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Red Alert, Red Menace, Red Hot, Etc.

The other day I was telling Uni Watch botanist (and serious Dallas Cowboys fan) Jill Conley about this new Australian-themed pub that opened around the corner from my place, and …

Keep Your Pants On

Remember those black slacks that NFL officials were supposed to wear this season for cold-weather games? I thought for sure we’d see them for this past Monday’s snow bowl in …

Or Maybe He Just Needs to Spend More Time at the Salad Bar and Less Time at the Dessert Bar

New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Did the Astros sign Carlos Lee to a $100 million contract and then give him someone else’s ill-fitting jersey when introducing …

Rear View Mirror

Got an intriguing note yesterday from reader Cliff Corcoran. Check it out: I’ve stumbled upon a fantastic site called Vintage Card Traders, which has scanned in some complete sets of …

New Jersey, Old Helmets

Road-tripping was on the agenda last weekend, as Uni Watch hedge fund analyst Jenny Strasburg and I spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday tooling around the Jersey Shore. We hit the …

Luck Polyester of the Irish

As you may recall, the Knicks wore special green uniforms for St. Patrick’s Day last season, and I think the plan is for them to do it again this time …

Just Give Him a Gold Watch Already

Yesterday I noted that Paul Pierce had worn a “2” on his headband on Wednesday night, because that’s the number the Celtics have retired for Red Auerbach. (I mistakenly thought …

History Lesson

A few weeks ago, reader Thomas Harding referred me to a photo on a web site I’d never encountered before. Frankly, I no longer recall which photo it was, because …

Of Bears and Hounds

Yesterday I interviewed Under Armour founder/prexy Kevin Plank for a business article I’m working on. He had a lot of interesting things to say, none of which I can divulge …

‘The little money from the crops he raised / Barely paid the bills we made’

The World Series starts this weekend. And for reader Brad Bierman, that means only one thing: a new World Series sleeve patch will make its appearance. Not that Bierman is …

Mods Find New Job Opportunity in NHL

Sportswear companies are always talking about their “performance-enhancing” features, whether it’s moisture-management technology or extra-stretchy fabrics. But what if a uniform could provide superior results simply by virtue of its …

Division Series Roundup

There was some weird stuff going on in the various Division Series, and I’m not just talking about the Yankees going down so meekly. The biggest problem involved sleeves. For …

That Was the Year That Was

With MLB’s regular season now over, I think we can say with some degree of certainty that this has been the best year in baseball history — at least from …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

It was no surprise that those Bills throwbacks looked awesome yesterday (you can bask a bit more in their magnificence here, here, here, and here). But it was surprising, at …

Wrestlemania

I’ve never given much thought to sumo “uniforms,” because the combatants basically just wear diapers. Okay, so there are different colors (including you know what), along with the occasional bit …