Big day in the NBA yesterday, as two teams came out with new logos. There wasn’t too much suspense on these, as various leaks had been floating around for a …
Category: NBA
Worst Uni Combo…Time To Vote
By Phil Hecken, with UW Pollster, James Huening A couple weekends ago, James T. Huening and I suggested a number of worst uniform combinations in the history of sport, and …
Wearing It Well
By Phil Hecken with Rick Pearson For the past couple of weeks, Ricko and I have been trading E-mails with regard to a topic which we rarely broach on Uni …
Our Bi-Monthly NBA Post, Right on Schedule
As you may have seen last night, the Lakers and Celtics were wearing a new jersey patch last night. A few thoughts: • Unless you got a very, very close …
Worst Uniform Combo Ever?
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening Worst Uni Ever? Been there done that. But, recently Jimbo and I were trading E-mails and we came upon one of those “worst uni” …
Getting It Right The First Time
By Phil Hecken, with Giancarlo A couple weeks ago, in the comments section, reader Giancarlo raised an extremely germane comment/suggestion/question; to wit: What teams got their uniform exactly right from …
A Different Vault to Explore
A few weeks ago I featured some David Boss photos from the U.S. Presswire archives, but I didn’t spend much time exploring the rest of the U.S. Presswire database. Fortunately, …
Did The Uni Make Them Better?
By Phil Hecken Some interesting thoughts popped up in the comments section this week, specifically regarding how we remember our favorite team’s uniforms. Even more specifically, several questions were raised …
Boxing Day Uni Watch
By Phil Hecken The NBA took centerstage on Christmas Day, in what is becoming an annual holiday tradition. Like the previous year, teams were sporting a Star of David snowflake …
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your New Orleans Hornets, Mardi Gras Edition
Yes, it’s purple (at least on the front). Yes, it’s two-tone. Yes, it has an abbreviation. Yes, I love it. Full details over on ESPN. — Paul
And Then There Were Nine
By Phil Hecken & James Huening Back with my wingman, and UW pollster, James Huening again today, to bring you our nine finalists in the “Worst. Uni. Ever.” poll. You …
Worst. Uni. Ever. – The Nominees
By Phil Hecken and James Huening The long awaited “Worst. Uni. Ever.” nominees were submitted (both in last weeks comments as well as dozens of e-mails) and now, James is …
Somewhere, Patrick Ewing Is Smiling (or maybe just taking a nap, whatever)
Here’s something I forgot to mention in last Friday’s NBA entry: Players in Saturday’s Suns/Warriors preseason game, which was played outdoors, had official permission to wear long undersleeves — an …
History Lessons
Back in January, reader Warren Humphrey pointed me toward this page, which features lots of interesting Seattle Chieftains uniforms. I linked to it in the Ticker and that was the …
Checking in with the NBA
Two Fridays ago I spent a few hours up at the NBA offices, where they showed me all the new gear for this season. Some of the new designs have …