Among the many annoying things in American politics these days, one of the most irksome is the lazy shorthand of “red states” vs. “blue states.” It’s a false dichotomy, since most states are “blue” in the cities and “red” everywhere else. I live in New York state, which is considered so overwhelmingly “blue” that neither Bush nor Kerry bothered to campaign here in 2004. But that’s because most of the state’s population is concentrated within the tiny area of New York City, which has 8 million people, most of them Democrats. Rattle around upstate New York for a few hours and you’ll find a political (and geographical) landscape that you could easily mistake for, say, rural Indiana. “Blue”? Get real.
Unfortunately, the red/blue paradigm has become so pervasive, and the political scene is so divisively polarized, that many TV news anchors and commentators now avoid wearing red or blue ties on Election Night, for fear of appearing biased toward one party or the other. And what color do they wear instead, the color that is now becoming the de facto uniform of objective political neutrality? Well, think about what you get when you mix red and blue…
That’s right: my worst nightmare.
I first noticed the purple tie phenomenon in 2004, and I had a feeling it would snowball this year. I wasn’t home on Election Night (I was invited to the campaign victory party for a local candidate), and I don’t have a DVR, so I asked a few DVR-equipped readers to scour the airwaves for purple-clad talking heads. They came through beyond my wildest dreams, documenting a staggering number of examples. Check out this roll call (colors may vary a bit, due to the vagaries of TV screen shots, but I’ve been assured that all the neckties in question were in fact purple):
Lee Cowan; Charlie Rose; Jim Lehrer; Paul Begala (who’s a Democratic consultant, so why the hell is he trying to look unbiased?); some unidentified guy on MSNBC; Mort Kondracke (who has always looked like a rodent, but never more so than in this screen shot); Lou Dobbs; an unidentified guest on Fox News; Brit Hume; Howard Fineman; the Fox-4 Dallas male anchor; David Gregory; Carl Cameron; Brian Williams; Bob Shrum; two guys on CNBC (looks like the one on the right is Bob Barr, except it doesn’t make sense that he’d be trying to appear unbiased); David Shuster; Bill Hemmer; and George Stephanopolis (doesn’t look purple, I know, but trust me).
Oh, and then there was Margaret Warner.
While we’re at it, purple was also the dominant hue of the recent Iraqi elections, thanks to that dye they used to indicate when a person had voted, which led to an endless stream of photos like this, this, this, this, this, and this. If this is what democracy’s all about, maybe totalitarianism isn’t so bad after all.
(Mega-thanks to everyone who helped out with the TV research for today’s entry, especially Mark Graban, Chris Hilf, Phil Primato, Jim Ellwanger, Jeff Olson, Gaylord Fields, and Brian Temke — great work, guys.)
Uni Watch News Ticker: On Monday I ran a screen shot of Cedric Benson’s decal malfunction. Turns out he wasn’t the only one having decal problems over the weekend. (Big thanks to Matthew Butch.) … Smart question from Jeff Dunnavant regarding Don Zimmer’s ever-changing uni number: “What did Zimmer do in 1999, his 51st season in baseball? Bernie Williams would have been wearing 51 for the Yankees and, we know he didn’t switch.” Good point. Anyone got a 1999 Yankees yearbook? … Photo of the Year candidate submitted by Bryan Redemske, who says, “This is what they wear in western Nebraska. It’s from the Spencer-Naper vs. Stapleton playoff game in Stapleton, Neb., on Monday.” … According to this article, Sunday’s Vikings/49ers game, which the Niners won, 9-3, “marked the second straight season that [placekicker] Nedney accounted for all of San Francisco’s points when the club wears throwback unis at home. Last year, Nedney’s five field goals lifted the Niners over Tampa Bay, 15-10.” (Nice catch by Dominic J. Litten, who also points out the fine sock stripings of Archbishop Moeller High in Ohio). … Very, uh, unique jersey design (and ultra-modern playing facilities) displayed by the semi-pro Carolina Heat (with thanks to BJ Lanier). … The Diamondbacks are slated to unveil their new uniforms tonight. … Even in Japan, Jose Reyes still does that stupid untucked-jersey thing. Also, as Bryan Redemske notes, the MLBers are wearing their road unis, but Jacque Jones has a Cubs home cap. … Excellent tidbit from Bryan Koval, who writes: “I was flipping through my Nittany Lion Club newsletter, and there was a brief column with Brad ‘Spider’ Caldwell, the Equipment and Facilities Coordinator for the Penn State football team. He described a change to the Penn State uniform that took place this year, and I didn’t even notice it! For the first time, Penn State had the blue stripe painted onto their helmets, instead of using a blue strip of tape. Caldwell said that the equipment staff fixes dings to the paint with a magic marker, and it gives the team easier access to the holes on top of the helmet that are used to inflate the padding.” … Check out this cool Georgia Tech helmet history wallpaper, courtesy of Byron Wages. … Eric J. Discher notes that the “J” on Martin Brodeur’s mask appears to be slightly narrower this year than it was last year.
