As most of you have noticed by now, many of the new jerseys for the upcoming college hoops season have featured two new chest marks: a blue NCAA basketball logo …
Category: Jerseys
That Sew-and-Sew
Giants equipment manager Joe Skiba is shaping up as the NFL’s seamstress tailor of the year. A few weeks ago he sewed up a gash in Ahmad Bradshaw’s pants, and …
Stands for ‘Unbelievably Crappy-Looking Attire’
UCLA debuted their new super-stretchies last night, and it was a complete disaster. All the same problems we’ve seen with NFL stretchies were on display: teeny-tiny TV numbers; NOB lettering …
And He Wore It Tucked In
Who’s that in the green Mariners throwback? It’s none other than Felix Hernandez, who modeled the new jersey at a season ticket-holders’ event yesterday. According to this article, the throwback …
Not That Cliff Lee Needed Any Help, but Still…
When Dave Robertson entered last night’s Rangers/Yanks game during the top of the 9th, the score was 2-0 and the Bronx Bombers still had visions of a comeback in their …
College Grades are in: Who’s the Valedictorian?
By Phil Hecken with Jim Vilk, and Pollster James Huening ~~~ After a bye-week last weekend, we conclude with our review of our uniform grades for all the NCAA FBS …
Guess What the Colts and UCLA Now Have in Common?
In a move that I didn’t see coming, Adidas announced yesterday that seven of the company’s football schools are being outfitted with fancy-shmancy new jerseys. You know the drill: lighter, …
Closet Case
First, a quick programming note: My ESPN column on NHL goalie gear — originally slated for yesterday and then postponed until today — has now been bumped to tomorrow. Hopefully …
And the winner is…
By Phil Hecken *Drumroll please* Now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Or at least, some of you: the “Design-A-Baseball Jersey Contest” winner. The voting in the contest was …
And now — Your Design-A-Baseball Jersey Contest Finalists
By Phil Hecken Well, for my last weekday offering, as we close out the month of August, I bring you the nine EIGHTEEN “Design-A-Baseball-Jersey Contest” finalists, complete with voting (below). …
Nights in White Satin
By Phil Hecken Anyone who reads Uni Watch has undoubtedly had the occasion to check out “Dressed To The Nines,” which is basically the Hall of Fame’s graphic representations of …
New Balls, Please
By Phil Hecken, with Brinke Guthrie It’s the Friday before the Friday before the Labor Day weekend — so that means the year’s final tennis major, the U.S. Open, begins …
Thursday’s Unfinished Business
By Phil Hecken This is what you get when I don’t have a main article prepared — unfinished business. But I do have a lot of little things, and of …
There Used To Be A Ballpark Here, Part I
By Phil Hecken, with Ben Traxel As a part of the semi-recurring “old ballparks” featurette (other editions are here and here), we’ve looked back upon stadia which are no longer …
Triple A-B-A, Douggie Style
By Phil Hecken, with Doug Keklak It’s been a while since I did a post with UW’s favorite yinzer, Doug Keklak, but Douggie’s back and he’s got a great piece …