Someone posted yesterday about Jeff Samardzija wearing an Under Armour pin, which you can see here (click on the press conference video and advance it to the 10 minute mark and you’ll see it all bright and shiny)
I think that, based on NJ having so many bad unis over the years, they’ll never gat a good shake. If a new team came on teh scene in the unis pictured above, nobody would bat an eye.
I wasn’t able to find any pictures but in response to yesterday’s soccer discussion, you have to check out the back of the neckline of Arsenal’s red kit this season. The white neckline has a gold cannon on the back of it and it looks pretty damn sweet.
I think that, based on NJ having so many bad unis over the years, they’ll never gat a good shake. If a new team came on teh scene in the unis pictured above, nobody would bat an eye.
And while they’re at it, get a relavant logo. No more space jam.
Ugly unis, ugly logo, ugly name, ugly part of the world. U-G-L-Y.
Different strokes for diff’rent folks… I kinda like the old ABA unis, although I’d get rid of the “New Jersey” down the side of the road uni.
‘Course, my outlook might be “colored” by my memory of watching Dr. J. against the Spirit of St. Louis at the old St. Louis Arena. (Yes, children, once upon a time before naming rights, there was a sports building called simply… “The Arena!”) ;-)
I wasn’t able to find any pictures but in response to yesterday’s soccer discussion, you have to check out the back of the neckline of Arsenal’s red kit this season. The white neckline has a gold cannon on the back of it and it looks pretty damn sweet.
See the cannon, be the cannon. Big matchup between Man U and Arsenal tomorrow at Emirates – especially after Chelsea’s meltdown against Liverpool. Whoever you root for, they are two of the classier kits in soccer today.
My issue with the Nets uniform/logo is that the “s” in “Nets” looks like a backwards “z”. And the addition of silver in the color scheme is unnecessary.
We’ll likely see a new look when they move to Brooklyn.
They could be worse as far as NY/NJ teams go. These jerseys make Eli look like the scout team QB and he is wearing the jersey because he doesn’t want to get hit.
I cover the TC Williams High School basketball team (you know, from Remember the Titans) and last night they had a varsity double-header as opposed to the usual boys at home, girls on the road set-up. So, it was the first time I’d seen the girls’ team this year. They can be added to the list of teams wearing the new, Y-back unis. I don’t have a picture, unfortunately, but they looked great compared to the other team.
By the way, remember the name Mike Davis. He’s a senior at TC, a 6′9″ center with a nice shot and some serious hops.
Speaking of those old gray Nets uniforms, how do you feel about home teams wearing gray. I’ve seen the Ohio State and West Virgina basketball teams, just to name two, doing this recently. I think they look aweful. They dull the accent colors and look cheap compared to their “regular” white unis. I understand wanting to be a little different with your unis, if you can call a NIKE uniform different, but at least let it look good.
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
If you thought watching the Knicks and Nets were bad, this was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
Looking at that picture of Jason Kidd as me wondering something. Wasn’t one of this year’s new NBA rules supposed to be that you can only wear sweatbands on the wrist, not pulled up high like that? Has the league gotten more lax with this as time has gone on, like so many other league-wide initiatives of years past?
Speaking of those old gray Nets uniforms, how do you feel about home teams wearing gray. I’ve seen the Ohio State and West Virgina basketball teams, just to name two, doing this recently. I think they look aweful. They dull the accent colors and look cheap compared to their “regular” white unis. I understand wanting to be a little different with your unis, if you can call a NIKE uniform different, but at least let it look good.
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. Besides, our color scheme is called scarlet and GRAY, not scarlet and white. I also love WVU’s grey version (which is an odd choice by them considering the fact that gray is not officially one of the school’s colors), and how about the grays that the Patriots wear once or twice per season? That’s one of my current favorites. AHH, the beauty of gray. One of my pet peeves, though is the teams like Georgia Tech who have gold alternate unis which they wear for both home and away games. When was the last time we got to see their navy blues or their whites? It’s tiring to watch week in, week out. You’ve got two more colors–USE THEM!!
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
If you thought watching the Knicks and Nets were bad, this was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
I remember the same thing happening when Ohio State played at Illinois a few years ago. Thankfully when they played this season, Illinois wore their white jerseys. And just curious, does Illinois have a navy basketball jersey? I can’t seem to recall it but wouldn’t doubt it.
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
If you thought watching the Knicks and Nets were bad, this was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
I remember the same thing happening when Ohio State played at Illinois a few years ago. Thankfully when they played this season, Illinois wore their white jerseys. And just curious, does Illinois have a navy basketball jersey? I can’t seem to recall it but wouldn’t doubt it.
Illinois does have blue jerseys. They wore them against Arizona, Xavier, and Minnesota this year. This is the best picture I coould get.
During this morning’s West Ham United – Newcastle United match, West Ham’s Nigel Quashie took an elbow to the skull from Obafeme Martins and had to come out for treatment. He came back onto the pitch with a blank shirt. No name or number on the back.
I’ve seen players get bloodied up and change to a numbered shirt with no name before, but never a completely blank shirt.
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. That’s one of my current favorites.
Fair enough. Good point.
One of my pet peeves, though is the teams like Georgia Tech who have gold alternate unis which they wear for both home and away games.
This brings up a question I’ve been mulling for a little while. What’s the stance on yellow as a home uni colour In the big leagues, it’s been used a fair amount over the years. Just off the top of my head:
It sounds like potential fodder for an article. It would be cool to not onlyu see how many major league teams have gone yellow at home, but it would be cool to hear some of the motvation behind the decision as well. California is definitely a leader in this phenomenon. Surely it isn’t about being the “golden state” is it? How corny …
During this morning’s West Ham United – Newcastle United match, West Ham’s Nigel Quashie took an elbow to the skull from Obafeme Martins and had to come out for treatment. He came back onto the pitch with a blank shirt. No name or number on the back.
I’ve seen players get bloodied up and change to a numbered shirt with no name before, but never a completely blank shirt.
I’m not sure if I understand why they don’t let athletes play with too much blood on their uniforms. Are these restrictions put in place out of fear of AIDs or something?
I’ve seen players get bloodied up and change to a numbered shirt with no name before, but never a completely blank shirt.