#1 by Howie on 11.08.06 8:41 am |
Mike Barnacle is the unidentified guy on MSNBC.
#2 by Timmer on 11.08.06 8:43 am |
Hornets wore these monstrosities for the first of three times this season:
Link
#3 by steve on 11.08.06 8:51 am |
What’s wrong with the Hornets unis?
The colors are New Orleans MardiGras.
#4 by Skip on 11.08.06 8:51 am |
If you wear a stetson hat and bluejeans while holding the dial a down, you just might be…………………a redkneck.
#5 by Matt Bonnett on 11.08.06 8:52 am |
I was under the impression that helmet decals and stripes were usually painted on the helmet as a matter of course and touched up as and when required, is the use of decals a new thing or was i always wrong? Never seen the like of the bears malfunction before and now 2 of them.
#6 by dchis on 11.08.06 8:56 am |
Well for one if you look at the pick it has the “Oklahoma City” on it which looks completely ridiculous. And for two they are just some of the ugliest uniforms in the NBA. Their colors are just gross.
#7 by Miguel on 11.08.06 8:58 am |
Can everyone make good use of the google ads on the top left, so that we can help Paul can get a DVR?
#8 by Clevo on 11.08.06 9:00 am |
I wondered why on the local Cleveland morning show the hosts had matching purple outfits. (Sorry for the cel phone pic)
Purple Hosts
#9 by Richard on 11.08.06 9:01 am |
Zim wore 52 in 2001, and then doubled up on the 54 in 2002 and 2003 it looks like.
Can’t find a picture from ‘01, but I’m still looking…
#10 by dchis on 11.08.06 9:04 am |
Oh and along the lines of the New Orleans Hornets, I’m with Minna from yesterday. The Hornets should be the Jazz and Utah should find a new name just like the Timberwolves should be the Lakers, the Wild should be the North Stars, the Baltimore Ravens should be the Colts, the Atlanta Thrashers should be the Flames. Teams that move should have to change their name and should be allowed to pick up the name of a previously existing franchise that is no longer there. This has been done before in the history of sports. The St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Orioles. This was not the first time that a baseball team named the Oriales had been in Baltimore. At the turn of the century (in the aughts, i guess) there was a baseball team called the Baltimore Orioles, they soon moved away and later became the New York Yankees. Another franchise that did something like this was the now Cleveland Browns after the Ravens moved to Baltimore. The only difference being that they were a franchise team and not another team moving there.
#11 by Brian in Milwaukee on 11.08.06 9:06 am |
Jim Angle is the unidentified Fox News guest.
#12 by Mark on 11.08.06 9:08 am |
For those who care, the “unidentified” guy on the left from CNBC is one of their hosts, Dylan Ratigan. I work in the financial realm and recognize him. Bill Hemmer could also have been giving a shout out to his old high school in Cincinnati, as we have seen them here before for sporting these . The horror!
#13 by Mark in Shiga on 11.08.06 9:09 am |
Richard, it looks from that site that Zimmer’s number expressed his number of years in the game as early as 1996 (48)!
He was number 4 when he managed the Chicago Cubs to the division title in 1989. What was he doing from 1991-1995? Out of baseball?
#14 by Paul Lukas on 11.08.06 9:13 am |
He was coaching third base for the Red Sox (and wearing No. 37) for at least one or two of those years.
#15 by a arauz on 11.08.06 9:17 am |
Isn’t the first ‘unidentified guy’ Mike Barnicle, a sometimes guy at MSNBC?
