Month: November 2016

Click to enlarge NFL players are allowed to wear custom-designed cleats promoting charitable causes this Sunday, and the designs are starting to flood social media. The one shown above will …

As you may have noticed in the left-hand sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are once again running a big catalog auction. One of the items that caught my …

Nice-looking game yesterday in Miami, as the Dolphins wore their throwbacks against the 49ers. Man, what I would give to see more NFL teams going with striped socks like these! …

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken and the Sunday Morning Uni Watch Crew You think teams would learn by now: You screw with your uniform during a rivalry game and …

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken with Leo Strawn, Jr. Gonna be a (relatively) short post today — just the lede, one sub and ticker — but it’s a great …

Click to enlarge Rare sight yesterday in Dallas, as the Cowboys wore blue at home against Washington. This has become something of a Turkey Day tradition for the Cowboys: They …

Click to enlarge Last Saturday the Tugboat Captain and I took what will probably be our final walk in the surf for 2016. The water, which has been getting colder …

The NHL’s new Las Vegas franchise finally revealed its name and logo last night. I gave my thoughts on the logo in this ESPN piece, which was published last night …

We’ve gotten used to the NHL Winter Classic taking place on New Year’s Day. This winter, however, the Winter Classic is on Jan. 2, while Jan. 1 will be the …

Click to enlarge Battle of the gold yellow pants last night in DC, as Green Bay visited Washington. The two shades of yellow didn’t quite match (Washington’s was darker), but …

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken and the Sunday Morning Uni Watch Gang Week 12 *may* have just brought out the best unis (and matchups) of the season, starting with …

By Phil Hecken, with Leo Strawn, Jr. Last weekend, as a sub-lede under the “Leo’s World” featurette, I ran a fantastic article/research piece from Leo Strawn (linked below) — which …

Click to enlarge After the Royals won the 2015 World Series, they began the 2016 season by wearing gold-trimmed uniforms for their season-opening series against the Mets. Then they requested …

For all photos, click to enlarge Back in April I wrote about a 1958 aluminum siding catalog I’d scored on eBay. Today we’re going to look at another catalog I …

Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Today we have a guestwritten entry by Matthew Algeo, who’s going to enlighten us regarding an early example of uniform advertising. Enjoy. ”” PL] By …