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Phil is taking a well-deserved break, so Uni Watch is closed this weekend. In case you’ve missed some of our recent content, feel free to catch up on our posts about MLB’s new uni ad program, one of the most unusual hockey uniforms ever, the Maple Leafs’ new Justin Bieber-designed BFBS alternates, and how commemorative NFL game balls are made. Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday. — Paul
Good morning! I want to go off-uni today and talk about a piece of confoundingly bad design that I recently encountered. Bear with me while I explain. So: The Tugboat Captain and I were recently at a vintage shop where we encountered a cast iron bottle opener — the kind you mount on the wall — shaped and painted like an open mouth. So to use it, you’d stick the neck of the bottle “in the mouth,” apply a bit of leverage, and ka-chunk — the “teeth” would remove the bottle cap. I realize the mere idea of this might make some people itchy, but we found it hilarious and thought it would look great in our kitchen. It was more money than we wanted to spend, however — something like $40, I think — so we didn’t buy it. Our next stop after the vintage shop was a restaurant where we had lunch. But I couldn’t stop thinking about the bottle opener — maybe the same thing was available on eBay for a more reasonable price? While we were waiting for our food to arrive, I poked around on my phone and quickly discovered that the mouth/teeth opener isn’t even a vintage item — it’s available online for $12.95. Walmart even sells them! And then our food came and I forgot all about the bottle opener. It just vanished from my mind. But not from Mary’s — she ordered one and gave it to me as one of my birthday presents. It was a really fun surprise. And that’s when things got weird. I should stop here and note that we already have a wall-mounted bottle opener in our home. It’s an old Coke opener that I’ve had since around 1990 (it has moved with me from apartment to apartment). I love using it — the ka-chunk is very satisfying — and I’ve long noted the simple genius of its design, which is this: In order to remove the cap, you insert the bottle into the opener diagonally and then push down on the lower end of the bottle. So as the cap comes off, the bottle becomes vertical, the mouth of the bottle becomes level, and no liquid spills out of the bottle as the cap falls away, all of which you can see here (I usually catch the cap but didn’t do so in this video): There’s nothing revolutionary about that — any bartender could tell you that’s just how wall-mounted openers work. Or at least it’s how they’re supposed to work. But when I got a bottle from the fridge and tried to simulate how it would work with my new birthday present, it seemed to me that it wasn’t going to work. The alignment of the ridges wasn’t right. I didn’t want to put new screw holes in the wall of our kitchen unless I was sure that the mouth/teeth opener would actually work. So I got a piece of scrap wood from the basement and screwed the opener into that, like so:  And sure enough, the only way it would work was if I inserted the bottle diagonally and then pulled up, instead of down, like this:  But if you use it that way, you end up with lots of spilled beer as soon as the cap pops off. “Hmmm,” said Mary, “maybe it’s meant to be used upside-down.” So I turned the piece of wood the other way, like this:  That didn’t look as good as the proper orientation — and, as it turned out, it didn’t solve the larger problem either. Once again, the only way to open the bottle was to pull up, resulting in spilled liquid:  At that point I unscrewed the opener from the piece of wood and tried to use it as a hand-held opener. The good news is that it worked; the bad news is that it looks and feels ridiculous to use a hand-held opener that includes wall-mounting holes, plus the whole operation isn’t as much fun: In short: This is an astonishingly poor piece of design. How could they have created it this way? Bizarre! On the plus side, at least it makes for an interesting story. And the rest of my birthday presents were much better.
Click to enlarge ITEM! New Bulletin article: My latest article for Bulletin is an interview with a guy whose company makes NFL commemorative game balls like the one shown above. It’s an interesting peek behind the curtain of something we all know about but rarely think about. Good stuff! My premium subscribers can read the article here. If you haven’t yet subscribed, you can do that here (you’ll need a Facebook account in order to pay). Don’t have or want a Facebook account? Email me for info on workarounds. Thanks!