#16 by Mark Sakowitz on 11.08.06 9:17 am |
The photo of Brodeur from “last year” is at least 4 years old. Last year the Devils wore the JM patch on the jerseys. Also the photo shows a Wiz ad on the boards. The Wiz closed up in early 2003. The photo was also taken in New Jersey and white jerseys were last worn at home in 2002-03.
#17 by Richard on 11.08.06 9:17 am |
and was doing a Marvelous job.
#18 by dchis on 11.08.06 9:18 am |
Also was with the Colorado Rockies in 1993 after being with the Red Sox, before 1996 when he joined the Yankees and was assigned the number 47 which was pointed out to him that it matched the number of years he had been in the game. Then he decided to switch it every year.
#19 by Rich on 11.08.06 9:25 am |
Why not wear a red and blue striped/pattern tie on election night? Or better yet–red, white, and blue!
#20 by a arauz on 11.08.06 9:26 am |
Oh man…. the guy on the left (in this referenced picture) looks like he might be that lady’s ventriloquist dummy.
sorry, couldn’ t resist. Also–my apologies about the Barnacle response, i should have read the first comment. my bad.
#21 by Rich on 11.08.06 9:30 am |
#22 by skott on 11.08.06 9:31 am |
speaking of totalitarians, Hussein got death for the killing of 148 iraqis…i think GWB might have just gotten off pretty light last night, right?
now, on the left of center uni watch, which KISS era uni’s were your favorite?
i liked the Dressed to Kill / Alive the best w/ the Love Gun era second best.
#23 by Stu on 11.08.06 9:31 am |
I’ve never noticed the type of striping used by Penn St. I can’t get past the whole team wearing identical Great Gazoo helmets.
#24 by skott on 11.08.06 9:35 am |
i had linked some stuff and screwed it up. i’m an idiot.
question about the Penn State thing -
how many other teams actually PAINT anything on their helmet’s anymore??
are there any pix of blue paint on other teams’ helmets?
#25 by Howie on 11.08.06 9:41 am |
Way ahead of you.
#26 by New Orleans on 11.08.06 9:41 am |
Aren’t the Cleveland Browns the only NFL team that has their helmet stripes painted on?
#27 by dchis on 11.08.06 9:43 am |
I agree with you that these names won’t change but it’s very annoying having it that way. What does the name Lakers have to do with L.A.? Nothing, it has a ton to do with Minnesotta where the Lakers came from. Also add a new team the Charlotte Bobcats should be the Hornets.
#28 by Terry Mark on 11.08.06 9:47 am |
Paul, I agree that the blue state-red state dichotomy is false, but I believe the divide is more complex than urban=Democrat/rural=Republican. The red/blue divide is unfortunately the creation of the national media and has been fed by the political consultants of both parties. Think of it as branding on a sadly insidious level.
Most people’s political views fall somewhere on the purple spectrum, to borrow the preferred lexicon of discussion these days. Our views are informed by our life experiences and personal circumstances. Democrats and Republicans, by forcing voters to choose sides, do the country (and democracy) a disservice.
Now, back to uni-related subjects (which is why I read this blog), I’m eagerly anticipating the new Diamondbacks look. I hope I’m not disappointed.
#29 by Jeff F. on 11.08.06 9:49 am |
Notre Dame paints its helmets with gold paint before every game. There are actual gold flakes in the paint they use.
#30 by Paul Lukas on 11.08.06 9:49 am |
From my interview last year with Chris Willis (prexy of Athletic Decals Inc.):
PL: What about the Browns? When you look at that helmet, you must be thinking to yourself, “Man, that team needs a logo decal on there!”
CW: Nope! I love doing business with the Browns, because it’s cheap and easy. Even though they don’t have a side logo, we do the striping [decals] for them. And the stripes are right there in the hit zone, so they get chewed up, and they end up ordering a lot of them from us.
—–
The full interview, which includes some info on NFL and NCAA teams that have painted helmet designs, is here.
#31 by Lake on 11.08.06 9:54 am |
As an Upstater, I can say it’s getting bluer and bluer up here. Of course, I live along the Thruway, which is more city-oriented. But even along the Southern Tier and way up towards Canada, there’s been a slight shift to the left.
#32 by Stu on 11.08.06 9:55 am |
Paul,
Anything more on MLB teams switching back to the powder blue road unis? I’m hoping its the Royals (what do they have to lose?) and they also go back to the white lettering and numbering.
