Cup Finale Leads to Bonanza of Cross-Sport Gestures

By Paul Lukas, on June 13th, 2019%

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With the deciding game of the Stanley Cup Final(s) taking place in Boston last night, it turned out to be a very good day for cross-sport promotions, beginning with the scoreboard on Fenway Park’s Green Monster (shown above), which spelled out a nice “We Want the . . . → Read More: Cup Finale Leads to Bonanza of Cross-Sport Gestures

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Bears, as Expected, Release 1936 Throwbacks

By Phil Hecken, on June 8th, 2019%

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Paul here, pinch-hitting today’s lede for Phil, who’s off at a bonspiel (read: curling tournament).

So: The Bears unveiled their new throwbacks last night. As we’d been expecting all week thanks to last Sunday’s retail leak, the design turned out to be from 1936, complete with . . . → Read More: Bears, as Expected, Release 1936 Throwbacks

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Did The Bears New Jersey Just Leak?

By Phil Hecken, on June 2nd, 2019%

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I’d originally planned to lede with the Pirates (playing as the Negro League Crawfords) vs. the Brewers (playing as the NLB Bears), and even had the great Chance Michaels lined up to do a review of the game.

Then the leaking started. I’m not sure if . . . → Read More: Did The Bears New Jersey Just Leak?

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Vintage NFL Highlight Film Offers a Trove of Uni Goodness

By Paul Lukas, on May 21st, 2019%

A few months ago, a guy named Dave Volsky posted a two-hour video to YouTube (see above). The video, which is apparently a slightly adjusted/edited version of a video he originally posted in 2017, is a compilation of 1960s NFL and AFL highlight footage, all set to classic NFL Films-style music. There’s no Voice . . . → Read More: Vintage NFL Highlight Film Offers a Trove of Uni Goodness

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