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Month: June 2017

A Face Like a Catcher’s Mitt … On a Catcher’s Mitt!

For all photos, click to enlarge The annual SABR convention is currently underway, and this year it’s in New York. I’m not attending, but lots of Uni Watch readers are …

A Mystery Surrounding the Roberto Clemente ‘21’ Patch

When it comes to the Pirates’ 1973 memorials for Roberto Clemente, we all know the drill by now: The team wore black fabric swatches during spring training and then wore …

Arizona Unveils New Unis, Trashes Old Ones

A post shared by University of Arizona Football (@arizonafball) on Jun 27, 2017 at 9:05am PDT The University of Arizona unveiled a new set of football uniforms yesterday. By far …

A Visit to the Neon Museum in Las Vegas

For all of today’s photos, click to enlarge We’re going to go off-uni today, because I want to talk about a highlight of my recent trip to Las Vegas: a …

Talking BIG3 Uniforms with Todd Radom

Last Friday I had an ESPN column about how uniform designer Todd Radom collaborated with Ice Cube to create the uniforms for the new BIG3 basketball league. That piece was …

Fauxback Jersey Contest – The Entrants (Part II)

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken Back today with Part II of the Fauxback Jersey Contest (if you missed Part I, click here. Everything’s explained in that link, so I …

Fauxback Jersey Contest – The Entrants (Part I)

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken The latest contest to create a fauxback jersey (similar to that created by the Tampa Rays to connote a uniform which would have been …

Draft Day Tradition

Click to enlarge The Timberwolves have never had good uniforms, but they do have one of the best uni-related rituals in all of sports: Each year they mark the day …

NBA Draft to Proceed Without Nike Jerseys

Hi there. Las Vegas was fun (more on that in a minute), but it’s good to be back on terra Brooklyna. Got back to Uni Watch HQ at about 9pm. …

NHL/Adidas Unveiling Recap

Photo by Chris Creamer Good morning! I’ll still be asleep when some of you see this entry, and then I’ll be on an airplane for a big chunk of the …

What Happens in Vegas … Is Lots of Pretty Cool Stuff

Click to enlarge Greetings from balmy Las Vegas, where I had dinner last night with longtime reader Kaine Messer, who flashed his official Uni Watch membership card at the table …

A Very Good Day

Today I want to go off-uni and tell you about an amazing day I had on Saturday. It was one of those days that can renew your faith in, well, …

A Very Happy Father’s Day From Uni Watch, 2017

> By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken For the past four years (2013, 2014, 2015) and last year, it has been my privilege and pleasure to run photographs of our fathers …

More Colorizations From Man Cave

Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of introducing you to Chris Whitehouse, who is the genius behind “Man Cave Photos” (or “Man …

Reading the NHL Tea Leaves

The NHL and Adidas continue to release teasers in advance of next Tuesday night’s uniform unveiling. Lots of rear-view photos were released yesterday, and they appear to show lots of …