As I mentioned yesterday, I’m running an ESPN design contest to create new uniforms for the Hornets. But today I want to talk about the Charlotte Hornets’ original uniforms, which …
Category: Team Colors
Redbirds May Stick with Blue After All
Last November the Cardinals announced that their blue road cap was being demoted. The plan was for the team to wear red caps on the road, with the blue cap …
‘Where can you find pleasure / Search the world for treasure?’
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Tom Juettner, who’s noticed a certain chromatic trend in the NFL. ”” PL] By Tom Juettner In the Uni Watch community …
Making the NBA Just About the Uni Colors
. . . I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you’re gonna hear about it! I kid, of course — Happy Festivus, everyone! Got an interesting …
Fade to Black
[Editor’s Note: Today is Black Friday (aka Idiots Day, Natural Selection Day, and Buy Your Own Weight in Electronics Day), so we have a guest entry from Trevor Williams on …
What Can Brown Do for You? A Lot!
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Tim Newcomb, who has written an ode to what he feels is an underappreciated color. ”” PL] By Tim Newcomb Brown …
Long-Neglected Accessory Finally Comes Out of Mothballs
About a month ago I mentioned that I had to go see a podiatrist, and that he turned out to be uni-aware, which was nice. I had to see him …
Adios, Jorgie
By Phil Hecken “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Because Not Everyone Has Access to AutoCAD
A month ago I posted Ryan Connelly’s account of how he painted a Penguins logo on a friend’s wall. Like all of RyCo’s DIY projects, he began by mapping out …
Couldn’t They at Least Wait Until Valentine’s Day?
Seems like everyone has a different level of tolerance for the pink-uni thing. But whatever your pink threshold may be, I think we can all agree that this is a …
Now We Know Where the Seahawks Got the Idea
Click photos to enlarge For one game in 1991 — and only one game, thankfully — Notre Dame basketball coach Digger Phelps outfitted his team in lime green uniforms. (There’s …
Gearing Up for the Fall Classic
That World Series thingie is scheduled to start tonight, so I thought we’d go over a few points regarding the two teams. To wit: • Feeling gravity’s pull: Has anyone …
Is New Soccer Uni Regulation a Whitewash?
Way back in June I got a note from a reader named Shane Davis. He works for Speedline Athletic Wear, which provides uniforms for lots of high school sports. Unfortunately, …
Of White Whales, Blue Horses, and Red Herrings
My annual college football season-preview column is now available on ESPN. Ordinarily that would mean a short main entry here, but today we have big news that can’t wait. It’s …
Meet The (Mercury) Mets
By Phil Hecken Twelve years ago tonight, I watched a baseball game with my dad (and as it would turn out, it would be the last Mets game we ever …