franchise — will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Cincinnati Red Stockings next year, and yesterday they announced a major initiative …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Click to enlarge We’ve seen memorial patches for owners and for owners’ spouses. But until yesterday, I’m not sure we’d ever seen a memorial patch for an owner and his …
Amazing but True: A Good-Looking Thursday Night Football Game
The Raiders and 49ers played the last-ever Battle of the Bay last night. Perhaps to commemorate that occasion, or perhaps just for the hell of it, the Raiders did something …
NBA City Unveilings Set to Commence Today
Click to enlarge After weeks of leaks (a term Nike should consider trademarking, no?), NBA teams will finally start unveiling their City alternates today. The Nuggets got things started just …
Pens and Isles Wear Star of David for Massacre Victims
Click to enlarge On Monday I speculated about the various ways that the Steelers might memorialize the Tree of Life massacre victims. But the Penguins beat them to it. For …
A Close Look at a Nuggets Logo
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Ron Ruelle, who’s done an admirably deep dive on one of the Denver Nuggets’ alternate logos. Enjoy. — PL] By Ron …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Click to enlarge Good-looking uni matchup yesterday in L.A., where the Rams wore their throwbacks while hosting the Packers. But oy, that field — as you can see in the …