Click to enlarge ITEM! Naming Wrongs update: As noted in yesterday’s Ticker, Cal State Northridge’s basketball arena is getting an annoying new advertised name, so we have new Naming Wrongs shirts for that. Here’s where you can get the red, black, and grey versions. And if you want to get reacquainted with the full Naming Wrongs product line, you can do that here. Speaking of Naming Wrongs: New York mayor Eric Adams yesterday lifted the vaccination requirement for home-team athletes playing in the city. He made the announcement at the Mets’ ballpark, and if you go to the 9:40 mark of this video, you can see that he made a point of still calling it Shea:
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Baseball News: The Brewers have evidently removed the thin royal blue circle on their barley-ball logo. … Giants OFs Austin Slater and Steven Duggar placed last in the team’s fantasy football league last year, so as punishment they were forced to serve as batboys during Wednesday’s Spring Training game, and wore blank jerseys with “L” taped to the back (from Brice Wallace). … The Nationals will unveil their City Connect uniforms next Tuesday. Judging by the teaser, they will indeed be cherry blossom-inspired, as has been speculated (from multiple readers). … It appears Marlins IF Jazz Chisholm wore tights with a giant Nike logo on them yesterday (from @KCNep95). … Whoa, check out the unis for Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. Looks like they looked at every retro design trend and decide to adopt all of them (from Kurt Blumenau).
Football News: New uni ad for the CFL’s Ottawa RedBlacks (from Mike Chamernik). … Brandon Weir sends along this graphic showing the evolution of the Michigan Stadium scoreboard. … New logo for the German Football League, which plays American football (from @acquijpayya). … With the signing of WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling yesterday, KC is building an impressive collection of players with hyphenated NOBs.
Soccer News: Italian Serie C side SSC Bari has released a new one-off kit, for use this Sunday, as well as new pre-match kits (from Ed Zelaski). … More images of Manchester United’s 2022-23 kit have leaked (from Charles George). … Swedish ST Alexander Isak’s jersey number was peeling off during the World Cup qualifying match against the Czech Republic (from Micah Burk).
Ukraine News: The ECHL’s Reading Royals will be selling and auctioning — but not wearing — these Ukraine-inspired sweaters to raise funds for the Ukraine War Refugee Aid Fund (from Mike Givler).
Grab Bag: YWCA Canada has launched a campaign (warning: autoplaying video) to “add the M” to men’s major league sports logos, and includes downloadable versions of updated logos for the “MNHL, MNBA, MMLS and MPGA Tour” (thanks, Jamie). … Here’s a piece on artist Ilya Stallone, who reimagines brand logos as medieval illustrations (from Adam Herbst). … Nebraska is apparently working on creating more “consistent” uniforms across different sports (from Nick Benes). Our latest raffle winner is Ron Gordon, who’s won himself a complimentary Uni Watch membership card. Congrats to him, and thanks again to James Lutz for sponsoring this one. That’ll do it for this week. Phil has this weekend off, so we’ll be closed for the next two days. Enjoy your weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday. Peace. — Paul
Ever since the new MLB labor deal was reached two weeks ago, I’ve been trying to get info on the new uni ad program that’s part of the collective bargaining agreement. Details have been hard to come by, but SportsBusiness.com’s Eric Fisher published a very informative article on Tuesday (although I didn’t become aware of it until Wednesday, when SB Nation blogger Al Yellon linked to it) that spells out a lot of what’s in store. According to Fisher, “there is not yet a fully finalized program for how the uniform patches will work, but several key elements are now generally known, and some clubs are already well along in their pursuit of individual patch deal agreements.” Here are the major takeaways from his report: 1. The good news: First and foremost, jersey ads will not be happening this season. As stated in Fisher’s article, “Team-level [ad patch] deals are expected to be finalized by many teams in the coming weeks and months in advance of a planned, more coordinated on-field rollout beginning with the 2023 season.” Translation: While some teams may be announcing jersey ad patches this spring and summer, no teams will be wearing the jersey ads until next year. (I contacted Fisher and confirmed this detail, just to be sure I wasn’t misinterpreting what he wrote.) The imminent arrival of jersey ads still sucks, of course, but the news that we won’t be seeing them in 2022, after I’d already resigned myself to dealing with them this year, feels like a huge, unexpected gift. And hey, there’s always the outside chance that Earth could be hit by an asteroid before the start of the 2023 season, right? Never give up hope!
