Timing, as the say, is everything. As you’re probably aware by now, Mr. Peyton Manning will likely be playing for the Broncos this fall. It’s supposedly a done deal, contingent …
Category: Uniform Manufacturers
In Which the NFL Falls Down a Wormhole
Wanna see something odd? Go to Majestic’s home page and check out the second item in the carousel. Majestic is selling NFL gear! What’s that about? In addition, the shirts …
Is New Soccer Uni Regulation a Whitewash?
Way back in June I got a note from a reader named Shane Davis. He works for Speedline Athletic Wear, which provides uniforms for lots of high school sports. Unfortunately, …
Gary’s Players
Back in May, I Ticker-linked to the new uniforms being worn by the Gary South Shore RailCats. “Unusual, but it totally works,” I wrote. Many people in the comments section …
Uni Watch Profiles: Bob Halfacre
Tomorrow the Dodgers will play the second of their six weekday-afternoon throwback games. They’ll once again be wearing their 1944 blue er-satins, and the Cubs will be wearing ’44 throwbacks …
It’s a Not-So-Wonderful Life(style)
Two days ago I had a few things to say — most of them negative — about the new Arizona State uniforms, which were produced by Nike. This produced a …
A Brand of a Different Stripe
As you may recall, last Friday I engaged in a lengthy examination of Hank Aaron’s 1974 footwear. A few hours after I posted that piece, I got the following note …
There’s Logo Creep, and Then There’s Full-On Logo Assault
Last week I Ticker-linked to this women’s hockey photo, which showed the largest Reebok logo I’d ever seen on a uniform. The person who sent it to me mistakenly said …
In Which I Waste a Whole Day Engaging in a Ridiculous E-Mail Debate (and now you can waste a whole day reading about it)
Peter Nash, who runs the excellent Hauls of Shame investigative site, recently posted an entry written by jersey historian Dave Grob that featured several uni-notable finds — one of which …
‘I wrenched the nylon curtains back / As far as they would go / And peered through perspex window panes / At the acrylic road’
Conspiracy theories don’t usually amount to much, but they’re more fun than eating vegetables, going to a wine bar, or listening to Wayne Hagin. And reader Ben Ross has come …
I Don’t Think Don Draper Worked on Any of These
I recently came across a bunch of old uniform ads from assorted sporting goods brands. I started to add them to the Ticker and thought to myself, “Terry Proctor’s gonna …
Rules, Bylaws, Logos, and a Lot More
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 …
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, …
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 …
If you build it…
By Phil Hecken, with Jim Vilk Here on Uni Watch, we often kid Jim Vilk on his lack of fashion sense and general and unwavering ability to make bad jerseys …