By Phil Hecken If you’ve been following the NHL or Uni Watch the past few days, it should come as no surprise to you that the Winnipeg Jets — who …
Category: Team Colors
New Hue Review
I recently got a note from a reader who’d prefer to remain anonymous. Here’s what he had to say: I recently heard that each NFL team can only have one …
Redlegs: Not Just a Cincinnati Thing
——— Pretty cool photo + caption, right? Dan Cichalski sent it to me the other day. Fascinating shot on several different levels. One thing at at time: • We can …
One Horse, Two Horse, Brown Horse, Blue Horse
OUR STORY SO FAR ”¦ Everyone agrees that the 1962 Broncos wore a white mule donkey burrrro oh okay, it’s a horse on their helmets — except during the preseason …
Rolls Reuss, Volume III
By Phil Hecken Today we continue with outtakes from my recent interview with the great Jerry Reuss. If you missed Volume I or II, you can look here and here. …
Meet the Nets
By Phil Hecken A few weeks back, I introduced you to Tim E. O’Brien, who brought his vision for a new Oklahoma City Thunder uniform, logos and court. I’m back …
The White Cap Chronicles, Continued
The 1967 A’s and their occasional use of white caps, which I first wrote about last Friday, continue to present an intriguing rabbit hole, as reader Dave Robb has just …
Monochrome In Baseball, Part III
By Phil Hecken About a month and half ago I took a look at monochrome in baseball as teams had undertaken that particular fashion statement, and followed that up last …
Monochrome In Baseball, Part II
By Phil Hecken A little over a month ago, I brought you a look at Monochrome In Baseball, which looked at the use of solid color uniforms (jerseys and pants) …
And Their Team Names Don’t End in ‘S’ Either
Big day in the NBA yesterday, as two teams came out with new logos. There wasn’t too much suspense on these, as various leaks had been floating around for a …
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 …
Monochrome In Baseball, Part I
By Phil Hecken When we discuss baseball uniform history, occasionally the subject comes around to “monochrome” which, for lack of a better term, is a non-white or gray-based uniform, in …
Seeing Red
By Phil Hecken` Quick — how many teams in the major leagues wear a red alternate jersey? Not sure? Give a guess… If you look quickly at the graphic above, …
Chief Wahoo Has No Comment
There’s an old episode of This American Life in which a guy descended from Native Americans talks about the stories his grandfather used to tell. “He say, ‘All this land …
Black & White in Color
~~~~~~~~~~ By Phil Hecken, with Timmy Brulia, Rick Pearson & Larry Bodnovich Several weeks ago, Paul posted the following picture, taken at the 1948 NHL All Star Game. It’s a …