By Phil Hecken Designers frequently contact me with their concepts, and I will often host them in the “Uni Tweaks” section of the weekend blogs, and occasionally, I will be …
Category: Merchandising
A Big Week for the NFL
If slideshow has problems, click here The NFL Draft begins this Thursday, which means two things: a new set of draft caps, which you can see above, and a new …
No Sweat(shirt)
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh (aka the man most likely to suffer an aneurysm during a Super Bowl) has had more than his share of uni-notable moments this season. First he …
Uni Watch Profiles: Craig Rodia
About two years ago, I attended a media event at the NBA Shop in Manhattan. On my way out, I noticed some interesting T-shirts and sweatshirts — most of them …
What, No ‘Free Unlimited Barbecue from the Cozy Corner’ Clause?
With college football and basketball programs changing their uniforms so frequently nowadays — and often changing to designs that many people don’t like — I’m often asked, “What kind of …
A Clash of Titans: Douchebag v. Douchebag
As you’re probably aware, Reebok wasted no time in getting some Tim Tebow Jets jerseys on store shelves after Tebow was traded to New York last week. Sure, their license …
Of Colorizers, Concepters, Comics…and Bizkit
By Phil Hecken We’re gonna take a break from the Native American discussion today, and bring it back to what (I think) makes the weekend posts so great — and …
I Need to Be Shoveling Off Now
Every so often somebody will send me a link to one of those places that sell MLB-themed burial caskets and/or urns. I never run them, because it’s old news — …
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 …
But Was It Fitted or Snap-Back?
. The most uni-notable moment of the past 24 hours didn’t take place on the diamond in St. Louis, or in any of last night’s NHL games, or anyplace in …
Meet The (Mercury) Mets
By Phil Hecken Twelve years ago tonight, I watched a baseball game with my dad (and as it would turn out, it would be the last Mets game we ever …
Lightning Strikes Twice
NHL conference championship merch leaked yesterday. And that prompted several readers to raise a point about the Lightning. Gordon Fall summarized it best: As you know, the Lightning are introducing …
One and Not-So-Done After All
We all know the story about the helmet shown at right. The 49ers introduced it at a press conference prior to the 1991 season. But fan response was so overwhelmingly …
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 …
If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Can’t We Equip a Sewing Machine with Spell-Check?
We all love jersey typos. But you don’t often see typos on retail replicas, in part because any store manager who spotted a misspelled jersey would most likely just send …