Yeah – thefew times I’ve seen it happen, teh players come back wiht the number 50 shirt. Ten bucks says West ham just brings a handful of blanks then hits the home side up for heat transfer numbers and letters during halftime, or earlier if they can get an equipment manager sort it out sooner. I guess tha’s a benefit of the entire league using the same fonts.
But surely that’s not the only reaon for eht uniform font. ANyine know the reason why the english and Scottish leagues (and MLS, among other soccer leagues) have standard fonts?
I’m not sure if I understand why they don’t let athletes play with too much blood on their uniforms. Are these restrictions put in place out of fear of AIDs or something?
I’ve never heard an official explanation, but I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.
I’ve seen players get bloodied up and change to a numbered shirt with no name before, but never a completely blank shirt.
Yeah – thefew times I’ve seen it happen, teh players come back wiht the number 50 shirt. Ten bucks says West ham just brings a handful of blanks then hits the home side up for heat transfer numbers and letters during halftime, or earlier if they can get an equipment manager sort it out sooner. I guess tha’s a benefit of the entire league using the same fonts.
But surely that’s not the only reaon for eht uniform font. ANyine know the reason why the english and Scottish leagues (and MLS, among other soccer leagues) have standard fonts?
There’s a good discussion about that in yesterday’s comments, if I remember correctly.
Someone posted yesterday about Jeff Samardzija wearing an Under Armour pin, which you can see here (click on the press conference video and advance it to the 10 minute mark and you’ll see it all bright and shiny)
Someone posted yesterday about Jeff Samardzija wearing an Under Armour pin, which you can see here (click on the press conference video and advance it to the 10 minute mark and you’ll see it all bright and shiny)
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
If you thought watching the Knicks and Nets were bad, this was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
Hmm…hopefully we won’t see a repeat of those colors in abot 10 minutes…
Ugly unis, ugly logo, ugly name, ugly part of the world. U-G-L-Y.
Ugly part of the world? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Where the hell are you from that gives you the right to call where other people call home “ugly”? Hate on the unis all you want, but take your Jersey-bashing somewhere else.
Speaking of those old gray Nets uniforms, how do you feel about home teams wearing gray. I’ve seen the Ohio State and West Virgina basketball teams, just to name two, doing this recently. I think they look aweful. They dull the accent colors and look cheap compared to their “regular” white unis. I understand wanting to be a little different with your unis, if you can call a NIKE uniform different, but at least let it look good.
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. Besides, our color scheme is called scarlet and GRAY, not scarlet and white. I also love WVU’s grey version (which is an odd choice by them considering the fact that gray is not officially one of the school’s colors), and how about the grays that the Patriots wear once or twice per season? That’s one of my current favorites. AHH, the beauty of gray. One of my pet peeves, though is the teams like Georgia Tech who have gold alternate unis which they wear for both home and away games. When was the last time we got to see their navy blues or their whites? It’s tiring to watch week in, week out. You’ve got two more colors–USE THEM!!
This brings up a question I’ve been mulling for a little while. What’s the stance on yellow as a home uni colour In the big leagues, it’s been used a fair amount over the years. Just off the top of my head:
It sounds like potential fodder for an article. It would be cool to not onlyu see how many major league teams have gone yellow at home, but it would be cool to hear some of the motvation behind the decision as well. California is definitely a leader in this phenomenon. Surely it isn’t about being the “golden state” is it? How corny …
You can also add the Golden State Warriors to that list of yellow wearing teams at home.
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
If you thought watching the Knicks and Nets were bad, this was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
Hmm…hopefully we won’t see a repeat of those colors in abot 10 minutes…
Thank goodness. Illinois wore white. Unfortunately, Bruce Weber decided to wear that damn orange suit.
okay no basketball jersey can de-ugly the mavericks alternate silvers a few years back
they were so hideous, that the team changed out of them at half time and came back in the normal away blues
i think it was like 02-03 season
any help with a pic?
okay no basketball jersey can de-ugly the mavericks alternate silvers a few years back
they were so hideous, that the team changed out of them at half time and came back in the normal away blues
i think it was like 02-03 season
any help with a pic?
The New Jersey Americans, who eventually became the New York Nets, who eventually became the New Jersey Nets, wore red uniforms. So there is history on the Nets side for wearing red uniforms.
Someone posted yesterday about Jeff Samardzija wearing an Under Armour pin, which you can see here (click on the press conference video and advance it to the 10 minute mark and you’ll see it all bright and shiny)
Jeff reminds me of the character from “Dazed & Confused”
This was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
I’m assessing the home team an unofficial Pantonista Purple Card: Get into the locker room and come back out with something else. We can’t play the game this way, can we?
I’m not sure if I understand why they don’t let athletes play with too much blood on their uniforms. Are these restrictions put in place out of fear of AIDs or something?
I’ve never heard an official explanation, but I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.
It is most likely an overreaction to the Universal Precautions put out by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The worry is really about Hepatitis B, not AIDS. There has only been one case of athletic transmittal of AIDS – a recreational soccer player in Italy (see link).
So you can avoid all of the dry medical stuff and get right to the Uni stuff:
2.3 Interruption of a sports activity for a change of equipment or uniform in situations in which an athlete is not actively bleeding is unwarranted. If an athlete’s equipment (such as tape or padding) appears wet with blood or if blood has penetrated both sides of a uniform fabric, the equipment or uniform should be changed and blood on the skin should be washed off at the earliest convenient time (for example, when play is stopped for other reasons). Small amounts of dried blood on uniforms or equipment do not constitute a risk for transmission of blood-borne pathogens; therefore, changing a uniform or a piece of equipment in this condition is unwarranted.
One of the more interesting sports-related points about the Universal Precautions is in Hockey. If blood spills on the field of play in other sports, someone has to clean it up. In Hockey, the referees simply have to use their skate to mix the blood with the ice – any viruses that you would worry about are killed by the ice’s temperature.
My issue with the Nets uniform/logo is that the “s” in “Nets” looks like a backwards “z”. And the addition of silver in the color scheme is unnecessary.
We’ll likely see a new look when they move to Brooklyn.
Ugly unis, ugly logo, ugly name, ugly part of the world. U-G-L-Y.
Ugly part of the world? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Where the hell are you from that gives you the right to call where other people call home “ugly”? Hate on the unis all you want, but take your Jersey-bashing somewhere else.
New Jersey has a lot of beautiful places. I spent a week in New Brunswick, and I saw why it’s called the Garden State.
