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Month: October 2016

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge Good-looking game yesterday in Buffalo, as the Bills wore their white throwbacks at home, complete with the standing buffalo helmet. Naturally, I’m particularly fond of the striped …

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken, and the entire Sunday Morning Uni Watch Crew Ah, yes. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. It’s now becoming one of those games, like …

Beavers Will Wear Gray Hats, Honor ’42 Rose Bowl Squad

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken The Oregon State Beavers introduced a new, GFGS (Gray For Gray’s Sake) helmet yesterday, which they will wear today against Washington State — and …

A Close Look at Striping on NFL SpeedFlex Helmets

The Riddell SpeedFlex helmet presents a challenge for NFL equipment managers, because its shell includes a cutout on the crown, right where striping tape would normally be passing through. Several …

Blue Meanies: Cubs & Indians Go Alternate vs. Alternate

It was mood indigo at last night’s World Series game, as Cleveland once again wore navy and the Cubs wore royal. Lots of people asked me if it was the …

2016 World Series Game 1 Report

Photo by the Tugboat Captain; click to enlarge That was the scene last night at Uni Watch HQ as we all settled in to watch the World Series. I thought …

Great Meowments in Sports History

Photo illustration by Olivia Brestal; click to enlarge You all know the photo shown above — it’s “The Catch.” Except, as you can see, it’s actually “The Cat-ch.” The ball …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

For most of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge Serious orange-o-rama action yesterday in Cincy, as the Bengals wore orange over white and the Browns countered with white over …

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken and the SMUW crew Good looking game in Tempe, AZ, yesterday evening, as the ASU Sun Devils returned “Sparky” to their helmets for their hook-up with Washington …

The Almighty Bug

By Phil Hecken, with Jared Pike A couple months ago, during Paul’s summer hiatus, I welcomed Jared Pike who shared a post with us entitled “Broadcast Throwbacks.” It was well …

Bears and Packers Go ‘Mono a Mono’

Click to enlarge Disappointing game last night in Green Bay, as the mono-white Packers hosted the mono-might-as-well-be-black Bears. Not a good look for either team. Did anyone else think the …

Falcons Pull Surprise Move with 1966 Fauxback

For all of today’s photos, you can click to enlarge Unexpected move yesterday by the Falcons, who unveiled a set of black fauxbacks that will be worn for this Sunday’s …

Hawks Add Early-’70s Racing Stripe Throwback

Click to enlarge We’ve known for a while that the Hawks would be wearing an early-’70s racing stripe throwback this season (Conrad Burry broke that news, along with the rest …

Under Armour, Fanatics Ink MLB Uniform Deal for 2020

Big baseball news yesterday, as word began circulating that Under Armour will take over from Majestic as MLB’s official outfitter in 2020, with Fanatics serving as MLB’s favored retailer. The …

Monday Morning Uni Watch