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Month: April 2017

Addition By Subtraction – Nevada Wolf Pack Get New Unis for 2017

By Phil Hecken It’s that time of year when we’re going to begin to see some of the *smaller* (in stature) schools begin to release new uniforms for the 2017 …

More Like BOregon, Amirite? – Just Do Something

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken It’s like an annual rite of Spring — the Oregon Ducks break out some really WILD uniforms for their Spring Game. Until today. Maybe …

Niners Change Their Jersey Stripe Pattern

The one bit of significant uni-related news that emerged from last night’s NFL draft came when the 49ers selected defensive lineman Solomon Thomas with the third overall pick. As you …

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over (except maybe in Cleveland)

For all photos, click to enlarge As the NFL prepares for tonight’s draft, assorted teaser photos are showing various teams’ jerseys rendered in Nike’s latest tailoring template (the one with …

Reimagining All 32 NFL Franchises as Soccer Teams

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Angus O’Keefe, who recently tried his hand at one of those “What if NFL teams were actually soccer teams?” projects. I …

The First Player to Wear the Bengals’ Striped Helmet

I’ve sometimes written about the first player to wear a given uniform (like Don Zimmer and Bob Miller being the first to wear Mets uniforms). Today we’re going to talk …

Of Ducks and Dogs: Connecticut Road Trip Report

Photo by Mary Bakija; for all of today images, click to enlarge Back on April 4, we had a Ticker entry that read like so: “Alex Shuman recently went duckpin …

Meet Bill Hetrick – Part I – The Ultimate Dolphan

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Some of you may have noticed that I tweet a lot — and I’m sure I interact with a good number of readers (some …

‘Championship Looks’

By Phil Hecken Got an interesting e-mail yesterday from reader Chris Proctor. It plays into a number of themes on Uni Watch, including my recent (and soon to be re-started …

NFL’s Worst Uniform to Get High-Tech Patch

Click to enlarge This fall will mark the start of the Bengals’ 50th season, and yesterday the team announced a series of moves to mark that milestone, including a new …

That’s Where It’s At (or @t, as the case might be)

There are many letters of the alphabet that can only be written only one way. But there are others that can be rendered in multiple styles, like the lowercase “a,” …

The First Pro Basketball Team To Wear Ad Patches

[Editor’s Note: Today we have an excellent entry by our own Mike Chamernik, who’s going to enlighten us on an important chapter in uniform history that has largely been forgotten. …

Minimum Wage, Minimalist Uni: Mickey D’s Goes BFBS

Click to enlarge Sports teams aren’t the only organizations that wear uniforms. And they’re apparently not the only ones who go BFBS, either. That’s the obvious conclusion to be drawn …

Too Good for the Ticker!: Vintage Football Observations

Longtime reader Gene Sanny was recently doing a bit of football research for some art projects and came across some interesting stuff. One thing at a time: •  Here’s something I’ve …

Win This Jersey!

By Phil Hecken Remember when I announced the redesign the USA baseball jersey contest and I said there’d be no prize for the winner? Yeah, well — due to some …