That said, the Meadowlands is ugly. I stand by that. Don’t like it? That’s you’re prerogative.
Thank goodness. Illinois wore white. Unfortunately, Bruce Weber decided to wear that damn orange suit.
I thought about that Knick/Nets game last night when I turned on this game, but thank God they wore the white. Plus Illinois has blue in the paint and center court is mainly blue text, so it doesn’t clash as harshly as at MSG.
With about two minutes left in the first half of today’s Texas-Villanova game, the refs actually had to peel the Big East decals off of the lane on both ends of the court because the players were slipping on them. I don’t have a pic, but I also don’t remember ever seeing a court decal having to be peeled off because of slippage issues.
With about two minutes left in the first half of today’s Texas-Villanova game, the refs actually had to peel the Big East decals off of the lane on both ends of the court because the players were slipping on them. I don’t have a pic, but I also don’t remember ever seeing a court decal having to be peeled off because of slippage issues.
The New Jersey Americans, who eventually became the New York Nets, who eventually became the New Jersey Nets, wore red uniforms. So there is history on the Nets side for wearing red uniforms.
It’s a nice ode to their past, the only thing I see wrong with the jersey is the crappy helix design on the side of the jersey and shorts- it shouldn’t be there. It breaks up a nice stripe design. If they wanted to add more white they should have just made the white stripes between the blue and red larger…
I know alot of posters here hate Nike, but the US national soccer team looks so much better in their Nike unis than anything Adidas has made for the MLS.
Of course, the national teams unis are based on a vintage design, but I’ll take that over leaguewide templates.
I would like to see the national squad adopt a proper collar though.
Ugly unis, ugly logo, ugly name, ugly part of the world. U-G-L-Y.
Ugly part of the world? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Where the hell are you from that gives you the right to call where other people call home “ugly”? Hate on the unis all you want, but take your Jersey-bashing somewhere else.
New Jersey has a lot of beautiful places. I spent a week in New Brunswick, and I saw why it’s called the Garden State.
That said, the Meadowlands is ugly. I stand by that. Don’t like it? That’s you’re prerogative.
Sorry, Jersey-ites, but the other 49 agree that Jersey = ugly. It’s just the way it is, so go with it. I’m from West Virginia. I gave up on being offended by all the tooth and cousin jokes long ago.
What do the New Yorkers feel about the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets?
And for the Mets fans here: my local baseball team (the New Orleans Zephyrs) just recently became your AAA farm team. Here’s a great article about it.
I’m a Brooklynite and I hate the idea of the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets. Why? Because they’re ripping apart my neighborhood to build the arena… along with unwanted luxury condos, office buildings etc. You should see the proposed design, it’s really atrocious. Oh by the way, to do this they’re using a considerable amount of public monies while engaging in fraudulent and unprecedented use of “eminent domain” law.
I cover the TC Williams High School basketball team (you know, from Remember the Titans) and last night they had a varsity double-header as opposed to the usual boys at home, girls on the road set-up. So, it was the first time I’d seen the girls’ team this year. They can be added to the list of teams wearing the new, Y-back unis. I don’t have a picture, unfortunately, but they looked great compared to the other team.
I was broadcasting the Mercyhurst vs. Ferris St. game Thursday night and the Lady Bulldogs wore those jerseys also.
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
If you thought watching the Knicks and Nets were bad, this was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
The Big Ten made a rule after that game that red/orange and orange/yellow couldn’t be worn as competing colors. So Illinois will wear orange against the Penn States, Purdues, Michigan States, and Northwesterns of the world, but not against Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio State, or Michigan/Iowa/Minnesota if they decide to wear gold on the road.
During this morning’s West Ham United – Newcastle United match, West Ham’s Nigel Quashie took an elbow to the skull from Obafeme Martins and had to come out for treatment. He came back onto the pitch with a blank shirt. No name or number on the back.
I’ve seen players get bloodied up and change to a numbered shirt with no name before, but never a completely blank shirt.
I saw Volz from Fulham a couple years back have to change into a blank jersey. Referees usually don’t care as long as there is only one player with a blank jersey (becomes #0 or something of the like) running around. They know who it’s supposed to be.
I’m suspicious about these unis, particularly because of the alternate tops and the presence of more than Habs template. Both are sacreligious, by the way.
Those are concept designs done over on Chris Creamer’s message board several months ago, and have now been posted on ever single hockey message board in history.
My issue with the Nets uniform/logo is that the “s” in “Nets” looks like a backwards “z”. And the addition of silver in the color scheme is unnecessary..
Well, there has been silver in the Nets logo for about 10 years, so it’s not like it was just added for the uniforms.
Speaking of those old gray Nets uniforms, how do you feel about home teams wearing gray. I’ve seen the Ohio State and West Virgina basketball teams, just to name two, doing this recently. I think they look aweful. They dull the accent colors and look cheap compared to their “regular” white unis. I understand wanting to be a little different with your unis, if you can call a NIKE uniform different, but at least let it look good.
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. Besides, our color scheme is called scarlet and GRAY, not scarlet and white. I also love WVU’s grey version (which is an odd choice by them considering the fact that gray is not officially one of the school’s colors), and how about the grays that the Patriots wear once or twice per season? That’s one of my current favorites. AHH, the beauty of gray. One of my pet peeves, though is the teams like Georgia Tech who have gold alternate unis which they wear for both home and away games. When was the last time we got to see their navy blues or their whites? It’s tiring to watch week in, week out. You’ve got two more colors–USE THEM!!
Georgia Tech doesn’t have regular navy basketball jerseys. And after how the Yellow Jackets’ football team played in the navy jerseys in the ACC title game, I wouldn’t blame the school if it avoided using that color ever again.
I’m pretty skeptical of the “leaked” NHL uni designs because one they illustrate only a small number of teams new threads in what is to be a league wide overhaul and two many of the teams that are shown have multiple uniform designs despite the fact that the “third” or alternate jerseys would be temporarily eliminated with the new template (also it would be a pretty harsh way to break the news to Pens fans that their team is officially moving to KC by displaying a KC jersey with Crosby 87 on the back)
With about two minutes left in the first half of today’s Texas-Villanova game, the refs actually had to peel the Big East decals off of the lane on both ends of the court because the players were slipping on them. I don’t have a pic, but I also don’t remember ever seeing a court decal having to be peeled off because of slippage issues.
