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Category: Tennis

Your Vilkmas Winners, Aussie Open Preview and Much More

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Happy Sunday, Uni Watchers! After you feasted on yesterday’s playoff games between the Chiefs and Colts (beautiful looking game) and the Cowboys and Rams (even …

US Open Fashion Preview

[Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from site. Deputy editor Phil Hecken is in charge from now through the end of the month, although Paul is still …

Wimbledon’s Big News: Will Fed Remain With Swooshie?

By Phil Hecken, with Brinke Guthrie Follow @PhilHecken Earlier in the week, Collector’s Corner guru, my pal (and virtual doubles partner) Brinke Guthrie asked me if I wanted “something for …

French Open 2018

By Phil Hecken, with Brinke Guthrie Follow @PhilHecken The 2018 French Open begins this morning. My doubles partner and our other resident Tennis fan Brinke Guthrie, who also brings us …

A Look at Matching ‘Uniforms’ at the U.S. Open

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Judy Adams, who’s going to discuss some of the finer points of this year’s U.S. Open tennis tourney. Enjoy. — PL] …

2016 Rio Olympics: Tennis

[Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from site. Deputy editor Phil Hecken is in charge from now through the end of the month, although Paul is still …

The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly in Wimbledon

Last Friday I had an ESPN column about Wimbledon’s dress code. Once the column was published, I posted the link to it on Twitter. About 20 minutes later, someone named …

In Which Brinke Lands His White Whale (or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof)

[Editor’s Note: Got home last night from Wisconsin and am still getting recombobulated, so today we have a guest entry by Brinke Guthrie, who you know from his weekly “Collector’s …

Neon Circus

What you see above is the attire that most Nike-outfitted men’s tennis players will be wearing at the Australian Open, which kicks off next week. The interesting thing about it …

A Uni Watch Wimbledon Preview

[Editor’s Note: With Wimbledon getting underway today, tennis maven Brinke Guthrie is here with a roundup of what to look for. Enjoy. ”” PL] By Brinke Guthrie Wimbledon’s back for …

Fortunately, I Already Have Plans for That Day

We’ve known for several months now that MLB teams would be wearing G.I. Joe caps on Memorial Day. But reader Brendan Hickey has picked up on something that hasn’t yet …

Trainspotting

Yesterday I took the subway out to to the U.S. Open in Queens, where I met up with ESPN.com’s tennis editor, Matt Wilansky, who’s soon going to be taking over …

Olympic Tennis at the Big W

By Phil Hecken Moving forward in our Olympic uniform coverage, I’m pleased to present a new collaborator for the boards, Stephanie Suarez, who (like about three of us — Brinke …

The Grass Is Always Greener

By Phil Hecken On Uni Watch, it’s rare that we focus on *individual* sports — if only because there really aren’t uniforms per se. But sports like tennis and golf …

Because What This World Really Needs Is More Advertising

. Brinke Guthrie was looking at Australian Open photos yesterday when he came upon this shot of Casey Dellacqua. “Hmmm,” he thought, “Instant Sponsor? What the hell is that?” Instant …