I’m a little distressed about how the powder blues might look when players wear the pants like PJs, though.
#33 by Matt G on 11.08.06 9:55 am |
Little articale here about the Arizona new unis. I know that the colors have been discussed but the D seems to be getting a modern update. Also if you go here you can see the new colors under the old uni. Second picture on the front page news.
#34 by Andy on 11.08.06 9:57 am |
On the topic of helmets, I saw a news segment the other night about how football helmets are much more protective, and have had much more research done to make them more protective, than our military helmets.
I found a write-up on it here.
#35 by Howie on 11.08.06 10:01 am |
Uh, sorry…check the first commnt of the day!
#36 by Paul Lukas on 11.08.06 10:01 am |
No. The team that was considering it for 2007 was Tampa Bay, but they’ve decided not to change their unis yet. They’ll probably change in 2008, but no word yet on what they’ll look like.
#37 by dchis on 11.08.06 10:05 am |
Anybody else think that the Diamondback “D” and the Disney “D” are very similar.
#38 by Julia on 11.08.06 10:05 am |
The purple thing doesn’t hold true for some of the women on last night, there were at least 3 women I saw (and we had several channels going) wearing red.
#39 by Craig on 11.08.06 10:14 am |
According to sf49ers.com Mike Nolan is in discussions with John York to petition the league to bring back the old unis for the 49ers. I am, of course, a big Niners fan and would love to see these unis again.
#40 by Jonathon on 11.08.06 10:14 am |
Hey Paul,
I think this link is appropriate, given your blog topic today:
http://www.urbandict...
#41 by Patrick Baude on 11.08.06 10:26 am |
Also, Heaton hasn’t been around for a while either. Marty has worn the reebok’s for a couple seasons now.
#42 by Jonathon on 11.08.06 10:28 am |
Does anyone have the link showing the new D-backs and Reds uniforms, handy? I know they were posted a while back.
#43 by Ian on 11.08.06 10:31 am |
Well Paul, here’s more fodder for your worst nightmare… In last week’s Sports Illustrated (Nov. 6, 2006) there was an in-depth piece on David Stern. The following comes from page 63:
At 5′9″ Stern is not physically imposing, but he looks good. He has a full head of gray hair and wears expensive suits, tailored shirts and classy ties. (Purple is his favorite color.)
Doesn’t that just beat all?
#44 by Rich on 11.08.06 10:32 am |
Uh, which definition, 1, 2, or 3? :)
#45 by Johnny on 11.08.06 10:45 am |
Paul Begala’s necktie was blue — it just looks a little purple next to the blues of CNN’s set and chyrons. As you said, he is a Democratic consultant, so why would he want to look unbiased? In fact, he and James Carville, CNN’s democratic pundits, were both wearing blue ties. Sitting next to them were J.C. Watts and Bill Bennett, the G.O.P. commentators, who wore red. It was an intentional “blue-vs.red” color combination.
#46 by Taylor on 11.08.06 10:51 am |
Their jerseys aren’t awful. I mean, they aren’t good, but at least they aren’t all un-asymetrical (sp?, English?) like the Timberwolves and Wizards.
#47 by steve on 11.08.06 10:57 am |
Check the sliding pants from Japan.
#48 by Bob on 11.08.06 11:11 am |
I have been thinking about MLB teams changing to light blue road unis for a while, but I had no idea this was a possibility. How great would the Phillies, Royals, or even the Cubs look in powder blue 81 times a year? Pretty darn good, that’s how.
Also, the Buffaslug emblem, as it has come to be known, is very similar to the North Dakota State University logo at the bottom of this page. I know Paul attempted to match the logo a few times recently, though I’m not sure if this was ever brought up.
#49 by Mark Graban on 11.08.06 11:14 am |
I saw two red/blue striped ties last night and thought that would be the new trend:
Anderson Cooper (CNN)
Glenn Beck (Headline News)
#50 by Tape on 11.08.06 11:19 am |
as much as I am ALL FOR powder blue roads, I don’t see it working with the Devil Rays’ particular shade of green.
… unless, of course, as part of this renaming thing they’re talking about, they switch up the colors.
I think there are two teams that should immediately go to the powder blues: the Royals and Brewers.
#51 by Tape on 11.08.06 11:20 am |
I also forgot the Blue Jays, who should do so as part of a total and complete makeover of their butt-ugly excuse for “style” these days.
