Category: Player Names/Nameplates

Orioles to Wear MLB’s First-Ever Braille Jerseys

By Paul Lukas, on September 6th, 2018%

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Earlier this year we had a minor league team doing a deaf-awareness promotion with American Sign Language jerseys. Now we have something similar on the major league level, as the Orioles announced yesterday that they’ll wear Braille-lettered jerseys on Sept. 18 for a promotion celebrating the National . . . → Read More: Orioles to Wear MLB’s First-Ever Braille Jerseys

Behold the Longest NOB in NBA History

By Paul Lukas, on June 26th, 2018%

Last Thursday I wrote about some issues regarding hyphenated NOBs. Now we have NBA rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was drafted last week by the Hornets and then immediately traded to the Clippers, who yesterday assigned him No. 2 and gave him his first jersey. His NOB — 17 letters plus the hyphen — is . . . → Read More: Behold the Longest NOB in NBA History

World Cup Off to a Uni-Riffic Start

By Paul Lukas, on June 15th, 2018%

That sound you heard in the background yesterday was about half of the civilized world noticing that Saudi Arabia player Salem Al-Dawsari was playing with an upside-down “8” in Saudis’ World Cup opening-round match against Russia. (Rumors that the first person to notice was Uni Watch reader Jason Hillyer’s son, Jameson, who noticed the . . . → Read More: World Cup Off to a Uni-Riffic Start

What Will the Seahawks Do About the Griffins’ NOBs?

By Paul Lukas, on May 1st, 2018%

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In case you hadn’t heard, the Seahawks picked linebacker Shaquem Griffin in the fifth round of the NFL draft. That move will reunite him with his twin brother, cornerback Shaquill Griffin, who was drafted by Seattle a year earlier.

And that presents an interesting question that . . . → Read More: What Will the Seahawks Do About the Griffins’ NOBs?