(Photo: Andrew Mason/Denverbroncos.com) In 1963, the writer George Plimpton (known to the younger ones among you as “that guy who keeps saying, ‘And a hot plate!’ during the spelling bee …
Category: Hosiery
Gimme Fives
We all know about the Negro Leagues. But what you might not know about — or at least I didn’t until reader Jordan Woodson recently brought it to my attention, …
Don’t Eat Any Yellow Snow Green Ice
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, which means MLB teams will be wearing green uniforms. Some minor league hockey and basketball teams will probably get into the act too, along with …
If the Snood Fits… (Or: Manny Being Manny, Part 367)
Here in Brooklyn, we’ve got a lot of Orthodox Jews. And as you may know, Orthodox wives usually wear wigs, in keeping with traditional Jewish notions of feminine modesty (additional …
Uni Watch Profiles: Mike Okray
“My father just told me a really good story about dirty baseball pants.” I think we can safely say I’m the only writer in America who’d receive that message in …
Who Loves the Sun / Who Cares That It Makes Plants Grow…
Last Friday I asked about unusual instances of athletes wearing sunglasses. The very next day — the very next day! — the sunglass gods dumped something into my lap: Yankees …
Corey Story
On August 6th, 2004, Corey Patterson of the Cubs stepped up the plate to lead off the game against the Giants. He struck out. He went on to strike out …
Uni Watch Book Club: Sleazy Does It
While I was in San Francisco last week, Uni Watch pastry chef Liz Clayton took me to Kayo Books, which specializes in old comics, pulp novels, and related sleaze. Pulp …
And What Was the Deal with Prince’s Aunt Jemima Headband Look?
I don’t mean to get all “I told you so,” but I mentioned that weather forecast back on Friday, did I not? Then again, my uniform-based prediction of the game’s …
Red(head) Alert
So I’m watching football and looking at old magazines the other day with Uni Watch design director Scott M.X. Turner, and I tell him how reader Byron Wages recently sent …
Pumpa-Pumpa Burnin’ Lovie (Or: Got Gas in Pocket)
During Sunday’s Bears/Seahawks game, I got about half a dozen e-mails asking about the “extra nipple” on Lovie Smith’s jacket. Nobody could figure out what it was (neither could I), …
Just One Little Problem…
You know how it is. You’re thinking how something or someone is really gorgeous — magnificent, even — but then you notice that the something or someone has a teeny …
If I Take Out A4, I’ll Sink Your Submarine
[Editor’s Note: I’ll be off the grid for most of today. Fortunately, intern Vince Grzegorek has cooked up a doozy of an entry. It’s lengthy, but stick with it — …
Put the Cat Out in the Hall and Rumple Up the Room
For a couple of years now, this 1968 SI cover has been a bit of a holy grail for me, because the players shown behind Pistol Pete are wearing the …
Shirts Off Their Backs
The other day I got an e-mail from Matt Kowalski. The subject line read, “The only sport where the winner gets the loser’s uniform”¦” When I opened the e-mail, the …