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Month: November 2018

Library Research Yields Bumper Crop of Early Bucs Info

Way back in June of 2016, I did a blog post about Bucco Bruce’s name. Reader Matt Sammon responded a few weeks later by sending me some really interesting Bucs …

The Birth of ‘Gary’: How FC Cincinnati’s New Badge Came to Be

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from our own Alex Hider, who has an excellent behind-the-scenes look at the development of FC Cincinnati’s new badge. Enjoy. — PL] …

League You’ve Never Heard Of Debuts Uniforms You Won’t Watch

The Alliance of American Football, which is slated to begin play this February — and which is also slated, I’m fairly certain, to soon become the latest defunct league left …

A Seriously Weird NFL Facemask

When I was a kid, I spent hours poring over the book The Pros, which one of my brothers had purchased years earlier and left behind in our house after …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Whether by coincidence or design, it was a very monochromatic day in the NFL yesterday. Let’s start in Buffalo, as the Bills wore their white throwbacks against the mono-black Jaguars, …

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken, with your SMUW Crew Follow @PhilHecken Ah. Snow beautiful. There’s just something about football in the snow. Maybe it’s the relative rarity of the event, maybe it’s …

Trevor Tierney Redesigns The AFC

By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken A short while ago, I was contacted by Trevor Tierney, a designer who has reimagined all 32 NFL teams. If that name sounds slightly familiar …

Friday Morning Uni Watch

Click to enlarge Happy post-Thanksgiving! The Lions broke out the throwbacks for yesterday’s annual holiday game. It’s a solid look (and certainly better than their primaries simply by virtue of …

Happy Thanksgiving

Ah, Thanksgiving traditions — turkey, gravy, rooting against the Cowboys. It never gets old, right? In the spirit of the holiday, I’d like to take a minute to give thanks …

Playing With Fire: A Chat with Cartoonist Ed Hall

I realize anything involving President Trump tends to make people lose their minds, but I’m going to risk it anyway, because a few days ago I saw a really interesting …

Indians, Cardinals Release New Alternate Uniforms

Photo by Ben Axelrod; click to enlarge Busy day on the MLB front yesterday, as the Indians and Cardinals both unveiled some additions to their wardrobes. Let’s start in Cleveland, …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Absolutely brutal-looking game yesterday in Detroit, where the Lions went mono-grey against the visiting Panthers, who went mono-black — ugh. Additional photos here, if you dare. According to reader Gabe …

Look, Up in the Sky, It’s Yankees Man!

Paul here, checking in from Virginia, where I’m spending the weekend. Phil is also traveling this weekend, so we’ll have an abbreviated entry today, beginning with a look at Notre …

The Greatest Uni Year in Baseball, Revisited

Click to enlarge Paul here, checking in from Virginia, where I’m spending the weekend. Phil is also traveling this weekend, and the rest of the Uni Watch crew has the …

Marlins Unveil New Logos, Uniforms to Follow Today

Click to enlarge After weeks of teases and rumors, the Marlins finally made it official yesterday, unveiling their new primary and secondary logos. Naturally, they came with an annoying slogan, …