The Brooklyn Nets are a complicated proposition for me. For starters, I grew up rooting for the Nets and attended several of their games at the Nassau Coliseum back in …
Category: Team Logos/Insignia
Pair of Sevens
Click to enlarge Uni Watch mascots Tucker (left) and Caitlin will be getting some extra-special catnip today, because they’re turning seven years old. That means they’ve almost caught up to …
A Question of Ownership
Got a note yesterday from reader Michael Guy, who informed me that Mississippi State will be wearing white alternate uniforms against Texas A&M on Nov. 8 to commemorate the 2000 …
Battle of the Bevels
As most you probably know, I don’t follow college sports as closely as I follow the pros, and I don’t root for any college in particular, so I’m sometimes oblivious …
What Do You Mean ‘We,’ Paleface?
As the question of using Native American imagery continues to rattle around the corners of the sports world, many people have opinions but few (aside from the NCAA and the …
Backfield in Motion
. I was blown away by the number of people who sent me birthday notes yesterday — thanks, gang. It was a really good day, which I’ll describe in more …
Uni Watch Exclusive!: Bronx Bombers Bombshell
Except for a four-year hiccup from 1927-30, the Yankees’ road jersey has been largely unchanged since 1917. Now, as then, it features a gently arched “New York” in plain lettering. …
Adios, Jorgie
By Phil Hecken “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Because Not Everyone Has Access to AutoCAD
A month ago I posted Ryan Connelly’s account of how he painted a Penguins logo on a friend’s wall. Like all of RyCo’s DIY projects, he began by mapping out …
When Guns on Jerseys Are Outlawed, Only the Outlaw Jerseys Will Have Guns (or something like that)
The Astros are celebrating their 50th anniversary this season. And as you may recall, last September they announced that they’d be marking the occasion by wearing an assortment of throwback …
Super Bowl Was Super-Uni-Riffic After All
Click to enlarge Yesterday I opined that Sunday night’s game “wasn’t exactly the most uni-notable Super Bowl.” But that comment is now in serious need of revision, because reader Ryan …
Couldn’t They Wait Until the Draft Like Everyone Else?
In case you missed it yesterday, Phil reported how Nike had unveiled a new set of NFL gloves for the Pro Bowl on Saturday. What Phil didn’t mention (in part …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Cave Painting
[Today we have an excellent DIY project by Ryan Connelly. Enjoy! ”” PL] By Ryan Connelly I had a fun project to work on over the holidays, as a friend …
Small Child Destined to Be First North Korean Executed by Kim Jong-un
The video you segment see above was taken from TV coverage of yesterday’s Kim Jong-il funeral in North Korea. It features a lot of what you’ve probably already seen on …
Uni Watch Profiles: Bruce Burke
Last week I ran that entry about high school football teams using the logo of the NY/NJ Hitmen of the XFL. I wrapped things up by writing, “It would be …