So it’s actually gonna look like a football game. That was the surprise news yesterday, as word came down that Oregon would be wearing a fairly sedate, normal-looking uniform for …
Category: Collector’s Corner
No Play for Mr. Gray — But Long Live Mr. Grey!
Gray plays a prominent role in the uni-verse. Baseball teams wear road grays; college football and basketball teams are increasingly prone to having gray alternate unis in their wardrobes; NFL …
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
You know the drlll I want to go slightly off-uni today to talk about a design-related experience I recently had. The story begins about 19 years ago, when I bought …
That Logo Looks Good Enough to Eat!
Nathan Shields is an illustrator. Some of his work is done the conventional way, but he’s making a name for himself by producing an impressive body of work in a …
A Visit to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Tom Speed, who made some great uni-related observations during a recent visit to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He emailed …
Trying to Avoid Saying, ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’ (even though I just said it)
It had to happen eventually: The Eagles’ green jerseys, which weren’t ready in time for the start of the regular season, finally made their 2014 debut last night. I’m surprised …
A Book Worth Getting Excited About
Click to enlarge I’ve written many times about the seminal graphic designer and illustrator Otis Shepard, who did great artwork for the Cubs, plus he designed several of the Cubbies’ …
Goths and Jocks Make Peace (at least in Under Armour’s imagined fantasy world)
I you’re a fan of mono-black on the gridiron (or anywhere else, I suppose), yesterday was a very good day. Let’s start at Northwestern, where the Wildcats unveiled a new …
Another Day, Another Flurry of NBA News
Never a dull moment in the NBA, where teams are scurrying to get their uni ducks in a row in time for the start of the preseason this weekend. Here’s …
A Very Busy Day, but First: A Uni Watch Look at Rowing Blazers
Today is going to be a very busy day in the uni-verse. In the NBA, the Mavericks are going to reveal have revealed their alternate uniform for 2015-16 (that’s next …
Back to the Drawing Board for Florida State
If you’re looking for the Uni Watch take on the new Maryland uniforms that were unveiled today, we’ll have that tomorrow morning. Thanks for your patience. Now then: Big news …
A Long-Lost Cardinals Prototype Design
Click to enlarge Nine days ago, when I was still on my August break from the site, there was a one-sentence Ticker item that I think deserves a closer look, …
Uni Watch Book Club: ‘Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ’76’
Reader Ed Kozak recently tipped me off to some good uni-centric content in Dan Epstein’s recently published book, Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ’76, …
Uni Watch Exclusive: Vikings Prototypes
Click to enlarge Hmmm, what have we here? It’s two sets of Vikings prototype designs that were prepared by Reebok in 2003. I got them from a source and confirmed …
A Typographical Quirk at the World Cup
About 25 years ago, when I was working as a book editor, I was introduced to the concept of a ligature. That’s the typographic term for what happens when two …