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If you think the
@hornets
putting "CLT" on their new City jerseys is a little out there, that's nothing compared to the old Christian Universal Ministry hoops team. (h/t
@DJGloveRepair
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POSSIBLE RETAIL LEAK:
@ChicagoBears
jersey spotted by
@Strum0085
at a Dick's in Algonquin, IL, appears to be a throwback based on the 1936 uni. Team is set to unveil a new throwback on Friday, so we'll find out soon enough if this is legit.
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Shame on
@StLouisBlues
and
@enterprise
for putting an advertising flag as part of the color guard accompanying the national anthem prior to last night's Stanley Cup game. A nauseating spectacle. We need to push back against this type of ad encroachment. (h/t
@DDapsis
)
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What's even worse than mismatched greys? Mismatched powder blues.
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R.I.P. to Marty Schottenheimer, who was uni-notable for his prodigious nameplate.
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Since the Rose Bowl, thankfully, doesn't have an advertiser this year, they're going with a beautifully simple patch. So much better! (h/t Bud Parks)
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Not sure if the new Edmonton Elks logo (left) has an official name, but we should definitely call him Max.
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I keep waiting for the Cardinals to put a female bird on their jersey for Mother's Day. Maybe next year....
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Good weekend to turn off the TV and rediscover the pleasures of baseball on the radio.
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MLB's new Independence Day caps have "We the People" underbrim. Nice idea, but Independence Day celebrates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, while "We the People" is from the preamble to the Constitution (ratified 12 yrs after Declaration). Bad civics.
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The designer of one of the uni-verse's greatest logos has passed away.
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As a uniform guy, I'll always remember him like this. One of my favorite uni eccentricities. R.I.P.
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Braves will wear 1974 throwbacks on Friday and Saturday as part of Hank Aaron Heritage Weekend.
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Oh. My. God.
Fun with chalk. The kids and I got the NL done. We’ll do the AL sometime this week — but already dreading the AL West cap logos!
#QuarantineWeekends
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When the Phillies wear their 1979 solid-maroon "Saturday Night Special" throwbacks tomorrow, the Braves will also be wearing 1979 retro uniforms.
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Fans wearing masks at Georgia Tech football game during 1918 flu pandemic.
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Mariners planning to wear 1946 Seattle Steelheads throwbacks for "Salute to the Negro Leagues" on June 20 vs. Royals, who will wear KC Monarchs throwbacks.
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Braves say "businesses, employees & fans in Georgia are the victims of this decision."
Yes, exactly — and biz/fans in some other city will benefit. That’s how economic boycotts work. Now maybe the ATL biz/fans will mobilize against the Georgia voting law. That's the whole point.
The Braves statement regarding the moving of the MLB All-Star Game:
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BREAKING: Seriously gross news from the NHL, which has sold off the names of its divisions to corporate advertisers.
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To my knowledge, no players opted out due to religious objections or Russia-related security concerns.
Each warmup jersey tonight features a name of a local military member or veteran on the back.
Learn more about the heroes being honored:
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After several years of not having a midfield logo, Cleveland now has the best one in the league.
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I Have So Many People to Thank
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NEW: 49ers restoring third stripe to primary jerseys this season. Also adding "Saloon font" logo to jersey chest and helmet neck bumper.
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Simple solution to all of this: Remove politics from the equation by not playing the anthem before sporting events anymore. Done and done.
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Someone snuck an "Impeach Trump" sign into tonight's World Series game. Was displayed for a few pitches during the top of the 7th. Security quickly removed it.
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10 of this year's MLB Independence Day caps have leaked.
I look forward to five Rays players (or maybe just anyone with a working brain) announcing that they will decline to wear them.
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Lots of people today are pointing out something I missed: The Brewers' new alternate road uni looks a lot like a Wolf Cub Scout uniform.
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Good look at today's Memorial Day patches.
Jersey patch says, "Lest We Forget."
Cap patch: "Memorial Day."
So much better than camo.
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The Minnesota North Stars' logo is near-perfect. But if it ever needed to be redesigned, this would be a pretty good option.
To prove what a Minnesotan I am, I've rebranded the Minnesota North Stars.
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Every now and then, advertising is clever instead of mind-numbing.
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BREAKING: Florida will wear "swamp green" gator-print uniform for Saturday's game against Texas A&M.
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New Arizona State jerseys feature sublimated chest pattern based on the Arizona flag.
