Category: NFL

Here’s a life lesson to keep in mind: When you insist on making massive, over-the-top symbolic gestures, you run the risk of massively embarrassing failures that provide a very different …

By Phil Hecken Every so often, as a lede, I will run a set of uniform concepts from a single designer that are either so good, so innovative, or so …

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest-written entry by reader Nik Streng, who recently completed a fun DIY project. ”” PL] By Nik Streng It’s gotten cold here in Oregon. …

Click to enlarge What you see above is a cake that looks like someone threw up on it. But it’s actually a fiendishly clever baking concept. I’ll explain it in …

I’ve been saying for years that the Giants’ gray pants look a bit too blah and that they should switch them to white. Yesterday they finally did just that, breaking …

Click to enlarge What do you wear if you’re going to tell the world that as a matter of fact, yes, you did smoke crack, just as most of the …

So long, Pinktober; hello, GI Joevember. That was the message yesterday in Dallas, where the Cowboys and Vikings kicked off the NFL’s annual “Salute to Service” pandering promotion. That meant …

By Phil Hecken Back in the summer when I was pinch-hitting for Paul during the weekdays, I received numerous submissions for articles from you fine readers. I’ve gotten to most …

Good thing the World Series was on last night, because the Vikings chose their Sunday Night Football showcase to do the full-on Grape Ape thing (lots of photos here). I …

Guess. How long until November? Meanwhile: New ESPN column today — my annual World Series preview. + + + + + Collector’s Corner By Brinke Guthrie As you can see …

The most visually interesting NFL game yesterday was the Packers/Browns tilt at Lambeau, where the Pack wore their Acme Packers throwbacks and the Browns wore their brown britches (lots of …

Pinktober reached its inevitable apotheosis (or nadir) yesterday, as Oregon announced that it will be wearing pink helmets, socks, and gloves this weekend. The Oregon announcement came one day after …

We already knew the Ravens had dropped the neck roll collar on their purple and white jerseys, and yesterday we learned that they’ve done likewise on their black alternate jerseys. …

Click photos to enlarge Everyone knows the Pro Bowl is a joke, so why not have it look like a joke? That’s apparently the thinking behind the new Pro Bowl …

Pinktober kicked into high gear yesterday, as NFL players, officials, fields, and stadiums were festooned with just about every kind of pink accessory you can imagine. I’m not going to …