2. The bad news: Batting helmet ads, however, will likely arrive this October. Quoting from Fisher’s article: “Helmet advertising is being reserved by the league for national-level deals [as opposed to individual team deals], with a debut there arriving as soon as the 2022 postseason. The bifurcated strategy provides the central office with an additional sponsorship inventory and allows clubs to focus more fully on the uniform patches.” Ugh — so this year’s World Series (and the rest of the playoffs) will feature unsightly helmet ads like the ones we saw for games in Mexico in 2019. This is similar to how things unfolded in 2016, when the New Era maker’s mark suddenly began appearing on caps during the postseason and then became a league-wide thing the following year. 3. Location, location, location: When jersey ads arrive next season, they will “almost certainly” (that’s Fisher’s term) be on the sleeves. Another source has confirmed that the jersey patch location isn’t yet settled but will “likely” be the sleeve. That’s a bit of a head-fuck. I had assumed all along that the ad patches would be on the sleeves, because that’s where they’ve been for all of the non-USA/Canada games over the past two decades. The sudden possibility, however slight, that they could end up on the chest is frankly alarming. But for now, for the sake of my blood pressure, let’s round up and assume that “almost certainly” and “likely” mean “definitely,” mmkay? 4. Size matters: The ad patches — the ones that we all fervently hope will be on the sleeves, not on the chest — will be pretty big. Fisher’s article says they’re projected to be 4.25″ by 4.25″. That compares with 2.5″ by 2.5″ for the NBA and the planned 3″ by 3.5″ for the NHL. How big is that? I decided to see for myself by cutting out a 4.25″ square of paper. Here’s how it looks compared to the NBA and NHL patch limits, along with some other objects (click to enlarge):  And here’s how it looks on the sleeve of one of my vintage jerseys:  If you look at my recent breakdown of uni ads in non-USA/Canada games, the new patch size is clearly larger than the sleeve ads worn in most (but not all) of those games. 5. Lefty vs. righty: Ad patch positioning may depend on the players’ handedness. Quoting again from Fisher’s piece: “The specific sleeve patch placement for each MLB player will depend in large part on whether they are a right-handed or left-handed batter or pitcher, all with an eye toward maximizing exposure either at the plate, on the mound, or in the field.” What will that mean for non-ad patches? The Mets, for example, wear their skyline logo as a left-sleeve patch (and just for reference, that patch is four inches across — smaller than the new ad patch limit). But if the left sleeve is the higher-visibility sleeve for a given player, will the ad patch go in that spot and then the sleeve patch move to the right sleeve? And what about memorial, anniversary, and other commemorative patches — will they move to the chest? Or maybe they won’t be used as much anymore? Hmmmm. (I’ll try to find out more about this.) 6. Hurry up and wait: Fisher’s article includes a quote from a marketing agency exec named Michael Neuman, who brings up something I hadn’t thought of before:
In other words, things like longer game times and batters stepping out of the box over and over again mean more exposure for uni advertisers. That means MLB’s stated desire to quicken the pace of play and reduce game times will be in conflict with its new uni-borne revenue stream. So when proposed rule changes like a pitch clock come up, you have to wonder if some owners and execs will be saying, “Yeah, that might be good in theory, but shorter game times mean we won’t be able to charge as much for the uni ads.” Hmmmm. ——— There’s more (I recommend the whole article), but those are the major points. Obviously, the biggest one is that we won’t see uni ads during the 2022 regular season. At this point, I’ll take glad tidings wherever I can find them, so let’s celebrate this tidbit of good news.
Click to enlarge How did we not know this before? Reader Shawn Dzwonkowski recently visited the Packers Hall of Fame in Green Bay and discovered two interesting uni-related tidbits. First, as shown above, the team has named its three jersey tailoring cuts after three former Packers greats — Bart Starr, Don Hutson, and Reggie White. I’ve never heard of a team doing anything like this! Also, it’s interesting that the Starr and Hutson cuts are named after the players’ surnames, while the Reggie White gets the full name (I guess because simply calling it the “White jersey” could be confusing when dealing with green or throwback jerseys). In addition, there’s a display/explainer about the three types of pants that the team uses (click to enlarge):  I love that the Packers Hall of Fame provides info like this — so cool! I’ve never visited this Hall but may be in the Green Bay area later this spring (more on that soon) — if so, I’ll definitely try to stop in at the Hall. Big thanks to Shawn for sharing this content with us!
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Culinary Corner: The Tugboat Captain loves cooking with duck fat — duck-fat french fries, duck-fat popcorn, duck-fat anything. And she also loves tacos. So for Christmas I got her these duck-fat tortillas, which she popped in the freezer to save for a special project. That project came a few days ago, when she announced that we were having duck tacos on the duck-fat tortillas. Here’s how we did it: 1. We got several pounds of duck legs/thighs and confited them in lard and duck fat (of course). I didn’t take photos of this stage, sorry, but we followed the confit process shown here. 2. When the duck legs were fully confited, we removed the duck skin from the meat and fried it up into duck chicharrónes (or, if you prefer, “quacklins”):  3. We shredded the duck meat by hand, resulting in something that looked very much like pulled pork:  4. We heated up the duck-fat tortillas and then topped them with the shredded duck, some pickled red onions, some chopped tomatoes, and then the quacklins. Sooooo good! 
