Click for full-sized cuteness Two days from now isn’t just Super Bowl Sunday — it’s also Puppy Bowl Sunday! (And Kitten Halftime Show Sunday, but that doesn’t roll off the …
Month: January 2020
Is a Clever Design Automatically a Good Design?
Where do we draw the line between style and substance? Between endearing and enduring? Between a clever design and a good design? I’ve been thinking a lot about those questions …
Time for the Uni Watch Super Bowl Preview
The photo above, from a 2018 game, is a good approximation of how this Sunday’s Super Bowl will look (and, I hope, is also a good representation of the outcome). …
Beast Mode: Company Turns Pets Into NFL Players
For all images, click to enlarge If you want to pretend that your pet is a football player — and really, who doesn’t? — you have plenty of options. Unfortunately, …
A Uni Watch Look at Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant died yesterday. I’ll leave it to others to address what he meant on a cultural or historical level, or even on a basketball level. Here at Uni Watch, …
Graig Kreindler Invites You To The Show
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Weekend readers are (or should be) very familiar with the tremendous artwork of artist Graig Kreindler (who I’ve featured several times in lede articles, and …
A DIY Classic Scoreboards Project
By Phil Hecken, with Gary Chanko Follow @PhilHecken Longtime weekend readers may recognize the above graphic, which was created by artist Gary Chanko, and one of many scoreboard images that …
Pirates to Unveil New Road, Alternate Unis Today
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joshua Bell (@bell.josh19) on Jan 23, 2020 at 4:38pm PST The Pirates are scheduled to reveal some new uniforms this afternoon. …
Talking NFL Helmets with Poster Designer John Williams
For all photos, click to enlarge When I recently did the 2019 year-end raffle, one of the prizes was an NFL helmet poster, which was eventually won by reader Charles …
Tennessee School Turns Back the Clock to Segregated Era
Click to enlarge Obviously, school integration is a good thing. But as many segregated school systems integrated in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education …
Totally Loopy: 49ers DB Has Unusual Pants Modification
Click to enlarge Reader/commenter RJ Nordlund noticed something really interesting during Sunday’s NFC Championship Game: Unlike most players, who tuck their waistband towels, well, into their waistbands, 49ers defensive back …
Monday Morning Uni Watch, Conference Championship Edition
Click to enlarge In the fall of 1970, when I was six years old, I reached into a box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and pulled out a 3D football card …
Blue Jays Bring Back The Powder Blues
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken The big, if not entirely unexpected, news out of Toronto came down yesterday morning, when the Blue Jays reintroduced a full powder blue uniform into …
Australian Open 2020 – Fire Down Undah
By Phil Hecken, with Brinke Guthrie Follow @PhilHecken The Australian Open — Tennis’ first “major” of the year — is set to begin this Monday (in Australia), but due to …
Restoring an Original Mickey Mantle Jersey
For all photos, click to enlarge Many of you know longtime Uni Watch pal Bill Henderson as the guy behind the definitive guide to post-flannel MLB jerseys. Lately he’s been …