Month: October 2017

Happy Halloween, kids. I laughed when I saw this vintage magazine cover in a friend’s Facebook feed the other day — in part because it’s goofy, but also because it’s …

Embed from Getty Images Interesting move yesterday by the Saints, who added a memorial decal for New Orleans native Fats Domino. It’s not unheard of for a team to uni-memorialize …

By Phil Hecken & THE SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken I was all set to completely pan THE Ohio State University’s mono-gray uniforms — as gray as the sky above Columbus …

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken You fine readers may recall that back in August, while Paul was on his well-deserved uni-sabbatical, I ran an interview with Graig Kreindler, a tremendous …

Last week I wrote about the very cool Uni Watch helmet that Riddell sent me (shown at right; click to enlarge). The virtual ink on that entry had barely dried …

Click to enlarge I went down a new rabbit hole yesterday. It began when the Bills announced that they’ll be wearing their white “standing buffalo” throwbacks this Sunday. They tweeted …

Screen shot by BSmile; click to enlarge Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is apparently a superstitious fella. As you can see above, he was wearing an old, sweat- and rosin-stained cap …

As had been widely expected based on video game leaks, the Lakers announced that they’ll wear George Mikan-era Minneapolis Lakers throwbacks this season (which they also wore back in 2002). …

Embed from Getty Images The Rash spread to Sundays yesterday, as the Patriots wore their mono-navy Thursday-night uniforms for last night’s game against the Falcons. As I wrote a few …

By Phil Hecken and the SMUW Uni Crew Follow @PhilHecken The SMUW splash photo is usually reserved for a really special new uniform, an awesome throwback, or some god-awful hideous …

Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken After a bit of a hiatus, I’m pleased to announce our next jersey design contest — this time we’ll be tackling the …

For all photos, click to enlarge Back in June I did an ESPN column about Riddell’s Precision-Fit helmet program. As you may recall, the Riddell people showed me how the …

When the NBA announced that it was eliminating home and road uniform designations this season, I figured we’d see lots of color-vs.-color games and, at the very least, lots of …

It didn’t take long for the new NBA season to have a uni-notable moment, as LeBron James suffered a ripped jersey during last night’s Cavs/Celtics season opener. As you can …

I want to go off-uni today and tell you about a really swell day I had on Saturday with all sorts of interesting design-related pleasures. It began when the Tugboat …