By John Ekdahl As reported yesterday, the Dodgers tried to petition the league into allowing them to opt out of the Players Weekend uniform mess for one of their three …
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Seeing Green: The Aesthetic Argument Regarding the Philadelphia Eagles
[Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from site. Deputy editor Phil Hecken is in charge from now through the end of the month, although Paul may be …
Oregon Unveils 2019 ‘Nike Vapor Fusion’ Uniforms
By John Ekdahl Yesterday, Oregon rolled out their 2019 uniforms, which marks the 20th Anniversary of their unique partnership with Nike. Nike and Oregon signed a new deal two years …
Antonio Brown’s Helmet Saga Keeps Him Out of Training Camp
By John Ekdahl Antonio Brown, in his first year with the Oakland Raiders, is threatening to sit out if he’s not allowed to wear his preferred helmet style this season. …
Carolina Panthers Release 2019 Jersey Schedule
By John Ekdahl The Carolina Panthers released their 2019 jersey schedule yesterday. They’ll be wearing white at home in Week 1 against the Rams and will wear their blue alternates …
Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Unveils His Absurd Collection of Jerseys
By John Ekdahl Edgar Gonzalez, evidently a huge Steelers fan, revealed his entire jersey collection on Twitter this week. All the various alternates and throwbacks appear to be accounted for. …
Cup Finale Leads to Bonanza of Cross-Sport Gestures
For all photos, click to enlarge With the deciding game of the Stanley Cup Final(s) taking place in Boston last night, it turned out to be a very good day …
Bears, as Expected, Release 1936 Throwbacks
Click to enlarge Paul here, pinch-hitting today’s lede for Phil, who’s off at a bonspiel (read: curling tournament). So: The Bears unveiled their new throwbacks last night. As we’d been …
Did The Bears New Jersey Just Leak?
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken I’d originally planned to lede with the Pirates (playing as the Negro League Crawfords) vs. the Brewers (playing as the NLB Bears), and even had …
Vintage NFL Highlight Film Offers a Trove of Uni Goodness
A few months ago, a guy named Dave Volsky posted a two-hour video to YouTube (see above). The video, which is apparently a slightly adjusted/edited version of a video he …
Brad Wolf Redesigns The Browns
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken The Cleveland Browns, I think we can all agree, are sorely in need of a uniform redesign, and thankfully, after this season, they will get …
The Untold Story of the NFL Game Face
Click to enlarge Back in January I retweeted a photo of a ski mask designed to look like an NFL helmet. Those ski masks, called Game Faces, were sold back …
Lawyer’s Tweet Sparks False NFL Throwback Speculation
An odd little drama played out in the uni-verse yesterday. It was nominally about the NFL, the Vikings, and the 1920s franchise the Duluth Eskimos (whose old jersey design is …
A Simple (Game)Plan: Re-Reimagining The NY Jets
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Earlier this month, as you’re all aware, the New York Jets introduced a redesign of their helmet and uniforms (pretty much only the third re-design …
A Uni Watch Look at the 2019 NFL Draft
I’m right about a lot of things — the viability of a media project about uniforms, the non-viability of the AAF, the loathsomeness of purple — but I’m also wrong …