Hurricane, shmurricane. I don’t mean to make light of a storm that killed 21 people and has left millions without power. But in my part of Brooklyn, thankfully, it was …
Category: Helmets
Now He Just Needs to Add a Lightning Jersey
I don’t know much about Rays skipper Joe Maddon except what I see, but what I see usually looks pretty good. From a Uni Watch standpoint, he has the glasses, …
Meet The (Mercury) Mets
By Phil Hecken Twelve years ago tonight, I watched a baseball game with my dad (and as it would turn out, it would be the last Mets game we ever …
When the panel cap was *in*
By Phil Hecken As part of my commitment to bring you the best content while Paul is away, and because of my schedule, I am precluded from being able to …
Bills Bring Back Beautiful
By Phil Hecken So, this is what happens when you let the players and the fans design the unis, not some “professional” with a powerful computer and a *vision.* Ladies …
Beating A Dead Bronco (of a different color?)
By Phil Hecken One of the more persistent “Uni Watch Mysteries” over the past three or so years has been the ongoing debate on the color of the helmet decal …
Like Father, Like Son
Yesterday I ran the transcript of Robert Harvell’s interview with longtime Rams equipment manager Todd Hewitt. As many of you know, Todd was born into the job, because his father, …
One Horse, Two Horse, Brown Horse, Blue Horse
OUR STORY SO FAR ”¦ Everyone agrees that the 1962 Broncos wore a white mule donkey burrrro oh okay, it’s a horse on their helmets — except during the preseason …
How Do We Measure Uni-Notability?
Pretty nice shot of Dick Allen’s HSNOB (high school name on back), right? Reader Andy Chalifour sent it to me yesterday. I’d seen it before — hell, I’m pretty sure …
One and Not-So-Done After All
We all know the story about the helmet shown at right. The 49ers introduced it at a press conference prior to the 1991 season. But fan response was so overwhelmingly …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Could the Dream Hit the Curveball?
[Editor’s Note: Last week I mentioned that DIY submissions had slowed to a trickle. Reader Kenny Montross responded with a really good contribution that I’ve decided to run today as …
Nats Take Rebranding Plan to Extraordinary Lengths
Not sure we’ve seen this category of logo theft before: a high school football team using an MLB logo. That’s Washington Community High School from Illinois. They’re called the Panthers, …
Winging It: Helmet History Reconsidered
Everyone knows Michigan football is famous for its winged helmet design. Many of you smartypants types also know that credit for originating the winged concept is usually given to Princeton …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
People, I’m going to be frank: I spent all of yesterday cooking, eating, drinking, and shoveling (which is supposed to be my landlord’s job, but he was snowed in across …
The Boy with the Arab (Chin)Strap
We’re gonna be talking about NFL helmets today, so let’s start with a quick recap of the league’s rules about helmet branding: Players can wear any safety-approved helmet they want, …