For all photos in this section, click to enlarge As I think most of you know by now, I love vintage salesman sample catalogs. Soon after I scored the gig …
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False Start: My Very Short Time at Sports Illustrated
Good morning. I spent most of the weekend going through the five stages of grief (or 25, or 35) about getting the heave-ho from Sports Illustrated, which I’ve found much …
Fun While It Lasted: Uni Watch/SI Partnership Goes Kablooey After 7 Weeks
. Quick quiz: How many writers have had the distinction of being laid off by ESPN and Sports Illustrated in the same calendar year? Hint: At least one! This decision …
Buffalo Sabres Announce ‘Golden Jersey’
By John Ekdahl The Buffalo Sabres will be wearing their “Golden Jersey” for select home games next season, celebrating 50 years of professional hockey in Buffalo. The jersey will go …
New Chapter in Uni Watch History Begins Today
Paul here, taking a rare August turn in the lede spot, because my debut column on the Sports Illustrated website is being published today. I wrote several freelance pieces for …
Vanderbilt Shows Off Their ‘Battle Ready’ Uniforms
By John Ekdahl Vanderbilt has a new alternate uniform for the 2019 season, which they unveiled at an event on Saturday. The helmets feature 82 painted rivets, in honor of …
ITEM! Uni Watch Announces New Media Partnership
. Greetings, people! I come to you with glad tidings, for today I have good news and better news. The good news is that the results of our Bengals-redesign challenge …
Happy Independence Day
Click for a better view of that completely adorable little girl Each year on this date I try to find an image that captures America in a nutshell (here are …
Tour de France Kit Review
Although I bike for at least an hour almost every day (I like to say that it’s my gym and my shrink rolled into one), I’m not really a biker …
Some Thoughts on 20 Years — and a Whole Lifetime — of Obsessing About Uniforms
I See that up there, right above this line of text? That big, centered italic Roman numeral is one of those pretentious writerly devices to tell you that what you’re …
The Bizzaro Uniforms of 1980s Sports Posters
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from longtime reader Daniel Tarrant, who’s going to talk about some uni-notable posters from the 1980s. Enjoy. — PL] By Daniel Tarrant …
Another Year Around the Sun
Click to enlarge Today is my birthday. March 21st, 3-2-1. I’ve always loved how that bookends my father’s birthday of January 23rd, 1-2-3. Speaking of my father, and with apologies …
Life of Pi
For all pics in this section, click to enlarge Yesterday was Pi Day (3/14), and this year there were way more uni-related references to it than I remember seeing in …
Memory Lane: My Final Day at ESPN
Nearly 15 years after my first ESPN column appeared, today is my final day with the company. They were nice enough to let me do one last column — a …
Looking the Part: What Brooksie and Fouts Have in Common
I was talking with a friend a few weeks ago about football. We agreed that whatever else you might think of Tom Brady, he looks like a quarterback. His posture, …