By Phil Hecken and your Sunday Morning Uni Watch crew Follow @PhilHecken Well, almost all the Bowls for the 2017 Season are in the books — and all the Bowls …
Month: December 2017
Let’s Go Bowling – Part III (2017 Edition)
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken And now, the final annual look back (with an excuse to pick the Bowl game winners) at the 2017 uniforms and combinations of all the …
DePaul Adds Chicago Flag to New Arena’s Roof
On Wednesday afternoon I was yakking on the phone with Chicago Tribune sportswriter Phil Thompson, who was interviewing me for this story about the Bulls’ new alternate uniform. The uni …
The NFL Logo’s Missing Link
With NFL season about to start, let's look at the NFL logo. Here's how it's evolved over the years. pic.twitter.com/PUuPfvi9sU — Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) September 6, 2016 In September of …
NBA Set to Unveil New Set of Alternate Unis Today
⚡️These will go fast.⚡️@nikebasketball City Edition for OKC. On sale 10a tomorrow in @ChesapeakeArena Thunder Shop and at https://t.co/te4YBJA1DP pic.twitter.com/1h2ZkA3qci — OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) December 26, 2017 The Thunder yesterday …
A Big Lump of Coal for Christmas
Embed from Getty Images Inexplicable move last night by the Eagles, as they wore their mono-black alternates for last night’s game against the Raiders. Seriously, if your primary team color …
A Very Merry Vilkmas AND Your Sunday Morning Bowl Watch
By Phil Hecken, with Jimmer Vilk and the SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken Readers of Uni Watch know that our own Jimmer Vilk is a very generous hombre — so generous, …
Let’s Go Bowling – Part II (2017 Edition)
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Hey guys — back with the annual look back (with an excuse to pick the Bowl game winners) at the 2017 uniforms and combinations of …
An Interesting NFL Chinstrap Habit
Click to enlarge Reader Jon Solomonson recently brought something interesting to my attention: Former NFL linebacker Mike Curtis, who was best known for his time with the Colts but also …
IOC Rows the Boat With New OAR Logo and Guidelines
As you’re probably aware, Russia was banned from the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics due to a doping scandal, but individual Russian athletes may be permitted to compete as independent “Olympic …
All That Glitters
Here’s something from a few weeks ago that I missed during the Thanksgiving weekend: Lakers fans apparently think the team’s current shade of gold is too yellow. Key passage from …
One Shoe, Two Shoe, Red Shoe, Blue Shoe
Yesterday I had a sub-lede about how LeBron James wore mismatched sneakers on Sunday. That led me to write a new ESPN piece about pro and college basketball players with …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Yesterday’s Ravens/Browns game featured the resurgence of a little-noted uniform detail that you rarely see nowadays: the sewn-in jersey pocket. Once fairly common, the sewn-in pocket has largely been supplanted …
An Ointment For The Rash?
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken A couple of months ago, we had our first instance of a team wearing its color rash (hereafter known as CR) uniforms on a non-Thursday, …