Forget about Black Friday — yesterday was Black Sunday in the NFL, as game after game featured uni-notable aspects. One at a time: • The Jets did the stupid-ass solid-green …
Month: November 2009
More Uni Design, More Football, and More!
By Phil Hecken Back with round two of the “Design-A-Uniform” contest entries for the Clarksville High School baseball team. If you missed the first batch of entries, you can see …
Devaluing the Design Process, Pt. I (aka “Design-A-Uni”)
By Phil Hecken OK, the long-awaited “Design-A-Uniform” contest entries have finally been all uploaded and flickr’ed (there were approximately 190 individual entries, from close to 40 entrants) that came in. …
Today’s Menu: Leftovers
Meet Tom. Unlike all those people who call their Thanksgiving turkeys Tom without actually knowing its gender, we know for a fact that our Tom was a male, because he …
On the Left: Nike Combat Uni for Plymouth State
I’m still under quarantine, which totally sucks, but Kirsten and I are trying to make the best of it. We’ll be roasting a capon and serving it up with some …
To the Season’s Biggest Turkeys
The nice thing about Thanksgiving, aside from stuffing your face and watching the Lions lose again, is the elemental simplicity of the holiday’s premise: Surely even the most downtrodden of …
Uni Watch Profiles: Jeremy Brahm
I’m fairly certain that no Uni Watch reader has sent me as many contributions over the years as Jeremy Brahm, and I’m absolutely positive that no other reader has sent …
In Which the Panthers Change Their Stripes
So here’s the new Panthers alternate. The base color looks black in that photo, but it’s actually navy. Hmmm, remind you of anyone else’s recent alternate design? Let’s see, one …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
I had planned to clean up the back yard and then go bike-shopping yesterday, but fate had other ideas: I came down with chickenpox. Yes, really. Never had it as …
What if…they changed the “classics”?
By Phil Hecken As I’m sure you’ve noticed in the past few weeks, it has been remarked that there are a few of the real “old school” teams out there, …
Footy Down Under, Mate
By Phil Hecken and Jeremy Brahm [After a brief hiatus, UW Pacific Rim Correspondent Jeremy Brahm is back today to bring to us a look at a sport which doesn’t …
Auction Action
As you may have noticed, Grey Flannel Auctions recently signed on as a sponsor — a nice partnership, since I’ve been reporting on their auction items for years. Here are …
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 …
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your New Orleans Hornets, Mardi Gras Edition
Yes, it’s purple (at least on the front). Yes, it’s two-tone. Yes, it has an abbreviation. Yes, I love it. Full details over on ESPN. — Paul
In Which My Mind Is Completely and Utterly Blown
It doesn’t take much to make my day — just genius, transcendence, perfection. Serve me up a tall glass of those and I’m an easy fella to please, ask anyone. …