By Phil Hecken … with Dave Ribar and Mike Engle In yet another interesting bit of serendipity, last weekend’s “What Is Your Uni Secret?” column generated so much ‘buzz,’ I …
Category: History
A Reversal of Fortune Color
By Phil Hecken, with Dave Magruder You may recall that recently I ran a post with Mike Engle, “What Is Your Uni Secret?,” which asked readers to come up with …
A Catalog of Catalogs
Been a while since I played show-and-tell with my library of vintage uniform and equipment catalogs, and I’ve acquired some interesting new additions to the collection since then. Here’s a …
A League of Their Own
Got a note the other day from reader Patrick Ryan. “I know you like the old Milwaukee Bucks logo,” he wrote. “But have you ever seen this?” I most certainly …
Patriot Games
Last month I posted this entry about the origins of the Patriots’ first uni design. That entry featured the text of a letter from Pats owner Billy Sullivan to fan/designer …
Did the Team That Later Played in the Silverdome Wear Gold Domes?
Got a really interesting communiqué the other day from reader Matthew Earl, as follow: I was interested in getting something that had the Lions’ new logo/helmet on it, so I …
Sowle Train
Back on April 27th, I ran a Ticker item about this page from a 1958 MacGregor catalog. “Dig item G914,” I wrote. “Who’s Ted Sowle?” A reader helped fill in …
The Larry Bodnovich Files, Vol. 2
Time for another visit with DVD screen-grab maestro Larry Bodnovich (who was first profiled last month). Here’s his latest batch of finds: • Here’s a big album of Cleveland Browns …
Good Thing Everyone’s Unemployed, Because You’ll Never Get Any Work Done Once You See This
The sentence I’m about to write will pretty much shoot your day to hell, so brace yourself: The Baseball Digest archives are now available online. The archive goes all the …
You’re Riding High in April, Shot Down in May
By Phil Hecken and featuring guest author Lance Smith. For the past several months, the comments section of Uni Watch has been graced with the uni-centric eyes of a certain …
Hat Trick
Several people have complained that the Patriots’ AFL throwbacks feature the Pat Patriot helmet instead of the team’s original helmet design, which used the old tri-corner hat logo. “If you’re …
They Even Trademarked Landry’s Hat Patch
By Phil Hecken, with Mike Styczen A couple of weeks ago, in the comments, reader “Mike2” (Mike Styczen) mentioned “TESS,” which is an acronym for “Trademark Electronic Search Service.” Not …
Uni Watch Book Club: Sports Memories of Western Pennsylvania
At the recent Uni Watch gathering in Pittsburgh, George Fetkovich was kind enough to give me this book, which has a bunch of great photos. Let’s take a look: • …
True Colors, Volume I
By Phil Hecken If you aren’t familiar with reader and frequent contributer to the Uni Watch cause, Larry Bodnovich, you will soon be. He is a collector of McFarlane as …
Grab This: The Larry Bodnovich Files, Vol. 1
One problem with this site, if you want to call it a problem, is that I’m sometimes inundated with more great material than I can post. This means some stuff …