Click to enlarge Good morning! The Bruins finally retired Willie O’Ree’s No. 22 last night. The ceremony, which was originally scheduled for last season but was postponed due to the …
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One Last Trip to Buzz-a-Rama
For all photos, click to enlarge In March of 2020, just before the pandemic really hit, I wrote about my visit to Buzz-a-Rama, an old-school slot-car racing emporium here in …
Monday Morning Uni Watch: Wild Card Edition
For all photos, click to enlarge Good morning! How ’bout those 49ers? That was one sloppy game, with both teams doing their best to give it away. But as a …
G’day Mate: Your 2022 Aussie Open Preview
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Sunday Morning, Uni Watchers — hope everyone is staying well (and warm). After two NFL Wild Card games yesterday, we’ve got three more today, …
Picking Your 2022 Wild Card Winners by Better Uni
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Saturday Morning, Uni Watch crew, and welcome to the 2022 Wild Card Weekend. I hope everyone has had a good week and you’re all …
A Museum Exhibit on the History of Women’s Sportswear
Click to enlarge My friend Sonya, who’s a Ph.D. fashion historian, recently told me about a museum exhibit on the history of women’s sportswear, called Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 …
Reading the Tea Leaves: Angels Planning Throwbacks?
Click to enlarge MLB uni news has mostly been on pause due to the lockout, but GQ magazine may have given us a hint with its current cover photo of …
A Treasure Trove of Awesome Colt .45s Photos
Click to enlarge A few weeks ago, I ran a 1960s photo showing Houston Colt .45s infielder Mike White receiving a flu shot while in uniform (and also while holding …
A Uni Watch Look at Don Maynard
Click to enlarge Pro Football Hall of Famer Don Maynard died yesterday. I saw him play during the tail end of his career in the early 1970s, when I was …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
For all photos, click to enlarge Good morning! The most interesting uni-related development in yesterday’s NFL games took place in the stands, not on the field. With the Packers and …
Reimagining the ABA — Part II
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Sunday Morning, Uni Watchers. I hope everyone had a good Saturday. Waaaaaaay back in August, when I was doing the weekday posts during Paul’s …
15 Possible Alternate NFL Helmets
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Greetings, and good morning Uni Watchers! I hope the first week of the double-deuces is treating you well (and you’re staying as safe and COVID-free …
What Lockout? Kermit, Fozzie, and Animal Say, ‘Play Ball!’
Click to enlarge Good morning! There’s a lot of uni-related stuff to parse in this shot of the Muppets playing baseball. For example: • Kermit does not have a fielder’s glove. …
Houston Project Transforms Utility Boxes into Cool Uni Artwork
For all images, click to enlarge Last winter I wrote about how a Baltimore artist had inspired people to repaint and decorate the city’s yellow salt boxes, thereby transforming a …
Pocket-Palooza: Floodgates Open on Obscure MLB Uni Detail
Our story so far: In 2019, I wrote a blog entry about how Casey Stengel had a little pocket added to his uniform pants when he managed the Yankees and …