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Month: December 2015

Young Fan Submits Uni Concepts to Favorite Teams, Hears Back!

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Chris Spisak, who has some good stories about submitting uniform designs to pro teams when he was in high school. Enjoy. …

A Look at Harlem Globetrotters Uniforms

As I’m sure you all know by now, Meadowlark Lemon passed away earlier this week, which makes this a good time to look at the rich topic of Harlem Globetrotters …

Leafs Redesign Results

Click to enlarge My thanks to everyone who entered my recent “Redesign the Maple Leafs” contest. The results are up now on ESPN ”” enjoy. One of the more interesting …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge The hoodie thing is catching on. For the past month or so, Packers wideout James Jones has been wearing a hoodie on the field. Last night it …

Sunday Morning Bowl Watch

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Good Sunday Morning, Uni Watchers — we’ve reached the (almost) half-way point in Bowl season, with 18 of the 40 bowls having been completed. …

Let’s Go Bowling (Part The Second)

Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken Back today with Part II of my Bowl predictions. To all those of you who celebrated Christmas yesterday, I hope it was merry and …

Chimney Creep

Fifty-two years ago this month, the great Esquire art director George Lois decided to dress heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston in a Santa outfit and put him on the magazine’s …

And to All a Good Stripe

Click to enlarge ’Tis the day before Christmas, and Uni Watch HQ has been abuzz with activity. Mascots Tucker and Caitlin have sleigh bells tied to their tails, the Christmas …

Hockey Pants: Surprisingly Non-Uniform

I received a note the other day from reader Derek Reese, who raised an interesting point about NHL pants: I go down to the glass during pregame warm-ups at Florida …

Donald and the Ducks

I’ve always thought that Donald Trump’s obvious analog in the sports world was the New York Yankees. The overweening hubris masquerading as a commitment to excellence, the absurd insistence that …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge NFL teams are only allowed to use one helmet shell, and their jersey colors have to be scripted months in advance. But there’s nothing keeping them from …

A Very Merry Vilkmas

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken and Jimmer Vilk Earlier in the week I chatted with my buddy Jim Vilk (that’s him, above, in various Christmas reposes) who is one …

EXCLUSIVE Highlights of Bucs/Rams Color Rash Game

I think that about covers it. If you somehow need more, look here. Oh, okay — here.

A Quick Trip to the Badger State: Wisconsin Road Trip Report

As most of you know by now, Wisconsin is my favorite state. So when the ESPN Radio affiliate in Madison recently invited me to take part in a panel discussion …

In Which Brinke Lands His White Whale (or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof)

[Editor’s Note: Got home last night from Wisconsin and am still getting recombobulated, so today we have a guest entry by Brinke Guthrie, who you know from his weekly “Collector’s …