By Phil Hecken, with Kyle Evans & CJ Fleck Follow @PhilHecken Good Saturday Morning, everyone! Hope you guys had a good week. It’s time for the annual MLS Preview, and …
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A Uni Watch Look at 2021’s Jackie Robinson Day
Click to enlarge Mild hilarity yesterday in Chicago, as the White Sox and Cleveland emptied their benches and bullpens for some on-field pushing and shoving, resulting in the very entertaining …
The WNBA Expansion Project
For all images, click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a rare weekday appearance by weekend editor Phil Hecken, who has a great project that just couldn’t wait until …
Uni Watch First Pitches: Simone Biles
In 2018, when I was still with ESPN, I began working on a series of interviews with non-baseball athletes who threw out the first pitch at MLB games. Unfortunately, that …
The Aesthetics of a 17-Game NFL Season
As you’re probably aware by now, the NFL recently decided to expand its 16-game regular season — the standard for a non-strike season since 1978 — by adding a 17th …
1967 Film Showcases NHL Original Six Magnificence
For all photos, click to enlarge Good morning! Greetings from Uni Watch HQ, where I’m happy to report that all three inhabitants have now received all their shots. Hope your …
Jonny Rockford Reimagines the NHL (Part I)
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Sunday Morning, Uni Watch land — as always I hope everyone is doing well and feeling better. For today’s lede I have part one …
If The NFL’s ‘One Shell Rule’ Were Revoked (AFC Edition)
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good morning Uni Watch readers! I hope everyone is still doing OK and staying safe (and getting vaccinated if possible). Spring has sprung (at least …
Think Pink: 2021 MLB Mother’s Day Caps Leak
For all caps, click to enlarge Almost all of MLB’s 2021 Ma’s Day caps briefly leaked yesterday on the Macy’s website. As you can see from the six designs shown …
‘Unified’ Turns 10: Yellow Sox, Purple Dodgers
Good morning! For this week’s podcast episode (our 10th — double digits!), Chris Creamer and I talked about the Red Sox’s new yellow “City Connect” uniforms, plus we have the …
Nikefication of MLB Begins with Bosox ‘City Connect’ Uni
Click to enlarge We’ve known for a while now that MLB would be adopting some of Nike’s NBA-style uniform programs, but we didn’t know when those programs would launch. We …
Why I Support, and Even Applaud, Gov. Greg Abbott’s Decision
Click to enlarge The photo above shows Texas Gov. Greg Abbott throwing out the first pitch for the Rangers’ 2019 season opener against the Cubs. He also threw out a …
Book Cover Exposes Surprising Pirates Uni Detail
Click to enlarge The start of baseball season is traditionally when new baseball-centric books are published, and one of the new titles this year is former MLBer Dave Parker’s autobiography, …
If The NFL’s ‘One Shell Rule’ Were Revoked (NFC Edition)
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good Sunday morning to all Uni Watchers, and for all those celebrating, a Very Happy Easter as well. I hope all are safe and well. …
Loss of ASG Leads to Possible One-Day Uni Wonder for Atlanta
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Good morning, Uni Watchers. As always, I hope everyone is staying healthy and doing well otherwise. As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, we had …