#52 by Mark Graban on 11.08.06 11:22 am |
I saw two red/blue striped ties last night and thought that would be the new trend:
Anderson Cooper (CNN)
Glenn Beck (Headline News)
#53 by Jim on 11.08.06 11:22 am |
I’m the one who provided the Paul Begala screen shot, and his tie still looks purple to me, even now that I’m not in the middle of bleary-eyed channel flipping and running back and forth between the TiVo and the computer. Granted, it’s on the blue side of purple, but purple nonetheless. (And I’m an alumnus of Northwestern University, so I think I know purple.)
#54 by thid on 11.08.06 11:25 am |
there are legal issues with having a team take its nickname to a new city. for example, the Washington Nationals couldn’t call themselves the Washington Senators (which was considered) because the Texas Rangers still own the rights to that name.
I actually dislike the trend of a team changing its nickname when it changes cities, even if it makes no sense like “Utah Jazz” or “Tennessee Oilers” (as they were known for a couple of years after their move). it’s a way of at least paying some small tribute to the fans they left behind.
#55 by a arauz on 11.08.06 11:26 am |
Hey Lake… it’s not a ’slight shift to the left’ as much as people coming to their senses. :)
#56 by Chris Doran on 11.08.06 11:28 am |
I agree about that…
Off topic- Can anyone tell me what made the1980 World Series between the Phils and Royals historic?
#57 by dchis on 11.08.06 11:30 am |
The fans don’t normally care about the team that leaves because they are angry that they left so why would the owners want to pay a tribute to the fans they left behind? They would want to try to get the new fan base behind their team. The only reason why the Oilers/Titans stuck with the Oilers for a couple of years was because they were playing in Memphis before their new stadium in Nashville was built. They wanted to change everything over at once when they got into their new home stadium.
#58 by a arauz on 11.08.06 11:31 am |
I saw that… well done Johnny! Question: can anyone respect anything Bill Bennett may have to say? He makes Limbaugh look good.
#59 by Stu on 11.08.06 11:32 am |
First Series to be played completely on fake grass?
#60 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.08.06 11:37 am |
this is by no means directed to be disrespectful toward the school, football team, its history, or the student athletes who play there, nor is it meant to bring light to a sad state of affairs, but it seems to me that miami should take a page from the seminole notebook, and get a pair of “all blacks” for games like they will have to play on saturday. it seems we’ve seen the bryan pata tragedy movie already, just with different casts…
#61 by Chris Doran on 11.08.06 11:38 am |
A cigar to Stu!
#62 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.08.06 11:43 am |
first series where home team always wore white and the away team always wore powder blues…
OR
first world series to feature a team with a zipper jersey closure…
#63 by TBDRO on 11.08.06 11:45 am |
Powder blues? Combine that with the rumor of an Expos-style pinwheel cap and you have a recipe for disaster.
“In addition to two Rays hats and a Don Zimmer minibobblehead on the shelf behind his desk is an Expos hat - simply because he liked the logo and knew they’d be disappearing.”
#64 by BtotheE on 11.08.06 11:46 am |
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The full interview, which includes some info on NFL and NCAA teams that have painted helmet designs, is here.
Just wanted to say that (^) was a great article.
#65 by Mark in Shiga on 11.08.06 12:11 pm |
Teams that have blue as one of their primary colors can often look good in light blue. I really like the road uniforms (pale blue, and then light blue with white pinstripes) that the Cubs wore in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the not-at-all-WWII-era-looking road jerseys from 1941.
With the Cubs returning the names to the home uniforms next season, they should dump the blue alternate home shirt and use something retro, with numbers only, for the fans who don’t like names on the backs. How about a vest like in the old days? Surnames look cramped and awkward on sleeveless jerseys anyway.
#66 by Kyle on 11.08.06 12:16 pm |
Wait a minute. With all of this discussion of the hatred of purple I am confused why the sock striping of Moeller high is so highly regarded. It seems to me that the stripes above and below the yellow are purple. And, to make matters worse it seems that the 50 yd line logo is painted in purple, and that the entire endzone is painted in purple. Being a graduate of East Carolina University I love the purple and gold. Just make sure you don’t come to Greenville and say that purple is a bad color.
