Click to enlarge Good morning! Yesterday was Memorial Day. Amidst all the camouflage (which as you know I consider to be a toxic mix of bad design and bad civics, …
Month: May 2016
Jon Jay Honors Tony Gywnn with His Socks
Click to enlarge It’s a little hard to see in the photo shown above, but Padres centerfielder Jon Jay has been wearing socks featuring the image of former San Diego …
Please Stand By
Paul here, filling in for Phil, who’s had a power outage and therefore can’t post his usual excellent content. He did manage to compile a Ticker before the power went …
2016 Indigenous ‘Roundup’
By Phil Hecken It’s a rare occurrence when I have two ledes from the same reader two weeks in a row, but today’s main post is a timely one — …
Uni-Centric Notes on the Stanley Cup Final(s)
With the Stanley Cup Final(s) match-up now set to go with the Sharks vs. the Penguins, longtime reader Mike Engle sent a list of uni-related things to watch for and …
Summit Meeting
Great time last night at the Fourth Ave. Pub here in Brooklyn, as SportsLogos.net poobah Chris Creamer (that’s him above) and I were joined by a bunch of our readers. …
1962 Broncos Photo Has Lots of Stories to Tell
Click to enlarge About a month ago I linked to four photos from the Broncos/Titans game played on Sept. 30, 1962 at the Polo Grounds. Those shots, provided to me …
More on MLB’s New Sock Deal with Stance
Click to enlarge As you may have heard yesterday, MLB now has an official sock provider: Stance, the same company that supplies socks for the NBA. My ESPN colleague Darren …
Some Thoughts on the WaPo’s ‘Redskins’ Poll
On Friday I said that at some point this week I’d be sharing my thoughts about The Washington Post’s “Redskins” poll results. Today is that day. Before we dive in, …
What’s Your Sign(ature) – San Diego Padres
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken We continue today with the “What’s Your Sign(ature)” series, this time taking a look at the San Diego Padres. If you missed …
DIY Helmets and a WFL History Lesson
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken I’m joined today by a longtime Uni Watch favorite, Leo Strawn, Jr., who has graced these pages with many great things, including …
WaPo Poll: Most Native Americans Okay with ‘Redskins’
Big ’Skins Watch news yesterday, as The Washington Post, whose editorial board has been a longtime supporter of the “change the name” movement, rolled out the results of a new …
The Lively Experiment: Rhode Island Road Trip Report
Photo taken Sunday at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge; click to enlarge As most of you know by now, my favorite state is Wisconsin, but there are plenty of other …
A Look at NHL Prototypes
There’s this woman on Twitter named Jen. Her handle is @NHLhistorygirl, so her tweets are mostly about NHL history. Lots of “On this date in 1983…” and things of that …
2016 Purp Walk
Hello there. Welcome to the 2016 edition of Uni Watch’s Purple Amnesty Day — or as I now like to call it, the Purp Walk. Today is the site’s anniversary, …