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Excited to announce that founder Chris Creamer (
@sportslogosnet
) and I are collaborating on a new podcast, called Unified. Full details here:
And you can follow us at
@unifiedcast
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It’s Uni Watch’s 25th Anniversary — and My Final Day
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ICYMI: My latest ESPN piece is about a confidential NFL memo from 1966 with the subject line "Some Observations on the NFL and Negro Players." Major historical find, and highly prophetic. Powerful stuff.
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For Halloween, I dressed up as the pandemic's most annoying catch-phrase: an abundance of caution.
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- MLB logo is too high.
- NOB lettering is too big.
- Numerals aren't perforated.
- Jersey and pants appear to match.
I'm all for artistic license, but come on.
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Uni note on JJ Watt signing w/ Cardinals: If Larry Fitzgerald comes back for another season, Cardinals would have two players wearing the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award jersey patch. No team has ever had two Payton patchers on the roster simultaneously. (h/t Alfonso Ferrari)
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Lots of interesting stuff already at Turn Ahead the Clock Night in Seattle, including King Felix going untucked.
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Not sure who created this, but it's a really clever design. (h/t Christopher Pisciotti)
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Today is my last day at ESPN, and my final piece for them is a greatest-hits column of my favorite things I've written for them over the past 15 years. Enjoy.
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Reds OF Nick Senzel, who was called up from the minors late last week, has worn four different uniforms in his first four MLB games. He'll wear yet another combo tonight, as the Reds will be on the road. (h/t
@Brenden_Maxwell
)
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Bruins studio host Dale Arnold has binder clips on the back of his jacket, apparently to make it look trimmer, less billowy. (h/t Justin Hicks)
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Gross.
The Thunder is debuting its first jersey ad partnership,
@LovesTravelStop
, at Saturday's game vs. the Warriors.
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Angels kicking of "Throwback Weekend" by wearing 1970s throwbacks tonight. Equipment staff went the extra mile by putting old-school Dymo labels on the helmet brims. (h/t
@AdamChodzko
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Ah, jeez.
Just shut it down already. We're clearly not equipped for having sports this summer or fall. Accept that reality and try to regroup for 2021.
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Whatever this means, it can't be good.
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1917 throwbacks that White Sox and Cleveland will be wearing this Saturday.
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Fun Fact: When Jerry West represented the NBA's Western Conference in the All-Star Game, he became one of the handful of athletes who've worn their surname on the front and back of the jersey simultaneously.
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D-backs' new uniforms get rid of the two most problematic elements of their uni set — the annoying snakeskin and the even more annoying charcoal grey road color. Textbook case of addition by subtraction.
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ICYMI: Cards have added Keith Hernandez to their team hall of fame, but you could be forgiven for thinking they actually inducted someone named Ed Jones.
Even by the usual standards of sports-advertising grossness, this is a disgrace. Cards usually Get It™, but not this time.
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Best close-up photo of I've seen of the Braves' cover-up for their ASG patch.
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FIRST LOOK: New spring training batting helmet design, with raised logo, for the Braves.
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Gross.
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Super Bowl Fun Fact: Everyone's been complaining that the Rams' throwback helmet and jersey don't match (left), but they didn't match back in the day either (right), so that aspect of the throwback is actually accurate!
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While I'm not 100% certain, I'm assuming that Kamala Harris will become the first U.S. Vice President to wear Chucks.
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Grizzlies' new alternate uniform design references 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike and upcoming 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. More info:
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Rear-view comparison of Bengals' white-over-black uni combo. Old version on left, new on right.
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The Braves won every World Series game in which they wore a uniform for the first time, and lost every game in which they wore a uniform for the second time.
Here's the sequence, from Game 1 thru Game 6.
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There's Schitt's Creek ... and then there's Ass Alley.
That's the Iowa State kicker. (h/t Kurt Mauro)
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24 years ago today — 1/1/99 — I made the 1st New Year's resolution of my life: to create a new sports column about uniforms. I'd been thinking about it for awhile. The resolution was the nudge I needed to make it happen.
By the end of May, I'd done it, and Uni Watch was born.
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I take a drug that suppresses my immune system, which makes me eligible for a third Covid vaccine under the recently announced CDC guidelines. Took care of that today.
Supposed to rain all day tomorrow (Hurricane Henri), so it's no biggie if I have to deal with side effects.
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FIRST LOOK: Delaware 87ers will now become the Delaware
@Blue_Coats
. Here's the new logo, uniforms, and court design.
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Per team spox, North Texas going with Joe Greene-era throwbacks as only green uni option this season.
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Kudos to Bills head coach Sean McDermott for not engaging in the cosplay nonsense.
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