#67 by Andrew F on 11.08.06 12:17 pm |
New unis for Hofstra University basketball (they have votes, so they can get a mention on here)
Went from http://www.hofstra.e... to http://www.thelionsd...
Notice the one thing that has killed them…
#68 by Ryan B. on 11.08.06 12:21 pm |
#69 by Shawn Knowles on 11.08.06 12:21 pm |
I happen to have two purple ties, and I think they look great. Especially with a black shirt. Also, girls like purple.
#70 by dchis on 11.08.06 12:25 pm |
Looks pretty blue to me!!
#71 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.08.06 12:33 pm |
always been blue
even this guy wore the moeller blue
http://reds.enquirer...
#72 by dchis on 11.08.06 12:36 pm |
How about this for good use of stirrups?
#73 by Chancelikely on 11.08.06 12:43 pm |
As soon as the Hornets moved to New Orleans, I thought the best thing to do would be to have the Jazz and Hornets switch nicknames, removing the Jazz from what has to be the least-hip state in the union, and giving Utah a nickname to go with that whole stinging-insect thing they have going there.
Personally, I like the fact that Los Angeles teams all have nicknames from other cities… it’s kind of a shorthand for the history of the area. Lakers from Minneapolis, Rams from Cleveland, Raiders and Clippers from elsewhere in California, Dodgers from Brooklyn are all welcome (of course, the Rams and Raiders took off again, but the idea still holds).
Thoroughly unrelated, what’s the best purple uniform out there? I’ve always been willing to give the Lakers, Vikings, and Northwestern Wildcats a pass because of the very lengthy use of purple in their uniforms, but what’s the best aesthetic use of purple in the sports world?
#74 by David L on 11.08.06 12:45 pm |
That’s a high school?
They’re wearing complete underarmour jerseys,
which i didn’t think were available to schools other than the ones that had contracts with UA(Maryland, Texas Tech).
I can’t imagine they’d be even relatively affordable either.
#75 by Stu on 11.08.06 12:53 pm |
No such thing as a good use of purple. If you do feel, though, that you must go purple then I say do it up right and pair it with something like orange. I’m talkin’ about you, Clemson.
#76 by Chad E. on 11.08.06 12:56 pm |
I’ve been poking around looking at historical Big 10 football programs of years past, and came up on some rather interesting uniforms.
1973 Minnesota in what i would call “urine” colored unis from head to toe.
http://www.craftyrav...
Here’s a program from 1941…didn’t know the Buffalo Bills uni’s were i full force during WWII.
http://www.craftyrav...
An Ohio State program from 1924 with striped sleeves!
http://www.craftyrav...
The 1893 Indiana Hoosiers going with the candy-cane look.
http://www.craftyrav...
1915 Indiana Hoosiers with candy-cane sleeves.
http://www.craftyrav...
#77 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 11.08.06 1:00 pm |
in reviewing the moeller high school athletic hall of fame, i’m still deciding which is more fascinating. that former phillie and dodger len matuszek is an alum (and that i havent seen his name in print in forever) OR that outside of baseball, barry larkin was on the hoop and wrestling team simultaneously!
#78 by Jack H. on 11.08.06 1:16 pm |
At least Steward and Colbert (the only entertaining election coverage ever) went with blue and red ties, respectively.
#79 by Minna H on 11.08.06 1:18 pm |
Shawn K., purple looks great with black because everything looks good with black.
Cool chicks dig black and red, not purple and pink.
Speaking of pink, I saw a maroon minivan with pink hubcaps. I wasted several seconds trying to figure out if they were team-related or breast cancer-related before realizing I should be watching the road.
Speaking of ties, our R(ed) governor was reelected, and he was wearing a blue tie.
Tim Toomuch
You have to click on the photo gallery to see the baby blue in all its glory.
#80 by Mark on 11.08.06 1:23 pm |
Thought I would add this from the Cincinnati desk of Uniwatch . . . Barry Larkin was one of the all-time best athletes to go through Moeller, but if you wanted to see some serious hoop skills, his brother Byron was the man! Excellent sports history at Moeller, plus it was home to one Gerry Faust. Straight from Moeller to Notre Dame, not bad.
#81 by Minna H on 11.08.06 1:26 pm |
You mean because it constantly reminds those of us who live in the other places that you took our teams?
