By Phil Hecken The 2010 Olympics from Vancouver, British Columbia, come to a close this evening, but there’s still some big excitement ahead today. Of course, I’m speaking of the …
Category: Curling
Design-An-NFL-Uni – Part II
By Phil Hecken It’s time for the second, and final, round of tweaks/concepts/revisions for the latest “Design a Uniform” contest, which was begun a little over a month ago. This …
Curling Is a Very Serious Sport
Look at that concentration. That steely gaze. That finely toned body ready to spring into action like a precision-engineered machine. That tongue sticking out of his mouth. Or just be …
Curling For Dummies
By Phil Hecken, with Mike Styczen With the 2010 Olympics in full swing, it’s time to take a look at one of the least understood, and perhaps, most maligned sports, …
Uni Watch Play Date: RPM and JTH Go Curling
[Editor’s Note: Today we’re honored to have a guest-written entry from Robert Marshall, who recently went curling with fellow Chicago reader James Huening. — PL] By Robert “RPM” Marshall James …
Coolest Throwbacks Ever!
I like curling. The rocks (striped!), the brooms, the target (very mod, don’tcha know). Too bad the uniforms are so lame-o. Ah, but it didn’t used to be that way. …
Uni Watch Book Club: Sleazy Does It
While I was in San Francisco last week, Uni Watch pastry chef Liz Clayton took me to Kayo Books, which specializes in old comics, pulp novels, and related sleaze. Pulp …