ITEM! Another membership raffle: Reader James Lutz recently won one of our membership raffles and decided to pay it forward by providing funds for another one, so that’s what we’re going to do to today. This will be a one-day raffle. No entry restrictions. To enter, send an email to the raffle in-box by 8pm Eastern tonight. One entry per person. I’ll announce the winner tomorrow. Meanwhile, the winner of yesterday’s membership raffle is Samuel Olmstead. Congrats to him, and thanks to Kary Klismet for sponsoring that one! The Ticker
Indigenous Appropriation News: The New Hampshire legislature has rejected a bill that would have banned Indigenous logos and team names for high school sports. Neighboring state Maine passed a similar law in 2019.
Baseball News: New Phillies OF Kyle Schwarber was still wearing his Nationals elbow guard yesterday. Schwarber spent the second half of 2021 with the Red Sox after his Nationals stint last year, meaning he’s been carrying around that elbow guard for a little while (from Nick Zingaro). … Dodgers P Clayton Kershaw is the latest MLBer to eschew the new mesh spring training caps (from @THAT_G0MEZ). … Yankees P Deivi García, who wears No. 83, took the mound while wearing teammate Gerrit Cole’s No. 45 belt during yesterday’s Grapefruit League game against the Orioles (from Justin Southwell). … New Twins SS Carlos Correa, who wore No. 1 with the Astros, made no attempt to acquire that number from INF Nick Gordon and instead chose No. 4 because it’s “[j]ust a new chapter, new team, new number” (from Trevor Williams). … New alternate logo for the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes of the United States Prospects League (from David Dahl). … The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the Mets’ Double-A affiliate, have unveiled several alternate uniforms they’ll wear this season (from Kary Klismet).
NFL News: The SportsCenter Twitter account did an almost-convincing jersey swap on a video clip of new Dolphins acquisition Tyreek Hill, except they kept KC’s Lamar Hunt patch and just colored it turquoise (from @_kymei).
Hockey News: The Kings wore pride warm-up jerseys on Tuesday night (from Wade Heidt). … A pair of Blue Jackets fans went on a road trip to NHL arenas and collected patches for every arena they visited, applying them to the back of their Blue Jackets jerseys (from John Flory). … The Erie Otters of the OHL will wear autism awareness warm-up jerseys on Friday (from John Oncea). … The Maple Leafs debuted their BFBS alternates last night. The stars of the game wore the jersey inside-out for their postgame salutes.
Basketball News: Here’s the NBA uni guidelines poster from the Bucks’ locker room (from Jeff Ash). … ESPN misspelled “Wichita” during their March Madness coverage (from @PhillyPartTwo).
Soccer News: USL League 1 team Richmond Kickers have unveiled their new kits, inspired by their inaugural kits from 1993 (from Ed Zelaski). … New crest for Italian Serie C side Calcio Catania. Old one is here. … UEFA and CONMEBOL have revealed the logo of the “Finalissima,” a new one-game playoff between the winners of the 2020 Euros (Italy) and Copa América 2021 (Argentina). The match will next be played in 2025, between the winners of the 2024 Euros and Copa América 2024 (from Kary Klismet). … Also from Kary, Liverpool have unveiled new renderings of their Anfield expansion project. … A couple of Scottish notes from our own Jamie Rathjen: Dunfermline Athletic’s men’s team wore warm-up shirts supporting the mental health charity Samaritans before their game yesterday, and Scottish Women’s Premier League 1 game between Hibernian and Partick Thistle saw both teams support the charity United to Prevent Suicide by wearing the charity’s soccer shirt. “I don’t know that they wore those shirts for warm-ups but they at least got players from both teams to pose wearing them,” says Jamie.
Ukraine News: No, Volodymyr Zelensky was not wearing a Nazi symbol while addressing the US Congress earlier this month (from J. Max Weintraub). … Speaking of Zelensky, here’s a think piece on his olive T-shirt.
