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What Can Brown Do for the Browns?

For years now Cleveland fans have been asking me — sometimes with dread, sometimes with anticipation — “Are the Browns gonna bring back the brown pants?” My answer has always …

Name Games

Two players who play two different sports for two different teams situated on two different continents are changing their NOBs — ostensibly for two very different reasons. In the end, …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge Bizarre scene yesterday in Houston, where Seahawks defensive tackle Clinton McDonald’s facemask got badly contorted during a scrum. The image at top-left shows his regular mask positioning; …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

NFL butt cheeks used to make on-field appearances once every few years or so, but now it’s becoming a near-weekly phenomenon. The latest culprit: Browns wideout Travis Benjamin (shown at …

Brinke Is Totally Gonna Plotz

What you see above are some doodles made by former NFL Properties honcho Dave Boss — yes, that Dave Boss — while he was on the phone with a Chiefs …

Throwbacks Are Thrown for a Loss

Surprising news yesterday afternoon out of Tampa, where the Bucs had been planning to wear their creamsicle throwbacks on Sept. 29. Turns out they won’t be wearing them after all, …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

I’ve written several times that the Chiefs’ red pants are arguably the single best uniform element in the NFL. But it hadn’t occurred to me (or probably to anyone else) …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

I spent the weekend out of town, attending my friends Rob and Stephanie’s wedding, so I didn’t see any football. But I got home in time to catch the Giants/Cowboys …

NFL To Begin Cracking Down On Custom Facemasks

By John Ekdahl From the New York Times: Justin Tuck’s custom face mask has inspired at least three false Twitter accounts, one Facebook fan page and a likeness in the …

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 …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken With a headline of “MMUW,” you know that football season is here. Or, it’s pretty close, actually. This past weekend (and as well as Thursday & Friday) …

Forget The Titans – Remember The Outlaws

By Phil Hecken Designers frequently contact me with their concepts, and I will often host them in the “Uni Tweaks” section of the weekend blogs, and occasionally, I will be …

College Football Weekend Uni Roundup

An unusually large amount of college football uni news broke over the weekend. Let’s get started: • Here’s an updated version of UConn’s really ugly helmet. • We now have …

Timelessly Representing the Ballclub, NFL Edition – Part II

By Phil Hecken And now, in the continuing series, “Timelessly Representing the Ballclub,” I’m back with Part II of the NFL edition. If you’re not familiar with the concept — …

Patchwork

There were lots of patch- and logo-related developments around the sports word yesterday, with several of them coming from the NHL draft. One at a time: • The Ducks unveiled …