They actually took one off because the players were slipping on it (left end from TV view). They took the other end off just to make it match (per the announcers).
Those all-silver unis (sorry, don’t remember which. Mavs?) are seriously wrong. I like silver a great deal, but the player looked like he should have a pole to go with his shiny uni.
also it would be a pretty harsh way to break the news to Pens fans that their team is officially moving to KC by displaying a KC jersey with Crosby 87 on the back
Yeah, and would probably piss off our fine PA Governor Ed Rendell, who has been meeting with the folks in Pittsburgh as recently as last week. The official word so far is “optimistic” that a deal can be done to keep the Pens where they belong. I hope they make an announcement soon – I don’t want to have to learn to love a new uniform.
Someone should start a company that makes rosaries in team colors. I have immediate needs: a black, white, and gold one to keep the Pens and a navy, orange, and white one for this weekend (or a Rex Grossman voodoo doll for the off season)
Yes, that is a Browns jersey. I have read and have seen other pics in the past where the browns wore that orange alternate for a preseason game during the Otto Graham era. I don’t remember any other details
Bill T. said:
Is Otto Graham wearing an orange Browns jersey here (left)?
What do the New Yorkers feel about the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets?
And for the Mets fans here: my local baseball team (the New Orleans Zephyrs) just recently became your AAA farm team. Here’s a great article about it.
I’m a Brooklynite and I hate the idea of the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets. Why? Because they’re ripping apart my neighborhood to build the arena… along with unwanted luxury condos, office buildings etc. You should see the proposed design, it’s really atrocious. Oh by the way, to do this they’re using a considerable amount of public monies while engaging in fraudulent and unprecedented use of “eminent domain” law.
Didn’t see this one. Sorry you feel that way but bring on the BROOKLYN NETS!
also it would be a pretty harsh way to break the news to Pens fans that their team is officially moving to KC by displaying a KC jersey with Crosby 87 on the back
Yeah, and would probably piss off our fine PA Governor Ed Rendell, who has been meeting with the folks in Pittsburgh as recently as last week. The official word so far is “optimistic” that a deal can be done to keep the Pens where they belong. I hope they make an announcement soon – I don’t want to have to learn to love a new uniform.
Someone should start a company that makes rosaries in team colors. I have immediate needs: a black, white, and gold one to keep the Pens and a navy, orange, and white one for this weekend (or a Rex Grossman voodoo doll for the off season)
tessa, I found some sports rosaries for you. Not team-colored, but sports’ related. No hockey, though.
also it would be a pretty harsh way to break the news to Pens fans that their team is officially moving to KC by displaying a KC jersey with Crosby 87 on the back
Yeah, and would probably piss off our fine PA Governor Ed Rendell, who has been meeting with the folks in Pittsburgh as recently as last week. The official word so far is “optimistic” that a deal can be done to keep the Pens where they belong. I hope they make an announcement soon – I don’t want to have to learn to love a new uniform.
Someone should start a company that makes rosaries in team colors. I have immediate needs: a black, white, and gold one to keep the Pens and a navy, orange, and white one for this weekend (or a Rex Grossman voodoo doll for the off season)
tessa, I found some sports rosaries for you. Not team-colored, but sports’ related. No hockey, though.
There used to be a site called hockeyrosary, but it’s no longer working.
Thanks, Minna! According to this article, I’ll need those black, white, and gold ones. Someone wake me up when Pennsylvania officially loses one of the most promising teams in the NHL.
Yes, that is a Browns jersey. I have read and have seen other pics in the past where the browns wore that orange alternate for a preseason game during the Otto Graham era. I don’t remember any other details
Bill T. said:
Is Otto Graham wearing an orange Browns jersey here (left)?
I did a search at corbis.com and found that the Browns wore this jersey at the Chicago Bears on 9/15/55; a night game. In 1955, Cleveland played the Chicago Cardinals twice, but not the Bears, so it was probably a preseason game.
Sorry, I can’t provide a direct link to this photo.
Thanks, Minna! According to this article, I’ll need those black, white, and gold ones. Someone wake me up when Pennsylvania officially loses one of the most promising teams in the NHL.
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. Besides, our color scheme is called scarlet and GRAY, not scarlet and white.
I too am a fan of THE Ohio State University and sport plenty of scarlet and gray myself. I still think that the white version they wore against Northwestern the other night looked much cleaner and sharper than the gray unis.I wonder how much of an eye sore it would be if they decided to take a page from the Washington Wizards and go with scarlet tops and gray bottoms or vice versa.
What do the New Yorkers feel about the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets?
And for the Mets fans here: my local baseball team (the New Orleans Zephyrs) just recently became your AAA farm team. Here’s a great article about it.
I’m not a Nets fan (yet) but I can’t wait for them to come. Those who object are mostly people who live near the arena. NIMBY people I guess.
NIMBY means “not in my back yard.” These developers aren’t satisfied with your back yard. They’re knocking down your whole house, all of your neighbors’ houses and closing down a bunch of small local businesses as well. And then charging you for the service.
a few years ago syracuse played georgia tech in a doubleheader at phillips arena. there was a huge decal at center court that had to be pulled off because players were slipping
Metsfan AZ said:
Will Morris said:
With about two minutes left in the first half of today’s Texas-Villanova game, the refs actually had to peel the Big East decals off of the lane on both ends of the court because the players were slipping on them. I don’t have a pic, but I also don’t remember ever seeing a court decal having to be peeled off because of slippage issues.
#91 by Matt from the 'Ville on 01.21.07 12:17 am |
“The National Football League, Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association all have regulations governing everything from the length of a basketball player’s shorts to the bagginess of a baseball player’s pants to the height of a football player’s socks. The NHL has no formal policy, league spokesman Frank Brown said.”
This is in the Article link in post #86. Appertantly he hasn’t seen Manny, Sean Taylor, or Allen Iverson. By the way I don’t think I have seen the uni’s I Link for Iverson before.
#92 by Brian from Short Island on 01.21.07 12:41 am |
I’m a Nets fan – son of a NY Nets fan back in the Island Garden and Nassau Coliseum days. I can’t wait for the Brooklyn Nets. It’s the sort of homecoming that the Jets should have had. If you Brooklynites don’t want Ratner’s arena in Brooklyn, we’ll take the Nets back on Long Island. But I’m happy with Brooklyn, the central location will ultimately be best for the team.
