Time for our first wire service round-up of 2014. The first five of these come from Jeff Wilk, the next one is from Jared Wheeler, and the rest are from …
Month: February 2014
Giving New Meaning to the Term ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’
Bizarre scene last night in San Antonio, as Spurs guard Manu Ginóbili’s left sneaker gave out (or, in the somewhat hyperbolic parlance of the broadcasters in the video shown above, …
Play Action, Pump Fake — Checkmate!
For all photos in today’s post, you can click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Karl Dentino, who’s going to enlighten us regarding a DIY …
You Should Own This T-Shirt (or one very much like it)
Occasionally you come across something so perfect, so obvious, so right, that you (a) can’t wait to share it with everyone you know and (b) can’t believe you didn’t think …
KC: Stands for Kinda Confusing
The Kansas City Chiefs have had one of the most stable visual identity programs in all of pro sports over the past half-century. Their uniforms have barely changed over the …
Wrapping Up the Costumes of a Sport That’s Not a Sport
By Phil Hecken Well, the “sport” of Olympic Figure Skating wrapped up yesterday (with a bunch of non-counting exhibitions), and we can all continue the debate on whether it’s an …
Jumpin’ Jim-iny!
By Phil Hecken As the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi begin to wind down, I’m sure we’re all a feeling a bit of Olympic-fatigue, but I’d say all-in-all, this was …
Pew Pew Platter
Click to enlarge I don’t have much time today, so I’ll have to make this quick. Here’s what you need to know: 1. What you see above is the new …
Previewing the 2014 NASCAR Season
[Editor’s Note: With the Daytona 500 set for this Sunday, we have a guest entry by Clark Ruhland, who’ll bring us up to date on all the latest NASCAR paint …
Some Thoughts About Figure Skating Costumes
My ESPN.com colleague Jim Caple recently ran a column in which he asked members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating and ice dancing teams how they’d feel about wearing a …
Chinny-Chin-Chin
It’s not often that a Uni Watch reader designs something that makes it onto an NFL gridiron, but that’s the case with the chinstraps you see above, which were designed …
Big Mess in the Big Easy
Click to enlarge Greetings from an undisclosed location, where I’ve been spending the holiday weekend. Heading back to Uni Watch HQ this evening. Didn’t catch any of last night’s NBA …
Kickin’ It in the Big Easy
By Phil Hecken Well — it’s that time of year again. The time of year I turn the reins over to Uni Watch’s favorite Sneakerhead, Matt Powers, who is here …
The Aesthetics of Curling in the 2014 Olympic Games
By Phil Hecken As promised after his seminal work on Curling last weekend, I am rejoined by Mike Styczen, who is back to discuss the “uniforms” worn by the curlers …
Possibly the Greatest Example of Uni-Watching Ever
You probably don’t realize this — I didn’t realize it myself until a few days ago — but today is a very special day in the annals of uni-watching. For …