Got a communiqué on Tuesday evening from Uni Watch Wisconsin bureau chief the Rev. Nørb, who was listening to the Cubs/Brewers game on the radio at work. Nørb reported that …
Category: Logo Creep
Monday Morning Uni Watch
It was no surprise that those Bills throwbacks looked awesome yesterday (you can bask a bit more in their magnificence here, here, here, and here). But it was surprising, at …
Wrestlemania
I’ve never given much thought to sumo “uniforms,” because the combatants basically just wear diapers. Okay, so there are different colors (including you know what), along with the occasional bit …
Humankind Not Doomed After All
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a new hosiery hero in our midst. That would be Brian Tallet of the Blue Jays, who …
Black Monday
The Mets finally clinched the National League Eastern Division title last night. As a lifelong Mets fan, I was thrilled; but as a uni aesthete, I was appalled, because the …
Uni Watch Book Club: NFL by the Numbers
You may have noticed that last Thursday’s ESPN column included a brief mention of John Maxymuk’s Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures (which came out about …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
We have a lot to cover this week, boys and girls, so let’s get started, beginning with some observations from Week 1 in the NFL: • Ronnie Brown and Chris …
Where Everyone’s Uni Number Is 57
Halls of fame and sports museums are often the best places to see old uniforms, but they don’t always allow you to take photos. Fortunately, reader Chris Hilf had no …
Purple Sprain
Quick, which guy in this photo looks like a football player, and which one looks like he got lost on his way to clown school? How about in this photo? …
Gridiron Gallery
With our first full weekend of NFL preseason action now in the books, a few quick observations are in order. To wit: • Several dozen readers wrote in to express …
Uni Watch Road Show
Heads up, Midwesterners: I’ll be in Milwaukee on August 24th and will be pretty free from about 5pm on. I know there are at least a few Uni Watch readers …
Maybe a Zebra Can Change Its Stripes
As briefly noted in yesterday’s Uni Watch News Ticker, the NFL Network’s NFL Total Access show ran a Wednesday-night segment about the league’s officials getting new uniforms this season. Although …
Alas, Poor Yorick Admirals Fans
New ESPN column today. Here‘s the link. Meanwhile: Minor league baseball and hockey teams revise their unis all the time, and for the most part nobody cares. But I received …
Cool Cat(alog)s
I’ve periodically mentioned when I’ve acquired new additions to my collection of old uniform catalogs, and several readers have asked to see more of them. So today we’ll take a …
Cap Gun Gone
Royals closer Mike MacDougal had an interesting problem on Saturday night: His cap kept falling off, again and again — on six of the nine pitches he threw in his …