As you may have noticed over in the left sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running their annual NBA Hall of Fame catalog auction. As usual, a bunch …
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Local Reactions
By John Ekdahl Make sure to check out Phil’s excellent roundup of the Suns and Tennessee roll-outs yesterday. The reaction from Phoenix Suns players appears to be overwhelmingly positive to …
The Suns Shine Bright in Phoenix, And It’s Smokey in Tennessee
By Phil Hecken The Phoenix Suns unveiled a new set of uniforms last evening, via a “fashion show” at the Fashion Square Mall in Phoenix. After a rather lengthy introduction …
Where the Phillies Wore Blue and Yellow for Swedish Heritage
By Morris Levin The Society for American Baseball Research (“SABR”) is hosting the SABR 43 National Convention this weekend in Philadelphia. SABR publishes for the convention a journal of research …
This Could Get Messi
By Phil Hecken A short while back, Nate Robinson announced he would wear #10 with the Denver Nuggets. Now, uniform changes (and corresponding number changes) are a dime-a-dozen in sports, …
Timelessly Representing the Ballclub, NBA Edition (Part II)
By Phil Hecken For those of you who read Uni Watch on the weekends, you’re very familiar with the “Timelessly Representing the Ballclub” series, the second half of the NBA …
Timelessly Representing the Ballclub, NBA Edition (Part I)
By Phil Hecken The “Timelessly Representing” series has proven quite popular. This week we have the NBA, and we’re going to begin with the NBA Eastern Division. The concept of …
What’s the Proper Response, If Any, to a Non-Sports Tragedy?
Over the past couple of days, there have been at least three teams that have acknowledged real-world tragedies on their uniforms, or at least announced plans to do so: • …
In a Post-Stern World, a Reshuffled NBA – Part the Second
By Phil Hecken I’m back again with designer W. Ross Clites, who you will recall had a nifty idea to ‘reshuffle’ the NBA teams, names and divisions last weekend. To …
Uni Watch Notes from the NBA Draft
Pretty cool scene at last night’s NBA Draft, as several draftees, including Nerlens Noel (top) and Ben McLemore, had their college jerseys sewn into the lining of their suits. I …
In a Post-Stern World, a Reshuffled NBA – Part the First
By Phil Hecken The following article has literally been months in the making. It all started way back at the end of last year and culminated in a segment (scroll …
Land of the Midnight Suns
Click to slightly enlarge Word began circulating yesterday that a new Phoenix Suns logo set had leaked. Here are some thoughts: • I’m always happy to see less purple in …
The Source of All the Problems
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m running an ESPN design contest to create new uniforms for the Hornets. But today I want to talk about the Charlotte Hornets’ original uniforms, which …
And If You Ask Nicely, He Might Buy You a Hot Dog
As we’ve all learned by now, Mark Cuban is not your typical professional sports franchise owner. For one thing, he has a blog. And yesterday he used that blog to …
Green Scene
As Phil noted in yesterday’s lead entry, yesterday marked the 35th anniversary of the Reds coming up with the idea of wearing green for St. Paddy’s Day. So how did …