I’m kidding, Chancelikely. Sort of. I just think that it would make much more sense for us (Minnesota) to be the Lakers than it does for L.A. I mean, what, the Timberwolves? The Wild!? I’d rather be the Blue Oxen—except I don’t like blue.
I do like the Timberwolves’ black unis, but they should really be the Lakers. Oh, and Utah has to give the Jazz to New Orleans.
If I were King of the Sports’ World, I would restore the nicknames to the rightful teams. I would also decree a mandate on striped socks and that every team has black as a team color—except for the Mets.
#82 by Mark on 11.08.06 1:33 pm |
Moeller is not the only high school that has an agreement with Under Armour. Warren Central in Indianapolis wears their attire, too. One of the people who was with Under Armour from the very beginning went to Warren Central I believe.
http://www.indystar....
#83 by Jonathon on 11.08.06 1:34 pm |
probably 1 or 2, fool.
#84 by Mark on 11.08.06 1:35 pm |
Warren Central also has a W that looks very similar to a certain school that gets upset about that easily. I believe there is a background story there, but I do not know it.
#85 by ACC on 11.08.06 1:36 pm |
College - Furman Univ.
Pro - Baltimore Ravens
#86 by dgc on 11.08.06 1:38 pm |
I don’t think that had anything to do with the Nats’ name. Selig wanted to call the team the Senators. Mayor Williams and the DC Council didn’t want that because DC has no real Senators and they promoted Grays (after the Homestead Grays which played some games here). Nationals was basically the default compromise.
#87 by Minna H on 11.08.06 1:39 pm |
I like 3, myself. I might have to start using it.
#88 by Jonathon on 11.08.06 1:40 pm |
Don’t forget about Auburn
#89 by Jonathon on 11.08.06 1:43 pm |
#90 by Chris Doran on 11.08.06 1:43 pm |
Cardinal O’Hara in suburban Philly is on the UA train
#91 by Chad E. on 11.08.06 1:43 pm |
Back when the Astros used this logo,
http://www.avalanche...
our high school copied the star from it and was forced to change our logo. We changed it to a normal star, like the Cowboys star. This was back in the upper 90’s i believe. No internet articles about it…too far back, but it did happen.
#92 by Jonathon on 11.08.06 1:44 pm |
nothing wrong with def. #3, just not relevant to today’s blog topic. perhaps another day.
#93 by ACC on 11.08.06 1:45 pm |
I really don’t understand the negativity. Hornets jerseys are fine. The colors are “gross”. Huh?
It’s the official mardi gras colors as some other guy mentioned. What colors are they supposed to be.
The jerseys worn last night are alternate jerseys as a tribute to OC supporting them so much. I didn’t hear a single commentator call them ridiculous. Their official jersey reads HORNETS I believe.
#94 by Jonathon on 11.08.06 1:46 pm |
but the running back (#21) is wearing nike cleats. ha. qb’s wearing ua cleats, however
#95 by Eric on 11.08.06 1:46 pm |
Thoroughly unrelated, what’s the best purple uniform out there? I’ve always been willing to give the Lakers, Vikings, and Northwestern Wildcats a pass because of the very lengthy use of purple in their uniforms, but what’s the best aesthetic use of purple in the sports world?
The Philadelphia Phantoms!
#96 by Eric on 11.08.06 1:53 pm |
If you do feel, though, that you must go purple then I say do it up right and pair it with something like orange. I’m talkin’ about you, Clemson.
Exactly my point. Once again I say: Philadelphia Phantoms!
#97 by Minna H on 11.08.06 1:54 pm |
I like the Hornet unis. I’m not crazy about the blue, but they unis are fine overall. I like the salute to the Okla. fans who supported them so heartily last season.
#98 by Eric on 11.08.06 1:54 pm |
#99 by Chad G on 11.08.06 2:01 pm |
damn you people, close your italics tag
#100 by concealed78 on 11.08.06 2:02 pm |
So I take it Paul’s a Democrat, seeing that New York is so Blue, not that it really matters or anything. I always wondered if sports teams ever considered Political colors in their schemes or not.
#101 by Minna H on 11.08.06 2:06 pm |
Yeah! I mean, um….Considering it was me who messed up yesterday, I can’t be a hypocrite about it.
Yes, I can! It doubly bothers me when I’m the one who does it.
As for purple unis, the Old Viking uniforms were nice. The current ones? Ugh.