I leave for one day, and people are already selling off the Penguins.
They are not moving. What the owners of the Penguins did in Kansas City is called “bargaining chip acquisition”. With a prospective owner and arena lease, they can pressure the city of Pittsburgh, the county, and the state to build them a new arena. Lots of sports teams have used this ploy in the past. Lots will use it in the future.
The reason I say this is because the Penguins sold the building out again tonight. If Pittsburgh wants to keep this team, and it appears that they do, they are going to have to sell out games against Florida and Carolina, two of the lower-ranked teams in the East.
And I will honestly say this: the Florida Panthers, despite their owner’s claims of them staying in Florida, will be looking for a new home sooner rather than later. They don’t play anywhere close to a major centre (a short drive outside Fort Lauderdale), and the team is brutal. They somewhat resemble the Carolina Hurricanes when they played in Raleigh: bad team with a half-filled arena. There are far too many problems in the Florida Panthers’ organization to mention, but this is a team that is seriously in dire straits.
The New Jersey Americans, who eventually became the New York Nets, who eventually became the New Jersey Nets, wore red uniforms. So there is history on the Nets side for wearing red uniforms.
It’s a nice ode to their past, the only thing I see wrong with the jersey is the crappy helix design on the side of the jersey and shorts- it shouldn’t be there. It breaks up a nice stripe design. If they wanted to add more white they should have just made the white stripes between the blue and red larger…
The “crappy helix design” is supposed to look like a basketball net. It is on all of their uniforms: home, away.
I think that, based on NJ having so many bad unis over the years, they’ll never gat a good shake. If a new team came on teh scene in the unis pictured above, nobody would bat an eye.
The New Jersey Nets logo(s) primary, secondary home, road, and grey (and now red) alternates are all great. Congrats to Michael Rowe and Rod Thorn for the great work….and on a classy uniform set!!!
I’m pretty skeptical of the “leaked†NHL uni designs because one they illustrate only a small number of teams new threads in what is to be a league wide overhaul and two many of the teams that are shown have multiple uniform designs despite the fact that the “third†or alternate jerseys would be temporarily eliminated with the new template…
Gotta be another goofy unemployed Creamer-kid working on his Illustrator techniques…which need help in the worst way not to say so do his design skills…yech.
What do the New Yorkers feel about the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets?
And for the Mets fans here: my local baseball team (the New Orleans Zephyrs) just recently became your AAA farm team. Here’s a great article about it.
Wow, thanks for the heads up on that. I was wondering what team would step up in place of that Nats. I hope to get out to see some games this coming year, making the drive from Baton Rouge. Zs games are really a good time.
#1 by Austin Miller on 01.20.07 8:26 am |
Man those nets UNI’s are UGLY!!
#2 by Trey on 01.20.07 9:15 am |
I might prefer them to the recent grey alts. I’m not sure though…
#3 by Rich on 01.20.07 9:24 am |
Austin Miller said:
What make em that way for you? I think they look fine. sometimes simple is good.
#4 by Kenny on 01.20.07 9:31 am |
Someone posted yesterday about Jeff Samardzija wearing an Under Armour pin, which you can see here (click on the press conference video and advance it to the 10 minute mark and you’ll see it all bright and shiny)
#5 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 10:17 am |
I think that, based on NJ having so many bad unis over the years, they’ll never gat a good shake. If a new team came on teh scene in the unis pictured above, nobody would bat an eye.
gah
P.U.
Not bad, but then they do this.
And while they’re at it, get a relavant logo. No more space jam.
Ugly unis, ugly logo, ugly name, ugly part of the world. U-G-L-Y.
#6 by Heaps on 01.20.07 10:19 am |
The Nets uniforms remind me of the terrible red jerseys the Atlanta Braves sometimes wear.
Just too much.
#7 by Rich Bruns on 01.20.07 10:33 am |
I wasn’t able to find any pictures but in response to yesterday’s soccer discussion, you have to check out the back of the neckline of Arsenal’s red kit this season. The white neckline has a gold cannon on the back of it and it looks pretty damn sweet.
#8 by The Ol Goaler on 01.20.07 10:36 am |
S Bennett said:
Different strokes for diff’rent folks… I kinda like the old ABA unis, although I’d get rid of the “New Jersey” down the side of the road uni.
‘Course, my outlook might be “colored” by my memory of watching Dr. J. against the Spirit of St. Louis at the old St. Louis Arena. (Yes, children, once upon a time before naming rights, there was a sports building called simply… “The Arena!”) ;-)
#9 by Evan on 01.20.07 10:48 am |
Trey said:
Those gray jerseys weren’t great, but they were certainly much better than these monstrosities.
#10 by Miguel on 01.20.07 11:24 am |
Rich Bruns said:
See the cannon, be the cannon. Big matchup between Man U and Arsenal tomorrow at Emirates – especially after Chelsea’s meltdown against Liverpool. Whoever you root for, they are two of the classier kits in soccer today.
#11 by Bill T. on 01.20.07 11:34 am |
My issue with the Nets uniform/logo is that the “s” in “Nets” looks like a backwards “z”. And the addition of silver in the color scheme is unnecessary.
We’ll likely see a new look when they move to Brooklyn.
#12 by B Wach$ on 01.20.07 11:43 am |
They could be worse as far as NY/NJ teams go. These jerseys make Eli look like the scout team QB and he is wearing the jersey because he doesn’t want to get hit.
#13 by MAO on 01.20.07 11:44 am |
I cover the TC Williams High School basketball team (you know, from Remember the Titans) and last night they had a varsity double-header as opposed to the usual boys at home, girls on the road set-up. So, it was the first time I’d seen the girls’ team this year. They can be added to the list of teams wearing the new, Y-back unis. I don’t have a picture, unfortunately, but they looked great compared to the other team.
By the way, remember the name Mike Davis. He’s a senior at TC, a 6′9″ center with a nice shot and some serious hops.
#14 by Bill T. on 01.20.07 11:58 am |
Is Otto Graham wearing an orange Browns jersey here (left)?
#15 by Brandon Grimm on 01.20.07 12:01 pm |
Speaking of those old gray Nets uniforms, how do you feel about home teams wearing gray. I’ve seen the Ohio State and West Virgina basketball teams, just to name two, doing this recently. I think they look aweful. They dull the accent colors and look cheap compared to their “regular” white unis. I understand wanting to be a little different with your unis, if you can call a NIKE uniform different, but at least let it look good.
