Click to enlarge Oklahoma released a new set of alternate uniforms yesterday. According to the press release, these uni will “occasionally supplement” the team’s standard home and road looks, which …
Category: Collector’s Corner
Decades Before Jackie
Today is Jackie Robinson Day, the day when we honor the first African American to play in the major leagues. But as you can see above, Robinson was not the …
’Tis the Season to Shift Your Brain Into MLB Mode
This photo of Jason Heyward was taken a few days ago. As you can see, he’s still using the facemask that he began wearing last season after being beaned by …
To Tuck or Not to Tuck: That Is the Question
Click to enlarge Last week I mentioned the excellent new “30 for 30” documentary, Untucked, which is about Marquette’s untucked jerseys back in the late 1970s. As a companion piece …
Change Is Inevitable — But Is It Inevitably Permanent?
In the wake of the Bucs’ uniform unveiling last week, lots of observers — some of whom liked the design, others of whom didn’t — have issued a series of …
Good Thing I Didn’t End Up on Jury Duty, Eh?
If you can’t see the slideshow above, click here I’ll get to what I think of the new Bucs uniform set in a few minutes. But first I want to …
You Should Own This T-Shirt (or one very much like it)
Occasionally you come across something so perfect, so obvious, so right, that you (a) can’t wait to share it with everyone you know and (b) can’t believe you didn’t think …
Chinny-Chin-Chin
It’s not often that a Uni Watch reader designs something that makes it onto an NFL gridiron, but that’s the case with the chinstraps you see above, which were designed …
MLB in 3D
[Editor’s Note: Today we have an excellent guest entry by David Firestone, who’s provided a close look at a unique element from MLB uniform history. ”” PL] By David G. …
A Different Kind of Super Bowl Uniform
Click to enlarge Several New York-area Uni Watch readers have mentioned to me that they’re volunteering for the Super Bowl Host Committee. One of them is Jeffrey Jacobs, who’s a …
Collector’s Corner for January 21, 2014
By Brinke Guthrie We’ll kick off this installment of Collector’s Corner with the two Super Bowl teams: Check out this nice-looking 1980s varsity-style Broncos jacket from Majestic and this Seahawks …
Major NickNOB Discovery
Serious historical find today, kids, and it’s a follow-up to something we first discussed back in 2012. In May of that year we addressed the rumor that 49ers running back …
Uni Watch DIY Project: A Set of NBA Buttons
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Thomas Fiers, who recently completed a totally excellent DIY project. Enjoy. ”” PL] By Thomas Fiers I wanted to make a …
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
So what’dja think of the new Oregon uniforms in last night’s Petroleum Bowl? Naturally, I liked the green socks, but I thought the silver feathers across the shoulders were a …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Have Yourself a Merry Little Tree Topper
A few years ago reader Marty Hick used an angel figurine and a GI Joe toy to create a tree topper based on himself and his wife, Holly (top left). …