I know some of you are sick of all Mets chatter on this site, but there are reasons why they keep coming up for discussion. Among them: No other team …
Category: Shorts/Trunks
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Uniforms
For years — long before I came up with the idea for Uni Watch — my favorite spot at the Baseball Hall of Fame was the third floor, where they …
They Play Like a Mickey Mouse Team, So….
You probably know that the Devil Rays played a few “home” games in Orlando last week at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex, which, despite having only 9000 seats, …
Birthday Boy Blog
Exactly one year ago today, I uploaded this entry, thereby launching the site you’re now reading. At the time, I had two primary concerns: (1) Would anyone notice? (2) What …
Saturday Recap
Like a lot of Americans, I don’t really follow horse racing but still get a kick out of the Kentucky Derby, mainly because it’s a good excuse for a party. …
Buffs in the Buff
It’s not often that I use an item from the comments section as the basis for the next day’s lead item. But yesterday’s comments had a pretty amazing contribution from …
Upstairs, Downstairs
Okay, I give in. I had hoped to stay above the whole “System of Dress” fray, but it now seems unavoidable, especially with Syracuse’s new duds having made their on-court …
Just a Bunch of Nice Jewish Boys
Thanks to everyone who came down to last night’s Uni Watch confab in Dallas. It was great meeting all of you. Photos of the Dallas and San Francsico gatherings to …
Seeing Stars Stripes
One winter all-star game down, two to go. The NBA All-Star Game package was unveiled yesterday, and the big news is that the league has finally succumbed to logo creep. …
Red(head) Alert
So I’m watching football and looking at old magazines the other day with Uni Watch design director Scott M.X. Turner, and I tell him how reader Byron Wages recently sent …
If It’s Not Scottish, It’s Crap!
New ESPN column today. Check that — it’s been bumped to Monday. Meanwhile: One thing I love about Uni Watch is how an offhand comment sometimes leads to a series …
Old-vs.-New Smackdown
Arthur Farrell’s Hockey: Canada’s Royal Winter Game, published in 1899, is thought to be the first book ever written about hockey. Only four copies are known to exist, none of …
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 …
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 …
Color Line
New ESPN column today — here’s the link. Meanwhile: Every so often, someone writes in and says, “Why don’t you write about the designs on basketball courts, or the logos …