#16 by Jeff B on 01.20.07 12:04 pm |
The way to judge a uniform is how it looks in action. I would say, based on limited exposure, that the Nets reds would look alright on most courts, look at how many other red teams have red unis that look good. But I found that watching them on the orange floor at MSG and mixed with the Knicks home white and oranges, I had to squint at how bright and rediculous that looked.
#17 by Bill T. on 01.20.07 12:21 pm |
Jeff B said:
“Red”-iculous? Was that a misspelling or a subconscious slip?
Kidding aside, I agree that the frequent clashing of uniforms and court colors makes the game difficult to watch at times. Many NBA teams go to too much effort in their floor designs.
#18 by Billy B. on 01.20.07 12:26 pm |
Bill T. said:
If you thought watching the Knicks and Nets were bad, this was the hardest basketball game I’ve tried to watch. It was extremely difficult to tell the teams apart. Now Illinois doesn’t wear their orange jerseys at home as much anymore.
#19 by Matt H. on 01.20.07 12:36 pm |
Even as tough as it is to watch the Knicks as a fan, with the Nets’ red jerseys in there, I thought my eyes were going to melt…
#20 by Sean R. on 01.20.07 12:52 pm |
Looking at that picture of Jason Kidd as me wondering something. Wasn’t one of this year’s new NBA rules supposed to be that you can only wear sweatbands on the wrist, not pulled up high like that? Has the league gotten more lax with this as time has gone on, like so many other league-wide initiatives of years past?
#21 by Patrick Jonas on 01.20.07 12:55 pm |
Brandon Grimm said:
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. Besides, our color scheme is called scarlet and GRAY, not scarlet and white. I also love WVU’s grey version (which is an odd choice by them considering the fact that gray is not officially one of the school’s colors), and how about the grays that the Patriots wear once or twice per season? That’s one of my current favorites. AHH, the beauty of gray. One of my pet peeves, though is the teams like Georgia Tech who have gold alternate unis which they wear for both home and away games. When was the last time we got to see their navy blues or their whites? It’s tiring to watch week in, week out. You’ve got two more colors–USE THEM!!
#22 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 12:58 pm |
Jeff B said:
What about when the Bulls come to town?
#23 by Rich Bruns on 01.20.07 1:01 pm |
Billy B. said:
I remember the same thing happening when Ohio State played at Illinois a few years ago. Thankfully when they played this season, Illinois wore their white jerseys. And just curious, does Illinois have a navy basketball jersey? I can’t seem to recall it but wouldn’t doubt it.
#24 by Billy B. on 01.20.07 1:12 pm |
Rich Bruns said:
Illinois does have blue jerseys. They wore them against Arizona, Xavier, and Minnesota this year. This is the best picture I coould get.
#25 by Billy B. on 01.20.07 1:14 pm |
Not sure what I did wrong there. These are the Illinois blue jerseys.
#26 by Shane on 01.20.07 1:18 pm |
During this morning’s West Ham United – Newcastle United match, West Ham’s Nigel Quashie took an elbow to the skull from Obafeme Martins and had to come out for treatment. He came back onto the pitch with a blank shirt. No name or number on the back.
I’ve seen players get bloodied up and change to a numbered shirt with no name before, but never a completely blank shirt.
#27 by Eric on 01.20.07 1:29 pm |
i really dig this verion…
…and like the grays, too.
#28 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 1:30 pm |
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. That’s one of my current favorites.
Fair enough. Good point.
One of my pet peeves, though is the teams like Georgia Tech who have gold alternate unis which they wear for both home and away games.
This brings up a question I’ve been mulling for a little while. What’s the stance on yellow as a home uni colour In the big leagues, it’s been used a fair amount over the years. Just off the top of my head:
LA – NBA
Pittsburgh – MLB
San Diego – MLB
Oakland – MLB
LA – NHL
Pittsburgh
Vancouver
Vancouver
California – NHL
It sounds like potential fodder for an article. It would be cool to not onlyu see how many major league teams have gone yellow at home, but it would be cool to hear some of the motvation behind the decision as well. California is definitely a leader in this phenomenon. Surely it isn’t about being the “golden state” is it? How corny …
#29 by STUBZ(Dennis Abrams) on 01.20.07 1:31 pm |
Shane said:
I’m not sure if I understand why they don’t let athletes play with too much blood on their uniforms. Are these restrictions put in place out of fear of AIDs or something?
#30 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 1:35 pm |
I’ve seen players get bloodied up and change to a numbered shirt with no name before, but never a completely blank shirt.
Yeah – thefew times I’ve seen it happen, teh players come back wiht the number 50 shirt. Ten bucks says West ham just brings a handful of blanks then hits the home side up for heat transfer numbers and letters during halftime, or earlier if they can get an equipment manager sort it out sooner. I guess tha’s a benefit of the entire league using the same fonts.
But surely that’s not the only reaon for eht uniform font. ANyine know the reason why the english and Scottish leagues (and MLS, among other soccer leagues) have standard fonts?
#31 by TD on 01.20.07 1:39 pm |
MAO: I used to cover WT Woodson back in the day. Too much red/white/blue in one room if you ask me..
Needless to say, I try to not Remember The Titans as much as possible :)
#32 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 1:40 pm |
I’m not sure if I understand why they don’t let athletes play with too much blood on their uniforms. Are these restrictions put in place out of fear of AIDs or something?
I’ve never heard an official explanation, but I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.
#33 by Bryan on 01.20.07 1:44 pm |
S Bennett said:
Yeah – thefew times I’ve seen it happen, teh players come back wiht the number 50 shirt. Ten bucks says West ham just brings a handful of blanks then hits the home side up for heat transfer numbers and letters during halftime, or earlier if they can get an equipment manager sort it out sooner. I guess tha’s a benefit of the entire league using the same fonts.
But surely that’s not the only reaon for eht uniform font. ANyine know the reason why the english and Scottish leagues (and MLS, among other soccer leagues) have standard fonts?
There’s a good discussion about that in yesterday’s comments, if I remember correctly.
#34 by Ryan on 01.20.07 1:46 pm |
Kenny said:
smardzja UA pin
http://chicagosports...
#35 by Miguel on 01.20.07 1:49 pm |
Rich Bruns said:
Illinois navy jersey in action against Minnesota this week.