Grab Bag: Here’s an excellent article on Tim Gagnon, the artist who designs NASA’s mission patches. Highly, highly recommended (from @VikingGiraffe). … New 150th-anniversary logo for Saint Peter’s University (from John Cerone). … Essendon is one half of the AFL’s annual ANZAC Day match, and they usually wear designs that turn their usual red sash into a bunch of poppies. This is this year’s design (thanks, Jamie). … The following are both from Kary Klismet: Mason City High in Iowa has chosen “River Hawks” as its new team name. … The U.S. Marine Corps is trying out a new program to loan maternity uniforms to pregnant officers, along with a number of other changes to uniform regulation, including the introduction of special characters on nameplates (from multiple readers). … Gross: New corporate-advertised name for Cal State Northridge’s Matadome. I’m sensing a T-shirt opportunity, Paul (from @JNAVLA). Tomorrow: This week’s Bulletin article (which I originally planned for today, but I decided to push it back in light of the MLB uni news). — Paul
For all photos, click to enlarge As had been expected, the Maple Leafs yesterday hopped aboard the BFBS bandwagon by unveiling a new black alternate uniform, which they’ll wear for tonight’s home game against the Devils. My understanding is that this uniform will be also worn for additional games (and seasons), although no specifics are yet available on that. The photo above provides a good front view of the jersey. Here are some shots of the full uniform, including the pants, socks, and rear view:  The jersey crest, sleeve stripes, and sock stripes feature soft-fading patterns inspired by shibori, which is a Japanese tie-dye technique. In addition, the pattern on the sleeve and sock stripes includes a subtle outline that’s purportedly inspired by the Toronto skyline:  Some thoughts: • The black numbers on the black jersey are brutal. We know from past experience in several different sports that tone-on-tone typography doesn’t work and just looks like shite. Compare the white NOB lettering and the white alternate captain designation — much better. • If they had gone with white numbers instead of black, this wouldn’t be a bad uniform — it would just be a bad Maple Leafs uniform, because BFBS doesn’t make sense for a legacy team like this one (sort of like how the Red Sox’s CC uni isn’t a completely terrible design per se — it’s just terrible for the Sox). But with the black numbers, it’s a lose-lose. • As you may have heard, this uniform was supposedly designed in part by Justin Bieber. That doesn’t matter to me one way or the other (if Bieber is capable of designing a good uniform, that’s fine by me), although I do think it’s interesting that two of Toronto’s pro sports teams have rolled out uni designs connected with Canadian pop stars — Drake for the Raptors and now the Bieb for the Leafs. Can the Blue Jays’ collaboration with K.D. Lang be far behind? I’m also wondering if pop stars may soon become (or already be..?) passé to today’s youth. If a team is really looking to attract young fans, would they be better off partnering with a TikTok influencer? Just to be clear, I’m not saying that would be either a good thing or a bad thing — I’m just wondering if that’s where lifestyle-driven uniform releases like this one might be heading. • As you may also have heard, the jersey is reversible, with the inner design featuring a Leafs-themed version of the logo of Bieber’s fashion brand, Drew House:  SportsLogos.net’s Chris Creamer has confirmed that the inside-out version will not be worn in a game, so it’s irrelevant from a Uni Watch perspective. Just another retail gimmick that has nothing to do with what we’ll see on the ice. • As far as I can tell — and it’s possible that I’m just missing it — there is no mention of this new uniform on the Leafs’ home page. They appear to be promoting it exclusively on social media. Again, that says a lot about where the uni-verse is heading. One final note on all this: Tonight’s game will mark the fifth different uniform in the Leafs’ last five games. They wore their Toronto Arenas throwbacks in the Heritage Classic against Buffalo on March 13; their home blues against Dallas on March 15; their St. Pats throwbacks against Carolina on March 17; their road whites against Nashville on March 19; and they’ll debut the BFBS alts tonight. That’s a lot of uni churn by any league’s standards, and all the more so for the NHL. Anyone know if the “five unis in five games” thing has ever been done before by an NHL team?
Click to enlarge Prior Lake update: Regarding yesterday’s post about the Prior Lake hockey jerseys with the sublimated/ghosted players on the abdomen and sleeves, reader John Ogren pointed me toward this Facebook post from Gemini Athletic Wear, the company that makes Prior Lake’s uniforms. It explains that Prior Lake coach Joe Pankratz wanted to feature some of his favorite past players on the jerseys. That’s pretty much what I figured, and I’m glad to have it confirmed, although it’s too bad that Pankratz never responded to any of my emails or phone messages, since it would’ve been nice to hear more about his thought process on this unique design. In any case, though, mystery solved!
