Category: Footwear

Last Friday I asked about unusual instances of athletes wearing sunglasses. The very next day — the very next day! — the sunglass gods dumped something into my lap: Yankees …

Okay, I give in. I had hoped to stay above the whole “System of Dress” fray, but it now seems unavoidable, especially with Syracuse’s new duds having made their on-court …

For the most part I don’t get too bent out of shape about Adidas’s three stripes. I mean, I like stripes. But last night’s NBA All-Star game was too much. …

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 …

New ESPN column today tomorrow (my bad, I thought it was gonna run today). Meanwhile: With all the recent fuss about the new NHL uniforms, several readers have mentioned a …

One winter all-star game down, two to go. The NBA All-Star Game package was unveiled yesterday, and the big news is that the league has finally succumbed to logo creep. …

There was big news at last night’s NHL All-Star Game, but it had nothing to do with Reebok’s much-vaunted new uniform system. The real story, flying beneath everyone’s radar, was …

I love trade magazines. American Funeral Director, Hay and Forage Grower, Elevator World, Demolition, American Jails — each of these very real magazines provides a peek into a previously unseen …

As we look forward to what should be a very aesthetically pleasing Super Bowl, let’s all chip in and send a muffin basket or something to the Bears, as a …

[Editor’s Note: I’ll be off the grid for most of today. Fortunately, intern Vince Grzegorek has cooked up a doozy of an entry. It’s lengthy, but stick with it — …

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Recognize that kid with the golf clubs and the letter sweater? It’s 13-year-old Gerald Ford, in front of his childhood home …

Consider the humble shoelace. Or better yet, let reader John Muir consider it for you: Look at this picture of Marc Savard in Boston’s home uniform, complete with yellow laces. …

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: As I was working on some other stuff late last night, I got an e-mail from reader Mark Surra, who had …

New ESPN column today. I’ll add the link when it goes live. [Update: Oops, no ESPN column today after all — it’s been bumped to next week.] Meanwhile, check out …

Bonus ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: There are lots of trophies with equipment-based imagery (like the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards), and several more featuring balls …