I got an e-mail the other day from someone informing me of an error in the the Uni Watch Glossary. He said I needed to change the entry for “Pupello …
Category: Equipment/Accessories
Chance Michaels, Eat Your Heart Out
As you may recall, an old Packers dickey — just like the one Donny Anderson was wearing in the aftermath of the Ice Bowl — was recently auctioned off on …
Spin City
By Phil Hecken, with Johnny Okray Golf kind of gets the short shrift at Uni Watch, but that’s understandible — it’s not (technically) a team sport, unless we’re talking about …
Glove Story
What see there is a new batting glove that supposedly offers much more protection against being hit by a pitched ball. It’s from a new California company called XProTex (further …
Smell the Glove (if that’ll help you solve the mystery)
Got an interesting note the other day from reader Matthew Strauss, who attended last Sunday’s Pats/Titans game. I’ll let him explain: I was lucky enough to get field-level seats right …
Cutting Goalies Down to Size
My recent ESPN column about goalie pads prompted an interesting note from Mark Coale. “I was listening to HNIC radio the other day and they said goalie pads next season …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
As you may have noticed, there was an extra color on NFL gridirons yesterday. We all knew it was coming, and it was pretty much what we expected. In other …
Sleeves In The NFL: A Thing of the Past Future
By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson Back again with more NFL uni tweaks, but this first section, entirely envisioned and described by Ricko, is, in a word, “brilliant.” Whereas our …
Uni Watch Profiles: Derrick Dumont
In late July I got a note from longtime reader Richard Craig, who’d stumbled upon an interesting uni-related attraction in an unlikely place: Last weekend I was cruising through the …
Ricko’s Rules, Volume I
By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson We haven’t heard from Ricko in a while. Well, we hear from him everyday on the boards with his anachronistic tirades and bad jokes …
The Sport of King(pin)s
Back in 1998 I began writing a travel column for Money magazine, called “Lost in America,” and one of the first columns I wrote was about regional bowling subcultures scattered …
Sowle Train
Back on April 27th, I ran a Ticker item about this page from a 1958 MacGregor catalog. “Dig item G914,” I wrote. “Who’s Ted Sowle?” A reader helped fill in …
‘Hello, Acme Escort Service? I want a blonde, very, very short, and she has to like the Angels…’
Ah, Opening Day — the tradition! The pageantry! The conference call I had to participate in from about 1:30 to 2:45, right in the middle of the Mets/Reds game! Good …
Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit to Stall & Dean
Many of you may know Stall & Dean as a throwback apparel operation. But back in the day, it was an active sporting goods company that made uniforms and accessories …
Everybody’s Got A Trademark
By Phil Hecken (with a big assist from Ricko) There are certain things certain athletes always do (or did) — or almost always do (or did) — in the way …