By Phil Hecken Today we begin with Round III of the Clarksville “Design-A-Uniform” Contest, with a plethora of superb entries. If you missed the first two rounds (or just want …
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More Uni Design, More Football, and More!
By Phil Hecken Back with round two of the “Design-A-Uniform” contest entries for the Clarksville High School baseball team. If you missed the first batch of entries, you can see …
Devaluing the Design Process, Pt. I (aka “Design-A-Uni”)
By Phil Hecken OK, the long-awaited “Design-A-Uniform” contest entries have finally been all uploaded and flickr’ed (there were approximately 190 individual entries, from close to 40 entrants) that came in. …
Monday Morning Uni Watch, Hall of Fame Game Edition
I only caught the last few minutes of the Hall of Fame Game last night. Fortunately, thanks to the magic of internet photo galleries, I can bring you the uni-related …
In Which We Learn That the Yankees Are Actually a Bunch of Penny-Pinchers Who Wear All Sorts of Unauthorized Headgear
Two interesting moments during last night’s Yanks/Braves game in Atlanta. One of them came during the top of the 9th, when Mariano Rivera got a rare turn at bat — …
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 …
Chasing Dreams in Magazines
By Phil Hecken, turning two with Larry Wiederecht I’m rejoined today by Larry Wiederecht (“Lwiedy”), my double play partner, as today we look the pages of another All Star Game …
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 …
The Doc Ginn Files, Vol. 2
Time to pay another visit to our friend Will “Doc” Ginn (if you missed his Uni Watch debut, look here). Here’s his latest batch of unusual memorabilia: • “I’ll bet …
Which Is the Greater Exercise in Futility: the Pro Bowl, or the Pro Bowlers Tour?
It remains one of the sports world’s enduring mysteries: Every year the NFL selects the best players at each position, gathers them together for an all-star game in Honolulu, and …
Coughlin to Media: ‘I don’t like to brag, but it’s this big’
Ah, Super Bowl Media Day — otherwise known as “the price we pay for having a free press.” I’m sure there are sillier rituals out there, but thinking of them …
Coolest Throwbacks Ever!
I like curling. The rocks (striped!), the brooms, the target (very mod, don’tcha know). Too bad the uniforms are so lame-o. Ah, but it didn’t used to be that way. …
Court Reporter
We’ve been so busy with team sports over the past month or so (stretch-run baseball, the start of the NFL and college football seasons, the relentless flood of new NHL …
In the Red
[Editor’s Note: I was out of town with no internet access for the past three days and am still catching up on stuff, so Vince is gonna pinch-hit for today’s …
No Friggin’ Lenience
My NFL season-preview column is now up on ESPN — here’s the link. Meanwhile, let’s talk about the new NFL logo. By now you’ve all seen the new version, which …