#36 by Metsfan AZ on 01.20.07 1:51 pm |
Ryan said:
MMMBOP!!
#37 by maximumK on 01.20.07 1:51 pm |
Billy B. said:
Hmm…hopefully we won’t see a repeat of those colors in abot 10 minutes…
#38 by Dave S on 01.20.07 1:51 pm |
Ugly unis, ugly logo, ugly name, ugly part of the world. U-G-L-Y.
Ugly part of the world? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Where the hell are you from that gives you the right to call where other people call home “ugly”? Hate on the unis all you want, but take your Jersey-bashing somewhere else.
#39 by Josh W. on 01.20.07 1:56 pm |
Patrick Jonas said:
Georgia Tech wears white at home, not gold.
S Bennett said:
You can also add the Golden State Warriors to that list of yellow wearing teams at home.
#40 by maximumK on 01.20.07 2:06 pm |
maximumK said:
Thank goodness. Illinois wore white. Unfortunately, Bruce Weber decided to wear that damn orange suit.
#41 by Tony Payne on 01.20.07 2:16 pm |
okay no basketball jersey can de-ugly the mavericks alternate silvers a few years back
they were so hideous, that the team changed out of them at half time and came back in the normal away blues
i think it was like 02-03 season
any help with a pic?
#42 by Ryan on 01.20.07 2:22 pm |
Tony Payne said:
http://www.usatoday....
#43 by Steve on 01.20.07 2:38 pm |
The New Jersey Americans, who eventually became the New York Nets, who eventually became the New Jersey Nets, wore red uniforms. So there is history on the Nets side for wearing red uniforms.
#44 by billy on 01.20.07 2:40 pm |
Kenny said:
Jeff reminds me of the character from “Dazed & Confused”
#45 by billy on 01.20.07 2:41 pm |
oooooppps, this guy
#46 by ThresherK on 01.20.07 2:45 pm |
Jeff B said:
I’m assessing the home team an unofficial Pantonista Purple Card: Get into the locker room and come back out with something else. We can’t play the game this way, can we?
#47 by tessa on 01.20.07 3:16 pm |
S Bennett said:
I’m not sure if I understand why they don’t let athletes play with too much blood on their uniforms. Are these restrictions put in place out of fear of AIDs or something?
I’ve never heard an official explanation, but I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.
It is most likely an overreaction to the Universal Precautions put out by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The worry is really about Hepatitis B, not AIDS. There has only been one case of athletic transmittal of AIDS – a recreational soccer player in Italy (see link).
So you can avoid all of the dry medical stuff and get right to the Uni stuff:
2.3 Interruption of a sports activity for a change of equipment or uniform in situations in which an athlete is not actively bleeding is unwarranted. If an athlete’s equipment (such as tape or padding) appears wet with blood or if blood has penetrated both sides of a uniform fabric, the equipment or uniform should be changed and blood on the skin should be washed off at the earliest convenient time (for example, when play is stopped for other reasons). Small amounts of dried blood on uniforms or equipment do not constitute a risk for transmission of blood-borne pathogens; therefore, changing a uniform or a piece of equipment in this condition is unwarranted.
One of the more interesting sports-related points about the Universal Precautions is in Hockey. If blood spills on the field of play in other sports, someone has to clean it up. In Hockey, the referees simply have to use their skate to mix the blood with the ice – any viruses that you would worry about are killed by the ice’s temperature.
#48 by bg on 01.20.07 3:20 pm |
Bill T. said:
i absolutely agree on that.
#49 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 3:28 pm |
Dave S said:
Ugly part of the world? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Where the hell are you from that gives you the right to call where other people call home “ugly”? Hate on the unis all you want, but take your Jersey-bashing somewhere else.
New Jersey has a lot of beautiful places. I spent a week in New Brunswick, and I saw why it’s called the Garden State.
That said, the Meadowlands is ugly. I stand by that. Don’t like it? That’s you’re prerogative.
#50 by Jeff B on 01.20.07 3:31 pm |
Thank goodness. Illinois wore white. Unfortunately, Bruce Weber decided to wear that damn orange suit.
I thought about that Knick/Nets game last night when I turned on this game, but thank God they wore the white. Plus Illinois has blue in the paint and center court is mainly blue text, so it doesn’t clash as harshly as at MSG.
As far as the orange suit. Burn it!
#51 by Jeff B on 01.20.07 3:36 pm |
And if you notice in this pic, Illinois used to have orange lanes. They seem to have learned from their mistakes.
#52 by Jeff B on 01.20.07 3:37 pm |
Ah not that pic again. This one.
#53 by Will Morris on 01.20.07 3:46 pm |
With about two minutes left in the first half of today’s Texas-Villanova game, the refs actually had to peel the Big East decals off of the lane on both ends of the court because the players were slipping on them. I don’t have a pic, but I also don’t remember ever seeing a court decal having to be peeled off because of slippage issues.
#54 by Jeff I on 01.20.07 3:49 pm |
With all this talk about ugly bball unis, call me crazy, but I actually like the yellow Oregon bball jersey (aside from the ‘o’ on the collar)
http://oregoninsider...
#55 by Metsfan AZ on 01.20.07 4:29 pm |
Jeff I said:
I like the Oregon O.
#56 by Ed Findlay on 01.20.07 4:29 pm |
Jeff I said:
Prepare for incoming flak, if you go against the unwritten rule of hating everything Oregon wears you will get roasted….
And they are a good looking design, the stripes work well with the uniform instead of being a distraction.
#57 by Metsfan AZ on 01.20.07 4:33 pm |
Will Morris said:
Reminds me of the end of the Chicago Marathon
#58 by Ed Findlay on 01.20.07 4:33 pm |
Steve said:
It’s a nice ode to their past, the only thing I see wrong with the jersey is the crappy helix design on the side of the jersey and shorts- it shouldn’t be there. It breaks up a nice stripe design. If they wanted to add more white they should have just made the white stripes between the blue and red larger…
#59 by DRob on 01.20.07 5:01 pm |
What do the New Yorkers feel about the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets?
And for the Mets fans here: my local baseball team (the New Orleans Zephyrs) just recently became your AAA farm team. Here’s a great article about it.
#60 by Clevo on 01.20.07 5:10 pm |
I know alot of posters here hate Nike, but the US national soccer team looks so much better in their Nike unis than anything Adidas has made for the MLS.
