By Phil Hecken I’m not much of a helmet guy, I’ll be the first to admit. I couldn’t tell you the difference between a Schutt and a Riddell. And frankly, …
Category: Helmets
And He Won the Heisman the Following Year
It all started back on Oct. 5, when Robert Marshall sent me the photo shown at right and asked, “What the heck is that on this Kentucky Wildcat?” I had …
As Much Purple as You Will Ever See on This Site
Not the most uni-notable season opener, but it had its moments, especially the revelation that the Revolution Speed helmet doesn’t mesh too well with the Vikings’ horn decals (although, as …
The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 4
Can’t get enough of these tremendous football photos from Robert Harvell’s library of images. Here’s the latest batch: • I seem to recall that there’s a story behind Bob Lilly’s …
Uni Watch Profiles: Bruce Claypool
I was recently interviewed by the folks at NFL Films, who were shooting a feature about football uniforms. At one point I asked the producer who else they were interviewing, …
The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 2
Back with another great set of football photos from Robert Harvell’s collection (if you missed the first installment, look here). Most of the ones in this batch are facemask- and …
Going Green xo Blue
By Phil Hecken One of my great pleasures in serving at Paul’s Bench Coach is getting to meet (either in person or through the magic of the Interwebs) many of …
Chief Wahoo Has No Comment
There’s an old episode of This American Life in which a guy descended from Native Americans talks about the stories his grandfather used to tell. “He say, ‘All this land …
A Different Vault to Explore
A few weeks ago I featured some David Boss photos from the U.S. Presswire archives, but I didn’t spend much time exploring the rest of the U.S. Presswire database. Fortunately, …
Pack To The Future
By Phil Hecken Late yesterday afternoon, the Green Bay Packers, they of steeped tradition, unveiled a (gasp) third jersey (also known as an “alternate”) during their annual Packer Fan Fest. …
Head Games
When I first ran this photo of Jackie Hayes last month, I wrote, “We reeeeaaaalllly need to find a photo of Hayes wearing this contraption in a game.” As you …
New Gazoo Review
Last week I wrote about new bats and batting gloves, and now it looks like we may have a new batting helmet too, at least judging by the new headgear …
When The Saints (& Colts) Go Marching In
By Phil Hecken, with Rick Pearson and Tim Brulia (with photo assistance from Larry Bodnovich) The Big Game is today, or the Super Bowl, as most of us call it. …
The Who Cares Pro Bowl
By Phil Hecken The Pro Bowl (tonight, 7:20pm EST, ESPN) hasn’t always sucked. But now it does, and even the most avid of Uni Watchers will be hard pressed to …
Thank God That’s Over With (or: Only 41 Days to Pitchers and Catchers)
Man, ya think the BCS logo decal on Alabama’s helmet last night was big enough? It was freakin’ huge. It looked smaller on the Texas helmets, but I think that’s …