We all know how I feel about sock stripes, and we all know what a lousy era this is for them, especially in the baseball, football, and basketball realms. Fortunately, …
Category: Hosiery
All That Is Necessary for Evil to Triumph Is for Good Men to Do Nothing
Tomorrow is Independence Day. I always like to call it that — Independence Day, not the 4th of July — because that’s what the holiday is about, after all: our …
Uni Watch Stirrups of the Week
A serious thunderstorm brought yesterday’s softball game to premature end, but not before I’d road-tested a new design from the sock drawer. Let’s take a look: This week’s design: gray …
Uni Watch Stirrups of the Week
Finally, picture-perfect softball weather here in NYC, so it was time for another visit to the Uni Watch sock drawer. Here’s this week’s installment of my ongoing hosiery project: This …
Todd Jones: Cross-Dresser
Back in August of 2005, when this site didn’t yet exist and the Uni Watch News Ticker ran as part of my ESPN column every two weeks, I wrote an …
Uni Watch Stirrups of the Week
Bad weather, travel, and work conspired to keep me off the softball field for nearly a month, but yesterday I finally made my second appearance of the season. As you …
Cinco de Mayo
Sometimes fate lobs you a softball. I was wondering what I’d write for today, especially since my brain’s still kinda in vacation mode, and then there it was: yesterday’s A’s/Rangers …
Uni Watch Sock Drawer Project
As many of you know, I often play softball on Sunday afternoons, and I practice what I preach by wearing stirrups. For years I’ve been going with basic navy, because …
Hoop Skirts
I’ve previously included several mentions of the Yeshiva University Lady Macs, many members of which follow Orthodox Jewish modesty laws by wearing skirts on the basketball court. But Jim Haslam …
Family Jewels
A few Sundays ago, while the rest of you were watching football, Scott M.X. Turner and I went over to reader Steve Flack‘s house — or, rather, to the building …
Get Shorty
Whenever there’s an NBA throwback game, I inevitably get a few e-mails from people complaining that they should have shortened the shorts for maximum retro effect. The Lakers must have …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
What’s been the biggest change in pro football over the past 30 years? A lot of things come to mind: modern training methods, the increased size of linemen, the overall …
‘C’ Span (Or: Wishbone Offense)
Okay, it’s official: The Bears have a serious problem with their helmet decals. It’s been brewing for a couple of seasons now, as the occasional player has shown up with …
Your Guile, My Guile, Our Guile
[Editor’s Note: Although intern emeritus Vince Grzegorek has moved on to greener pastures, he’s still going to contribute occasional entries — like today’s, for example.] By Vince Grzegorek A few …
And He’d Better Not Wear That Stocking Cap, Either
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: While the rest of the baseball world focused on the hot stove league, the real story was on the uniform scene, …