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Category: Throwbacks

NASCAR Turns Back the Clock for Sunday’s Southern 500

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Jory Fleischauer, who’s going to fill us in on Sunday’s throwback-themed Southern 500 race. ”” PL] By Jory Fleischauer Darlington Raceway …

White Sox Throwback to 1976

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Last evening, in what was quite possibly the most eagerly awaited throwback game of the year, the Chicago White Sox turned back the clock …

Cubs & Tigers Throwback to 1945

Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from the site and will return in September. Daily content is continuing under the direction of deputy editor …

BC, UCLA & ND Get New Unis: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from the site and will return in September. Daily content is continuing under the direction of deputy editor …

The Packers’ Long-Promised Throwback May Have Leaked [Update: Leak Now Confirmed]

We’ve known since last fall that the Packers would have a new throwback uniform for the upcoming season, but they’ve played very coy about what it would look like and …

Sox in Shorts Redux?

For the White Sox section of my recent ESPN column on the best throwback uni for each MLB team, I wrote, “Nope, no throwback of the infamous “Sox in shorts” …

A Look at Yesterday’s Cubs/Sox Throwback Game

The Cubs and White Sox held the first of their two late-1950s throwback games yesterday. As I explained last week (and as you can see above), all the Cubs wore …

Can’t Tell the Players, Even With a Scorecard

Very interesting storyline yesterday out of the Chicago, where the Cubs and White Sox announced that they’ll be honoring Ernie Banks and Minnie Minoso by wearing late-1950s throwbacks for their …

Not Much Uniformity, but Plenty of History

Click to enlarge As noted in yesterday’s Ticker, Civic Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, former home of the Eugene Emeralds, burned to the ground on Monday. The Emeralds — a short-season …

Kansas City (vs.) Kansas City, Here I Come

By Phil Hecken The Oakland A’s became the Kansas City A’s, at least for one day, as they threwback (sorta) yesterday. While the uniforms looked great, the team didn’t quite …

Hawks Uni Photos Posted Ahead of Today’s Unveiling

Click to enlarge Surprising development in Atlanta, where the Hawks are scheduled to unveil their uniforms today at 11am Eastern. Everything on this one had been on total lockdown, but …

A Look at the Rickwood Classic

The Rickwood Classic took place two days ago. For the uninitiated, the Classic is a Double-A baseball game that takes place each year at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field, which opened in …

M’s & BoSox Wear Throwbacks to Honor Negro Leagues of 1946

By Phil Hecken Last evening the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox played a throwback game to honor the Negro Leagues. The Mariners played as the Seattle Steelheads, while …

Dolphins Announce (but don’t show) New Alternates

By Phil Hecken On Friday and yesterday, there had been some speculation that the new Dolphins alternate jersey would be orange, and some additional chatter that the new alternate would …

Astros & Angels Celebrate 50 Years of Astros (and the Astrodome)

Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken Yesterday evening the Houston Astros, as part of their 50 Anniversary of the Astrodome (also 50 years since they were renamed “Astros”) Celebration, and …