By Phil Hecken While soliciting column ideas from readers, one of the first to approach me was Jeremy Brahm, who is probably familiar to all of you as our “Pacific …
Category: Soccer
Turning Back the Clock in Pittsburgh
By John Ekdahl The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals wore Negro League uniforms last night for Heritage Week. The Cardinals were outfitted in the uniforms of the St. Louis …
Man U-facturing Consent
What you see above is Manchester United’s new away kit. I was sorely tempted to crop the photo just below the knees, so as to avoid the annoying logo creep …
What Is the Proper Response to a Disaster?
Life is always full of tragedy. But there are some tragedies that transcend the ordinary and become part of our larger collective consciousness. Sports uniforms, oddly enough, are a good …
There’s Logo Creep, and Then There’s Full-On Logo Assault
Last week I Ticker-linked to this women’s hockey photo, which showed the largest Reebok logo I’d ever seen on a uniform. The person who sent it to me mistakenly said …
Tweaking MLS Part II
By Phil Hecken You folks will recall that last week I ran the uniform concepts of Lance Hall, who had taken it upon himself to tweak the uniforms of MLS …
Tweaking The MLS – Part I
By Phil Hecken A few months back, I had the pleasure of bringing you some of the wonderful uniform “tweaks” of Lance Hall, who had taken on the monumental task …
The Perfect 10…10…10
By Phil Hecken, with Jim Vilk I don’t place much *importance* in the symmetry of dates, but today is one that kind of sticks out: October 10, 2010. 10/10/10. So, …
Kicking Off The EPL
By Phil Hecken, with Mark Emge [Quick note: please make sure to scroll down to vote in our Best Home Uniform In Major League Baseball Poll immediately following the EPL …
And The Worst Uni Combo Ever Is…
By Phil Hecken with James Huening Just two short weeks ago, I and UW Pollster James Huening presented our latest poll: Worst Uniform Combination Ever. The results are in. You …
Worst Uni Combo…Time To Vote
By Phil Hecken, with UW Pollster, James Huening A couple weekends ago, James T. Huening and I suggested a number of worst uniform combinations in the history of sport, and …
Worst Uniform Combo Ever?
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening Worst Uni Ever? Been there done that. But, recently Jimbo and I were trading E-mails and we came upon one of those “worst uni” …
Oh Danny…World Cup Edition
By Phil Hecken, featuring the Design Genius of Danny Finocchio I’m back with a very special treat for you all today. You guys will recall a post from a few …
The League That Shoulda Been a Contender
Last fall I wrote an entry about a site devoted to NASL jerseys. Now that site has added a ton of MISL photos (that’s Major Indoor Soccer League, for those …
What a Cool Sport, Maybe It’ll Catch on Someday
Thanks to Phil’s recent “Worst Uni Ever” poll, you’ve seen plenty of Colorado Caribous photos lately. But most of you probably haven’t seen this one. That shot, along with a …