Month: October 2013

The top photo shows the cleats that Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino wore for last night’s World Series game. The screen shot below that shows how those cleats looked during …

The NBA season tipped off last night and, as you can see at right, the Heat commemorated their championship by wearing gold-lettered and -numbered jerseys (plus they also had an …

Except for the first three photos (which were submitted by Greg Trandel, Dave Eseknazi, and Jerry Wolper, respectively), all the images in today’s entry are from Bruce Menard, who’s probably …

Good thing the World Series was on last night, because the Vikings chose their Sunday Night Football showcase to do the full-on Grape Ape thing (lots of photos here). I …

Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken Shiny things. I’m not usually a fan of chrome domes, but you’ll notice on the left side of the helmet there is the phrase, …

Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken I have a very special post for you all today, and as you can tell (I hope) from the splash photo, it deals with …

On Wednesday evening I attended a media event organized by Riddell, to promote their latest helmet safety product, which is called InSite. Didn’t have enough time to write about it …

Click to enlarge Yesterday I Ticker-linked to an article that said, “If a player wants to keep wearing the same hat he wore in the playoffs, either because it fits …

In late August I mentioned how a certain uniform manufacturer had threatened to sue me over a uniform leak. With that in mind, here’s a related story for your consideration. …

Guess. How long until November? Meanwhile: New ESPN column today — my annual World Series preview. + + + + + Collector’s Corner By Brinke Guthrie As you can see …

The most visually interesting NFL game yesterday was the Packers/Browns tilt at Lambeau, where the Pack wore their Acme Packers throwbacks and the Browns wore their brown britches (lots of …

Click To Enlarge (If You Dare) By Phil Hecken So, it’s come to this. As Paul said on Friday, “Pinktober reached its inevitable apotheosis (or nadir) yesterday, as Oregon announced …

By Phil Hecken I’m back again today with another installment of the popular “Timelessly Representing” series. Last time out we looked at the NCAA’s PAC-12, and today we’ll look at …

Pinktober reached its inevitable apotheosis (or nadir) yesterday, as Oregon announced that it will be wearing pink helmets, socks, and gloves this weekend. The Oregon announcement came one day after …

When it comes to helmets, the NFL and NCAA are heading in opposite directions. The NFL, as you know, has enacted a new rule that largely bans the use of …