By Phil Hecken As you probably know, some articles on Uni Watch are weeks in the making, others months. Today’s feature is literally two years in the making. Back on …
Category: Headwear
Beanie Babies
A little while back I ran an entry about a vintage uniform catalog that included a listing for beanies. That led reader Larry Bodnovich to point me toward a fantastic …
How a Fan Design Contest Yielded the Brewers Beloved Ball-in-Glove Logo
By Phil Hecken The announcement earlier this week that Mark Cuban was going to attempt to crowd source new uniforms for the Mavericks (and which Paul covered very nicely on …
Hadn’t They Ever Heard of Eye Black?
. Last Wednesday I Ticker-linked to the photo shown above, which appears to show an Auburn player wearing a visor of some sort on his helmet. As it turns out, …
Such a Nice Jewish Boy
Courtesy of Northwestern Athletic Communications This is Aaron Liberman, the Northwestern freshman and Orthodox Jew who wears his yarmulke on the bench and plans to wear it on the court …
What’s a Ute?
By Phil Hecken I get a pretty decent amount of uniform concepts (logo concepts, cap concepts, helmet concepts, etc.) sent my way (THANK YOU and keep ’em coming!), and occasionally …
And Look, There’s Brian Urlacher in a Vitaminwater Cap
Every Stupor Bowl week, someone will ask me, “You work in media, so don’t you wanna go to Media Day?” No thank you. Who wants to deal with that zoo? …
Fridays with Morris
[Editor’s Note: Morris Levin will be contributing an article each Friday while Paul takes his break. Enjoy! ”” Phil Hecken] Religious Modesty and Competitive Sports By Morris Levin The qualifying …
Hat Tricks: Not Just for Hockey Anymore
It isn’t often that a labor impasse provides us with a uni-notable element, but it also isn’t often that you come across a fella with such impeccable taste in headwear …
Memo to Mex: Might Be Best Not to Bring Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp to the Seder
I was busy Mother’s Day-ing on Sunday, and you probably were too, so we didn’t see the day’s most significant uni-related moment. Fortunately, reader Andy Kanzer is a thoughtless son …
So who else needs fixin’?
By Phil Hecken Well, MLB has finally begun the League Championship Series, so as the second season begins to build towards the matchup FOX would kill for a possible Yankees-Dodgers …
Tracking The Unis, Round 2, Part II
Whole bunch of stuff today, including NFL news, new Benchies & two “Guess The Game” quizzes, uniform news and more below. Make sure you check out the whole post (if …
Tracking The Unis, Round 2, Part I
By Phil Hecken Ok, in this final weekend before UW’s Vacation, we have round 2 of our MLB Uniform Tracking. If you missed the first batch, they can be found …
Return to Charm City
Maybe it’s just coincidence, but I was in Baltimore two weeks ago and now Baltimore’s own Joe Hilseberg has found a site that has what he describes as “the greatest …