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Iconic French Sportswear Brand Le Coq Sportif Files For Bankruptcy

French sportswear brand Le Coq Sportif filed for bankruptcy last week after months of financial struggles. The company is set to cancel all of its existing kit deals, according to …

Some Cricket & Some Miscellaneous (A Leo’s World Special)

This week’s Leo’s World special looks at the colorful kits of cricket, and a few miscellaneous other sports.

2023 Rugby World Cup Kit Preview, Part II

Part I previews the kits of Pools A and B. Here we look at those for Pools C and D.

2023 Rugby World Cup Kit Preview, Part I

The Tourney starts next Friday, Sept. 8th in France, in nine venues across the country, and features 20 teams.

Tampa Bay Breaks Out the Devil Throwbacks

In a Saturday afternoon game against the (also) first place White Sox, Tampa Bay slipped into the old “Devil Rays” unis from, err, way way back in the late 90s. …

Rugby Referee Uniforms — A Lack of Uniformity

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from reader Eric Bangeman, who will be broaching the topic of Rugby Referee uniforms. A couple of the links were wonky, but …

2019–20 Premiership Rugby Preview

For all photos, click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: With the new Premiership Rugby season about to start tomorrow, our own Anthony Emerson, who compiles the Tickers that run here on …

Your 2019 Rugby World Cup Preview

By Phil Hecken, with Anthony Emerson Follow @PhilHecken Got a special treat for you today — our own Anthony Emerson has been preparing for the Rugby World Cup for (literally) …

English Soccer Team Joins Cross-Sport Numbering System

[Deputy Editor’s Note: With Paul now on his August blog-cation a couple days early, today we have a lede from our own Jamie Rathjen, who takes a look at cross-sport …

A Uni Watch Look at the Rugby World Cup

[Editor’s Note: Paul is off on a short vacation, returning on Wednesday. Today we have a guest entry by Josh Gardner, editor of the site Rugby Shirt Watch, who’s going …

A Uni Watch Look at the Rugby Union Autumn Internationals

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Robert Naylor, who’s going to give us a uni-centric primer on the rugby union autumn internationals, which are now underway. ”” …

The Haka – A Meeting Point of Culture, Art, Business and Sports

By Phil Hecken Today, I’m again bringing you a very special article from a gentleman with whom I have worked on several occasions, and who always brings a welcome international …

Continental Divides: How New Zealand’s Chiefs Handle Native Peoples’ Iconography & Naming

By Phil Hecken Uni Watch (and ESPN, via Paul) have recently done some in-depth investigation of the relationships between American sports teams who use either Native American names (racist or …

Logo a No-Go

The guy carrying the ball in the photo shown above is David Pocock, captain of the Western Force, a Super Rugby team based in Perth, Australia. Notice anything unusual about …

Rugby World Cup, Part 2

By Phil Hecken I’m back again this weekend with Caleb Borchers, who last week gave us a preview of about half of the uniforms in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. …