Month: January 2010

By Phil Hecken The Pro Bowl (tonight, 7:20pm EST, ESPN) hasn’t always sucked. But now it does, and even the most avid of Uni Watchers will be hard pressed to …

By Phil Hecken I’ve always been fascinated by the old baseball parks, especially the ones that were long gone before I was born. So many quirks, so much history — …

[Editor’s Note: Today we have an outstanding guest column from Kenn Tomasch, who’s taking a look back at little-noted chapter in baseball history. Enjoy. — PL] By Kenn Tomasch For …

Meet Brent Proulx, assistant equipment manager for the Minnesota Wild and all-around swell guy, who was nice enough to give me and Phil a behind-the-scenes tour after Saturday night’s Wild/Blue …

Last Friday’s Uni Watch party at Grumpy’s generated one of the biggest turnouts ever — a great mix of local readers and out-of-towners who’d headed to the Twin Cities for …

Today we’re going to check out another batch of classic sports-themed ads from the Vintage Ad Browser site. Some real beauties this time, most of them from the 1960s and …

All season long, Vikes coach Brad Childress has worn a special non-branded headset due to his hearing impairment, but the clowns at Motorola finally decided to impose their logo and …

By Phil Hecken, with Pollster James Huening Ah, memories. I grew up during the halcyon days of the NHL when the Flyers, Islanders and Canadiens (and later, the Oilers) were …

By Phil Hecken, Jim Vilk and Chris Markham Growing up in the 1970s, before the advent of video games, I had what a lot of kids my age had, one …

So I get off the plane in Minneapolis last night, whip out my new Magic Phoneâ„¢ to check my e-mail, and I see that I’ve received 37 messages since I …

As we’re always being told, the key to athletic success is to remain focused — despite the crowds, despite the pressure, despite the excitement. Or, in the case of British …

A few weeks ago I ran an entry with lots of 1970s CBS studio footage. That led to a really interesting note from reader Paul Wiederecht, who happens to be …

Although I live in New York, I don’t watch many Jets games. Part of this is because I’m never been a Jets fan, and part of it is that I …

Have the Vikings switched to real 3-D horns on their helmets? Kinda looked that way yesterday, but it was actually a loose decal on Chad Greenway’s lid. (Screen shots courtesy …

by Phil Hecken I’m pleased to announce the next Uni Watch contest, and this time we’ll be having an awesome prize for the winner. I’ll be teaming up with UW …