During the reporting for my follow-up piece on the origins of the Vikings’ uniforms, I interviewed the two surviving sons of Bert Rose, the Vikes’ original general manager (that’s him …
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Monday Morning Uni Watch
The Bills wore their mono-red Thursday-night uniforms for a Sunday-afternoon game yesterday. That turned out to be a good thing, at least from a visibility standpoint, because this was a …
NFL Adds Jersey Patch for Walter Payton Award Winners
The NFL yesterday announced this year’s 32 nominees for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, an annual award recognizing philanthropy and community impact. And the league also announced …
The Thick and the Thin of Saints History
Click to enlarge The photo shown above was taken during the Saints’ inaugural season, 1967. Take a look at the two players in the center — quarterback Gary Cuozzo and …
Eagles Go Rogue With Off-Center Green Dot Stickers
Am I the only one who thinks @cj_wentz's mic sticker is off-center? @UniWatch @PhilHecken #SundayNightFootball pic.twitter.com/SrhJfmegUZ — Tyler (@TylerRGoldberg) December 4, 2017 During last Sunday night’s Eagles/Seahawks game, a reader …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Click to enlarge Several jersey snafus yesterday for the Bucs, beginning with tight end OJ Howard, who somehow lost one of the red panels on his 0 (or maybe one …
Period Piece
Click to enlarge The photo above shows Lions cornerback Darius Slay Jr. tackling Saints wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. in a game that took place back on Oct. 15. As …
Rebelling Against the Rash
The Cowboys will be wearing their mono-white Thursday-night uniforms for tomorrow’s game against Washington. But what with the ’Skins be wearing? That’s the question that began spreading around uni-verse yesterday, …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Embed from Getty Images It was old-school vs. new-school yesterday in Atlanta, as the Falcons wore their fauxbacks against the Bucs (additional photos here). As you can see above, Falcons …
How the Vikings Got Their Horns
Click to enlarge In January of 1962, cartoonist extraordinaire Karl Hubenthal drew a cartoon about how he had designed the Minnesota Vikings’ uniforms. If you’ve never heard of Hubenthal, and/or …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Embed from Getty Images It was a tale of two throwbacks in the NFC North yesterday. We’ll start in Chicago, where the Bears wore their Monsters of the Midway throwbacks. …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Click to enlarge Some weird Technicolor action in yesterday’s Bears/Packers game, as Chicago running back Jordan Howard ended up with a lot of field paint on his pants (see above). …
Man, Do I Miss Baseball Season
Embed from Getty Images So was that the worst-looking game in NFL history last night? It’s certainly in the discussion. Too bad they couldn’t get the Browns to play a …
Anatomy of a Non-Story: A One-Shell Rule Tale
There’s a truism in sports that sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make. Similarly, it turns out that in journalism, sometimes the best stories are the ones …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Embed from Getty Images Yesterday was a big day for alternate NFL jerseys, beginning in Jacksonville, where the Jaguars wore their teal alternates. According to the Gridiron Uniform Database, it …