What you see at right is the uniform worn by the Narbonne High School girls’ hoops team in California during last Saturday’s city section playoff win over View Park Prep. …
Category: High School Sports
Holy Throwbacks!
For all photos, click to enlarge Nice uniforms, right? They’re throwbacks, and they’re being worn by two Syracuse-area parochial school teams — Bishop Ludden (top) and Christian Brothers Academy, who’ll …
The Latest Development in Football Helmet Technology
On Wednesday evening I attended a media event organized by Riddell, to promote their latest helmet safety product, which is called InSite. Didn’t have enough time to write about it …
An Inside Look at Pinktober
Pinktober reached its inevitable apotheosis (or nadir) yesterday, as Oregon announced that it will be wearing pink helmets, socks, and gloves this weekend. The Oregon announcement came one day after …
History Lesson via Nameplate
Photos by Tim Haney; if slideshow doesn’t work, click here Thirty years ago, when I was in college, we had an on-campus nonprofit record store that was staffed entirely by …
And No, They Didn’t All Have the Measles
Photos courtesy of HighSchoolGloryDays The bizarre polka-dotted basketball uniforms you see above were worn by a high school team in the 1960s. (If you’re viewing this on a mobile device …
Whose Logos Are Most Popular Among Borrowers and Poachers?
Remember our recent discussion of high school teams that use pro or college logos? Reader Larz Roberts has been wondering just how many high schools do this, and which teams’ …
A Modest Proposal (with your input requested)
If there’s one thing demonstrated by my recent ESPN articles about the wishbone-C logo (if you missed them, they’re here and here), it’s that there are lots of high schools …
Tricks and Treats: A Uni Watch Compendium for All Hallows’ Eve
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Gregory Koch, who’s compiled a bunch of uni-related tidbits relating to today’s date on the calendar. Enjoy. ”” PL] By Gregory …
Lime Time
Remember Atlantic High, the Florida high school that recently unveiled that two-tone football uni? It looked pretty crazy on that kid standing in a school hallway, but how did it …
Earning Their Stripes
Well, at least now we know where Adidas got the idea for those Zubaz-esque stripes on its latest college hoops uniforms — or maybe where Zubaz got the idea in …
What the H?
Last week I Ticker-linked to a photo of Heritage High School in Virginia wearing the logo of the XFL’s NY/NJ Hitmen. That led to a bunch of people submitting similar …
Is New Soccer Uni Regulation a Whitewash?
Way back in June I got a note from a reader named Shane Davis. He works for Speedline Athletic Wear, which provides uniforms for lots of high school sports. Unfortunately, …
Closet Case Vol. 4: Just Call Me Louis Lane
You all know how much I love old baseball cardigans, letterman sweaters, and the like. You also know how much I love green and gold. So you can imagine how …
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, …