It was relatively uni-uneventful yesterday, but we’ve still got some good stuff in today’s Ticker!
Uni Watch News Ticker for Sept. 10, 2023
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Baseball
MLB
- Atlanta retired Andruw Jones’ #25 yesterday.
Minors
- In an Eastern League matchup yesterday, both teams wore black softball tops. (From Nick Tesluk)
Football
NFL
- The Atlanta Falcons will wear mono-black today vs. Carolina.
- The Houston Texans will go blue/white/blue vs. Baltimore.
- Here’s a great old ad for MacGregor helmets featuring Mike Ditka. (From John Turney)
College
- There’s a bunch of great inside uni-prepping details here. (From Jeff Ash)
- Here’s a look at Jim Tressel rocking a half OSU/half Youngstown frankenvest. (From Cleveland Rocks)
- Check out these ND/NCS cartoons (from Rex Henry)
- Have you ever wanted to see B.J. Thomas sing “Hooked on a Feeling” while wearing a Texas Longhorn’s jersey, now you can. (from Taco the Wonder Dog). “Hook(em)ed” …get it?
CFL
- Yesterday, the Montreal Alouettes had a first-time combo wearing their red alternate uniform pants with white road jerseys. (From Wade Heidt)
Hockey
NHL
- The New York Islanders have unveiled their third jersey schedule.
Soccer
USA
- MLS featured “Portland vs LAFC, the classic kit matchup of green vs much uglier green,” reads the X post. (From Swim)
Rugby
- Apparently football (NFL/NCAA) isn’t the only sport where sock shenanigans have gotten out of hand. (From Michael Kimball)
Grab Bag
- Are you a fan of US license plates? Would you believe there are 8,291 of them? (from Jason Hillyer)
- The fictional “Kansas City Bomber,” a roller derby team, has some pretty good uniforms. (From John Turney)
Comments (7)
I’m fairly certain any uniform would look right when worn by early 70’s era Racquel Welch.
No doubt about it.
I remember when TV shows in the 80’s had a roller derby episode, CHiPs, Laverne & Shirley, don’t remember who else, think Battlestar Galactica, even…or was it Buck Rogers?
Re: Rugby sock shenanigans.
Whenever a unified British Lions rugby team takes to the pitch, you can tell where the players are from because of their socks. England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland all have different socks but wear the same tops.
Nope. They wear navy socks with green tops. All of them.
After seeing the Irish Rugby kit on TV yesterday from the Rugby World Cup, I think that green popped quite well. It’s not a traditional green worn by Ireland, but you could sure tell it was Ireland playing. Unlike today where South Africa played in a uniform that you had no idea was associated with South Africa.
Looks like that Ditka ad was shot at Wrigley Field?