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 …
Category: History
Hawkeye Hoops, Hurrah!
When someone sends me a link to a slideshow of old photos, I usually just put it in the Ticker and that’s that. But Cody Dannen recently sent me a …
Uni Watch Library Update: Catalogs
I’ve picked up several cool old catalogs in recent weeks, all worthy of a closer look. Here’s a rundown: • Universal Bleacher Company, circa early 1960s: This is the first …
There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 7
The wire photo hits keep on coming. All of these come from an eBay seller that Mike Hersh pointed out to me, so special thanks to him for this batch. …
The David Boss Files, Vol. 1
Many of you have heard of David Boss, who’s probably best known for his NFL paintings and for his work with NFL Properties. But Boss was also an accomplished photographer, …
The Larry Bodnovich Files, Vol. 4
Been nearly seven months since we featured some material from screen-grab kingpin Larry Bodnovich (if you missed the previous entries devoted to his work, look here, here, and here. Today …
There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 6
Another week, another round of awesome wire service photos. My continued thanks to the readers who’ve contributed to this series, especially Larry Wiederecht, Paul Wiederecht, Mike Hersh, and Michael Martin. …
Patches? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Patches
By Phil Hecken, With Noel Basnight A couple weeks ago, reader Noel Basnight (who posts as the pseudonymous “Leon”) noticed the recent reference to Super Bowl patches on the blog, …
Uni Watch Book Club: St. Louis Blues, Note by Note
Most of you reading this have seen this image at some point over the past few years. It’s the definitive view of the Blues’ infamous 1996 prototype jersey. That image …
There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 5
Time for another round of wire service pics. Some great stuff this time around, so feast your eyes thusly: • According to Dressed to the Nines, the Cubs had two …
We Really Need to Find Out Who the Cartoonist Was
Last Friday I linked to this super-groovy Penguins patch. A few readers sent me links to a few other teams’ patches from the same series, but reader Gordon Fall went …
There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol.4
That was a pretty uni-uneventful Stupor Bowl (unless you count Pete Townshend’s pale white underbelly repeatedly peeking through his shirt, which I definitely could have done without), so let’s bid …
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. …
Fields (& Logos) of Dreams
By Phil Hecken, with Jim Vilk and Michael Malinowski With Super Bowl Sunday only mere hours away, we’ll kick off Super Bowl weekend with a look back at the fields …
Because Nothing Says Cool Like a Middlebrow White Guy
Got a DVD in the mail the other day from reader Kevin Gallo. It contained several uni-related baseball video clips from 1983, including one that by all rights should be …