By Phil Hecken The 2013 Pro Bowl is today (7:00 pm, NBC). After you’re done yawning, and you’ve spent a full day doing chores, watching hoops/puck, sleeping in…whatever you may …
Category: All-Star Unis
Christmas in October (and Black Thanksgiving, Too)
Christmas is a big day for the NBA, which has made an effort to “own” the holiday on the sports calendar in recent years. The league has no games scheduled …
Uni Watch Book Club: The Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Jerseys
I recently got my hands on a review copy of The Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Jerseys, and I don’t mind saying it’s one of the best, most wonderfully …
Views From Elysian Fields: U.S. Baseball at the Olympics
By Morris Levin The 2012 Summer Olympic Games open tonight in London. The International Olympic Committee voted to displace baseball from the Games in a 2005 vote, and the 2008 …
How Many Oddball Shoes Can You Spot in This Photo?
Not the most uni-notable All-Star Game last night. No helmet mix-ups, no major snafus, just a parade of specialized footwear. I missed the first half of the game, so I …
Kickin’ It At The NBA ASG
By Phil Hecken It’s that time of year again — the one day I let the inmate run the asylum day everyone’s favorite sneakerhead, Matt Powers, gets to highlight the …
Black Thanksgiving Comes to Uni Watch HQ
Click photos to enlarge With the NBA All-Star Game taking place this Sunday, I received a surprise package yesterday from Adidas. Inside was the jersey you see above. I assume …
Something Old, Something New
. The top photo shows a guy named Mark Occhipinti, who spent the 1978 NFL season dressed up as SuperPatriot, a live mascot for the Patriots; the lower photo shows …
Couldn’t They Wait Until the Draft Like Everyone Else?
In case you missed it yesterday, Phil reported how Nike had unveiled a new set of NFL gloves for the Pro Bowl on Saturday. What Phil didn’t mention (in part …
Let The Swooshie Era Begin
By Phil Hecken The Pro Bowl is today. You won’t watch. Nobody cares anyway. I could probably end this portion of today’s post with that and be done with it. …
Seeing Stars
This Sunday is a good chance to regrout the bathroom all-star day, beginning with the NHL All-Star Game at 4pm Eastern. Nothing new uni-wise, as they’ll be wearing the exact …
Didn’t Willie Stargell Already Think of This 30 Years Ago?
Those little gold All-Star stars began appearing on MLB jerseys on Monday, and last night we got our first look at the stars on the caps (they didn’t use the …
Snakes on a jersey?
By Phil Hecken For years now, we’ve expected crappy All Star Game BP jerseys. It comes with the territory. Take the host team’s crappy BP jersey, change up the colors …
Like Father, Like Son
Yesterday I ran the transcript of Robert Harvell’s interview with longtime Rams equipment manager Todd Hewitt. As many of you know, Todd was born into the job, because his father, …
Two for the Price of One: The NHL & NFL All Stars Play Today!
By Phil Hecken Last Sunday we had the greatest day in the NFL — the Conference Championships — and next Sunday brings us the biggest spectacle: the Super Bowl. So, …