The new USFL unveiled new uniforms yesterday for all eight of its teams. It was an interesting unveiling, as they did one team per hour from 8am to 3pm — …
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Tracking the Maple Leafs’ Season One Cartoon at a Time
Click to enlarge I’m not sure how I didn’t know this until now, but there’s a cartoonist up in Toronto who calls himself Brian BeLeafs. He’s apparently a rabid Maple …
Homer Simpson, ‘Goodfellas,’ and the Most Influential Sports Painting Ever
Click to enlarge At first glance, the cover of last week’s issue of The New Yorker, by longtime magazine illustrator Bruce McCall, seems like a fun but weird image of …
Did a Pair of Orange Gloves Cost the Bengals the Super Bowl?
Aside from all the patch shenanigans, I thought there were no major uni-related storylines during the Super Bowl. But as an anonymous reader pointed out to me yesterday, a uni-related …
Super Bowl Recap: Whitworth Sets Patch Record, and More
Click to enlarge Good morning! As we speculated back on Friday, Rams offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth, winner of this season’s Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award on Thursday …
Supe’s On! Cincinnati Bengals Uniform History
By Phil Hecken, with Timmy Brulia Follow @PhilHecken Good Super Sunday Morning, Uni Watchers — the Big Day is here. I’m once again rejoined by the Gridiron Uniform Database head …
Supe’s On! The History of the LA Rams Uniforms
By Phil Hecken, with Timmy Brulia Follow @PhilHecken Good Saturday Morning, Uni Watchers. Tis the day before the big day. I hope everyone has had a great week. With the …
Late-Breaking Super Bowl News: A Potential Patch Record and WFT Prototype Pants
Click to enlarge The run-up to the Super Bowl is often a lot of hype with relatively little substance. But if you’re a uniform fan, the Supe provided some some …
A Treasure Trove of 1950s Milwaukee Braves Images
I recently stumbled upon something really fun on Amazon Prime: two hours of Milwaukee Braves promotional footage from 1953, ’54, and ’55 — the team’s first three seasons after moving …
It’s Time for the Uni Watch Super Bowl LVI Preview!
Click to enlarge Good morning! Super Bowl Sunday is now just four days away, which means it’s time for the Uni Watch Super Bowl Preview. I don’t mind saying that …
Astros Unveil 60th-Anniversary — er, ‘60 Years’ — Patch
For all images, click to enlarge The lockout has put a serious damper on MLB uni news, but the Astros got things cooking yesterday by unveiling a 60th-anniversary logo. As …
What Should Commanders Players Have Worn in the Pro Bowl?
Click to enlarge Good morning! The world’s most pointless “football game,” the Pro Bowl, took place yesterday. In case you had something more worthwhile to do, like tweezing your nose …
NHL All Star Game Features Really Nice Unis
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Greetings and good Sunday morning, Uni Watchers. I hope everyone had a pleasant Saturday. I ended up with some kind of (what I hope is) …
Thursday Night Throwbacks, AFC Edition
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Saturday morning, Uni Watch nation — hope everyone is doing well and the weather isn’t getting you too down. Unfortunately, my namesake in Punxsutawney …
Two Genius Super Bowl Ideas from Uni Watch Readers
Nice move yesterday by the Reds, who supported the Bengals’ Super Bowl run by adding tiger stripes to their wishbone-C logo on social media (see above). But as many fans …