Readers Mike Hersh, Paul Wiederecht, and Larry Wiederecht contributed some excellent wire service photos last week and pointed me toward some good sources for more of them, so I recently …
Category: History
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 …
Take Me Out To The Ball Park
By Phil Hecken I’ve always been fascinated by the old baseball parks, especially the ones that were long gone before I was born. So many quirks, so much history — …
Senior Citizens: The Boys of Winter
[Editor’s Note: Today we have an outstanding guest column from Kenn Tomasch, who’s taking a look back at little-noted chapter in baseball history. Enjoy. — PL] By Kenn Tomasch For …
That’s Ad-Tastic, Vol. 2
Today we’re going to check out another batch of classic sports-themed ads from the Vintage Ad Browser site. Some real beauties this time, most of them from the 1960s and …
Champion-ship Apparel
This 1964 Champion catalog is the latest addition to my uniform catalog library, and it’s a beauty. Let’s take a look-see, shall we? • Coupla interesting things on this page, …
There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 2
Back in the summer of 2006, when this blog was less than two months old, I wrote an entry about the “White War” of 1967, in which the Washington Senators …
Who Was Lamer: Phyllis George or Jayne Kennedy? Discuss.
Paul here. Today is Phil’s birthday, so I’ve given him 50 ¢ and sent him to the movies. There’s no way I can match his usual Sunday smorgasbord, but I think …
Auction Action, Eh?
Classic Auctions is different than the other auction houses whose wares I’ve recently covered. They’re based in Delson, Quebec, so most of what they offer is either hockey- or Canada-related. …
North Star Studies
Quiet day in the NFL yesterday, at least uni-wise, so let’s skip the football today and look at something else. To wit: Back in January I wrote an entry about …
A Good Design — Literally
Does the logo shown above look familiar? No? What about now? The first design is actually an early version of the mark that eventually became the Hartford Whalers logo. In …
Because They Couldn’t All Wear His Jersey
Twenty years ago this month, the Eagles came up with one of my all-time favorite uniform remembrances. After quarterbacks coach Doug Scovil passed away on December 9th, they memorialized him …
Everything’s Coming Up Oranges
With bowl season upon us, Christopher Wheeler pointed me toward this Orange Bowl history page, which turns out to be chock-full of uni-notable photos. Here’s a chronological rundown: 1937 (Duquesne …
My Name Is Earl … And My Story Keeps Getting More Interesting
Okay, so I’m probably a bit more obsessed with this particular story than some of you are, but we have a major new development in the saga of the Twins’ …
There’s No Service Like Wire Service
It all began last week when memorabilia maven Mike Hersh drew my attention to this photo of Red Faber. “Look at his hat,” Mike wrote. “I don’t think I’ve ever …