ITEM! New membership raffle: Ticker stalwart Kary Klismet marked my birthday by generously donating funds for me to raffle off a Uni Watch membership card, so that’s what we’re going to do to today. This will be a one-day raffle. No entry restrictions. To enter, send an email to the raffle in-box by 8pm Eastern tonight. One entry per person. I’ll announce the winner tomorrow. Big thanks to Kary for sponsoring this one! The Ticker
Baseball News: The Red Sox will honor former player/broadcaster Jerry Remy with a memorial patch this season (from multiple readers). … Here are the complexities behind number changes for the Twins (from Mike Menner). … Marlins SS Jazz Chisholm Jr. has an ice cream-themed glove (from Mike Sgori). … Audacy Sports has issued a ranking of MLB uniforms. … Tulsa, Okla., is building a monument to mark the location of the stadium that served as the home to the city’s minor league teams from 1934 to 1980 (from Kary Klismet). … Also from Kary: SUNY-Binghamton (Paul’s alma mater!) opened its new ballpark over the weekend. … The Phillies are not wearing the mesh-backed spring training caps that other MLB teams are wearing. … Atlanta retired No. 29 for John Smoltz years ago. But non-roster INF Jordan Cowan is wearing that number in spring camp.
Football News: Michigan is adding new video boards to its home stadium (from Kary Klismet). … New Colorado State coach Jay Norvell did the working class wannabe/cosplay thing at his introductory press conference. … “Yesterday saw the start of the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Big Wednesday finals (Big Wednesday on a Tuesday!),” says Perry Wayman. “In what I believe to be a UK first, both teams wore a commemorative patch to mark the occasion.”
Hockey News: New uni number assignments for the Rangers. The announcement on the team’s Twitter account, however, rendered the NOBs in radially arched lettering instead of the team’s traditional vertical arching. No block-shadowing on the numbers, either (from multiple readers). … D Ben Chiarot, recently traded from the Canadiens to the Panthers, was spotted wearing a Panthers practice jersey with Habs socks and his Habs helmet (from Moe Khan).
Basketball News: New court design coming for McDaniel College in Maryland (from Robert Turning). … The Bucks are giving away replica championship rings tomorrow to commemorate last season’s NBA title (from Kary Klismet). … The checkerboard pattern on Kentucky’s men’s uniforms is reportedly going away (from Derek, who didn’t give his last name). …Here are this year’s March Madness pins to identify coaches and bench staff (from Patrick Garie).
Soccer News: New fourth kit for AC Milan (from our own Anthony Emerson). … The NWSL’s Orlando Pride have apologized to a supporters’ group after telling the group that it could not display a banner that included the word “Gay.” … The USL League One Lexington club revealed its name and crest. … In the 2001-02 Premier League season, there were two players named Mark Hudson who both wore No. 36 — a center-back at Fulham and a midfielder at Middlesbrough. They never played with or against each other. However, they did later both play for Huddersfield Town wearing No. 4 at different times, the midfielder from 2005-07 and the center-back from 2014-17 (from our own Jamie Rathjen). … Also from Jamie: New shirts for USL League Two/W League’s AFC Ann Arbor. … The next several items are from Kary Klismet: Real Madrid has unveiled a custom font for its 120th-anniversary shirt. … New lettering and numbering font for Canadian Premier League uniforms. … Brazilian futsal team Cascavel has 36 advertisements on their uniforms. … New uniforms for Portuguesa Rio of Brazil’s Série D. … New kits for Santos FC of Brazil’s Série A. … New away kits for Malmö FF. … New kits for Djurgårdens IF.
Grab Bag: New logos for Vanderbilt, which is combining its sports and academic identities into one visual system. More details here. (from multiple readers). … Italy beat Wales in a massive come-from-behind upset at last week’s Six Nations rugby union tournament. Josh Adams of Wales was awarded the Player of the Match award, which in rugby gets decided a few minutes before the match ends. After the match, Adams, in a nice display of sportsmanship, gave his award to Edoardo Padovani of Italy, who led the last-minute comeback (from Tim Dunn). … Reader Miles Cliatt found this George Mason-Georgia Tech mashup shirt. … Adidas has made small tweaks to its logo. … A new Buick logo might be coming. … New uniforms coming for Taco Bell (from Kary Klismet). Tomorrow: A new Bulletin article. Subscribe here to receive it in your in-box tomorrow morning (Facebook account required), or email me for info on a non-Facebook workaround. — Paul |
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