Category: College Football

By Phil Hecken Ah, Rivalry Weekend. Quite possibly the best weekend weeklong set of games in college football. In the past, I’ve covered many of the best rivalries, including Army/Navy …

Weird uni glitch in yesterday’s Cowboys/Raiders game, as Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant was missing the outlining on the upper window of one of his 8s. Now if they’d just …

When White Sox owner Bill Veeck pioneered the placement of players’ names on uniforms in 1960, he was probably too busy misspelling Big Klu’s name to wonder how his innovation …

Some unfortunate mono-color action in the NFL yesterday, as the Cardinals did the blood clot thing and the Browns wore solid brown. Yuck and double-yuck. What else went down around …

Here’s a life lesson to keep in mind: When you insist on making massive, over-the-top symbolic gestures, you run the risk of massively embarrassing failures that provide a very different …

I’ve been saying for years that the Giants’ gray pants look a bit too blah and that they should switch them to white. Yesterday they finally did just that, breaking …

If you can’t view the slideshow, click here Yesterday most of the uni-verse — and, it seemed, a good chunk of the sports world in general — was talking about …

So long, Pinktober; hello, GI Joevember. That was the message yesterday in Dallas, where the Cowboys and Vikings kicked off the NFL’s annual “Salute to Service” pandering promotion. That meant …

Good thing the World Series was on last night, because the Vikings chose their Sunday Night Football showcase to do the full-on Grape Ape thing (lots of photos here). I …

On Wednesday evening I attended a media event organized by Riddell, to promote their latest helmet safety product, which is called InSite. Didn’t have enough time to write about it …

The most visually interesting NFL game yesterday was the Packers/Browns tilt at Lambeau, where the Pack wore their Acme Packers throwbacks and the Browns wore their brown britches (lots of …

By Phil Hecken I’m back again today with another installment of the popular “Timelessly Representing” series. Last time out we looked at the NCAA’s PAC-12, and today we’ll look at …

Pinktober reached its inevitable apotheosis (or nadir) yesterday, as Oregon announced that it will be wearing pink helmets, socks, and gloves this weekend. The Oregon announcement came one day after …

We already knew the Ravens had dropped the neck roll collar on their purple and white jerseys, and yesterday we learned that they’ve done likewise on their black alternate jerseys. …

Pinktober kicked into high gear yesterday, as NFL players, officials, fields, and stadiums were festooned with just about every kind of pink accessory you can imagine. I’m not going to …