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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 …

The Steve K. Files, Vol. 3

Time for another bunch of vintage NFL screen shots from reader Steve K., who continues to document unusual uni-related items from the 1970s (if you’ve missed the previous entries featuring …

Monday Morning Uni Watch, MLB Edition

Phil already covered the Civil Rights Game in yesterday’s post (if you missed it, scroll down for his analysis), but there are a few additional details I want to go …

Hasn’t This Poor City Suffered Enough?

As we all know, NFL uniform changes are usually in the pipeline for a year or so before they’re unveiled. And it’s been less than seven months since the Lions …

They Even Trademarked Landry’s Hat Patch

By Phil Hecken, with Mike Styczen A couple of weeks ago, in the comments, reader “Mike2” (Mike Styczen) mentioned “TESS,” which is an acronym for “Trademark Electronic Search Service.” Not …

Documenting a Maligned Decade

New ESPN column today — look here. Meanwhile … I recently got a note from reader Steve K., as follows: A friend of mine was moving and his wife made …

It Wasn’t Broke, but They Fixed It Anyway

OK, so the Red Sox unveiled their new road and alternate uniforms yesterday, and boy howdy, the whole sports world would rather talk about CC Sabathia is all atwitter! Let’s …

And for Our Next Trick, We’ll Redesign the Phanatic

My annual NBA season-preview column is up on ESPN today, which would normally mean no main entry over here. But I’m planning to give the site the day off tomorrow, …

Land of 1000 Laeks

Looks like we’re gonna have to give an honorary Uni Watch membership to former MLB player Denny Hocking. While watching Friday night’s Twins/Angels game, he noticed something that almost everyone …

My Only Gripe: Zero Sightings of Tonya Harding

Hello there. One week, one wedding, two days of record-breaking Portland heat (one of them spent in a jacket and tie — ugh), one Uni Watch party, one astonishingly large …

Forty-Deuce Redux

The Nationals, like every other MLB team, participated in the Jackie Robinson 42fest on April 15th. In fact, they were one of the clubs that dressed the entire team in …

Bobby Bonilla Isn’t the Only One Who Can Show You the Bronx

Whatever you think of the House the Ruth Built, its impending demise has had at least one salutary side effect: New York’s tabloid papers have been publishing plenty of historically …

Numerology

SI.com’s photo galleries are usually pretty good, but their current “Greatest College Football Players by Number” rundown offers a particularly rich lode of uni-related details. Here’s a rundown (several of …

Hey, MJ, How Much Do You Care That Corporate Branding Is Ruining Sports? ‘Oh, About This Much’

The nice thing about co-owning an NBA team is that you can work out with the players whenever you want. And of course you’ll get an official team practice jersey …

They Didn’t Call It Exhibition Stadium for Nothing

There was a classic moment during yesterday’s press conference to unveil the Blue Jays’ new road and alternate uniforms. It came when they trotted out old-timers Lloyd Moseby and John …