Of course, the national teams unis are based on a vintage design, but I’ll take that over leaguewide templates.
I would like to see the national squad adopt a proper collar though.
#61 by Florian on 01.20.07 5:11 pm |
Anybody else watching the Valuev-McCline boxing fight? Man, McCline’s trunks are hideous. Sparkly babyblue and silver.
#62 by Swift on 01.20.07 5:28 pm |
S Bennett said:
New Jersey has a lot of beautiful places. I spent a week in New Brunswick, and I saw why it’s called the Garden State.
That said, the Meadowlands is ugly. I stand by that. Don’t like it? That’s you’re prerogative.
Sorry, Jersey-ites, but the other 49 agree that Jersey = ugly. It’s just the way it is, so go with it. I’m from West Virginia. I gave up on being offended by all the tooth and cousin jokes long ago.
#63 by Giancarlo on 01.20.07 5:36 pm |
DRob said:
I’m a Brooklynite and I hate the idea of the Nets becoming the Brooklyn Nets. Why? Because they’re ripping apart my neighborhood to build the arena… along with unwanted luxury condos, office buildings etc. You should see the proposed design, it’s really atrocious. Oh by the way, to do this they’re using a considerable amount of public monies while engaging in fraudulent and unprecedented use of “eminent domain” law.
#64 by Denis on 01.20.07 5:38 pm |
MAO said:
#65 by Mike Miller on 01.20.07 5:44 pm |
Billy B. said:
The Big Ten made a rule after that game that red/orange and orange/yellow couldn’t be worn as competing colors. So Illinois will wear orange against the Penn States, Purdues, Michigan States, and Northwesterns of the world, but not against Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio State, or Michigan/Iowa/Minnesota if they decide to wear gold on the road.
#66 by Mike Miller on 01.20.07 5:50 pm |
Shane said:
I saw Volz from Fulham a couple years back have to change into a blank jersey. Referees usually don’t care as long as there is only one player with a blank jersey (becomes #0 or something of the like) running around. They know who it’s supposed to be.
#67 by Scott on 01.20.07 5:51 pm |
The new NHL unis have been leaked:
http://online.2kspor...
#68 by Bill T. on 01.20.07 6:05 pm |
Scott said:
Methinks someone has gone crazy with Photoshop.
#69 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 6:14 pm |
Scott said:
I’m suspicious about these unis, particularly because of the alternate tops and the presence of more than Habs template. Both are sacreligious, by the way.
#70 by Jeff I on 01.20.07 6:18 pm |
Scott said:
Those are concept designs done over on Chris Creamer’s message board several months ago, and have now been posted on ever single hockey message board in history.
#71 by Original Jim on 01.20.07 6:34 pm |
Bill T. said:
Well, there has been silver in the Nets logo for about 10 years, so it’s not like it was just added for the uniforms.
#72 by C.N. on 01.20.07 7:04 pm |
Patrick Jonas said:
Georgia Tech doesn’t have regular navy basketball jerseys. And after how the Yellow Jackets’ football team played in the navy jerseys in the ACC title game, I wouldn’t blame the school if it avoided using that color ever again.
#73 by Beats on 01.20.07 7:15 pm |
I’m pretty skeptical of the “leaked” NHL uni designs because one they illustrate only a small number of teams new threads in what is to be a league wide overhaul and two many of the teams that are shown have multiple uniform designs despite the fact that the “third” or alternate jerseys would be temporarily eliminated with the new template (also it would be a pretty harsh way to break the news to Pens fans that their team is officially moving to KC by displaying a KC jersey with Crosby 87 on the back)
#74 by Tom on 01.20.07 7:18 pm |
The Ol Goaler said:
Ah yes, the St. Louis Arena – Home of the St. Louis Blues. My home away from home back in the 1970’s!
#75 by S Bennett on 01.20.07 7:40 pm |
Tom said:
Don’t you mean… the Checkerdome, as named by Purina after they bought it in 77?
#76 by Dan on 01.20.07 7:41 pm |
Villanova wore 1985 throwbacks with a tiny Nike logo on the left hip (opposite the Big East logo). Good job to Nike for once.
http://sports.espn.g...
#77 by Minna H. on 01.20.07 8:34 pm |
Will Morris said:
They actually took one off because the players were slipping on it (left end from TV view). They took the other end off just to make it match (per the announcers).
Those all-silver unis (sorry, don’t remember which. Mavs?) are seriously wrong. I like silver a great deal, but the player looked like he should have a pole to go with his shiny uni.
#78 by tessa on 01.20.07 9:06 pm |
Beats said:
Yeah, and would probably piss off our fine PA Governor Ed Rendell, who has been meeting with the folks in Pittsburgh as recently as last week. The official word so far is “optimistic” that a deal can be done to keep the Pens where they belong. I hope they make an announcement soon – I don’t want to have to learn to love a new uniform.
Someone should start a company that makes rosaries in team colors. I have immediate needs: a black, white, and gold one to keep the Pens and a navy, orange, and white one for this weekend (or a Rex Grossman voodoo doll for the off season)
#79 by Nick on 01.20.07 9:07 pm |
Yes, that is a Browns jersey. I have read and have seen other pics in the past where the browns wore that orange alternate for a preseason game during the Otto Graham era. I don’t remember any other details
Bill T. said:
#80 by subway on 01.20.07 9:22 pm |
DRob said:
I’m not a Nets fan (yet) but I can’t wait for them to come. Those who object are mostly people who live near the arena. NIMBY people I guess.
#81 by subway on 01.20.07 9:27 pm |
Giancarlo said:
Didn’t see this one. Sorry you feel that way but bring on the BROOKLYN NETS!
#82 by Paulio on 01.20.07 10:21 pm |
Bill T. said:
It looks gray to me….
#83 by Minna H. on 01.20.07 10:45 pm |
tessa said:
tessa, I found some sports rosaries for you. Not team-colored, but sports’ related. No hockey, though.
Pray for victory.
There used to be a site called hockeyrosary, but it’s no longer working.
#84 by tessa on 01.20.07 10:50 pm |
Minna H. said:
Thanks, Minna! According to this article, I’ll need those black, white, and gold ones. Someone wake me up when Pennsylvania officially loses one of the most promising teams in the NHL.
#85 by Bill T. on 01.20.07 10:59 pm |
Nick said:
I did a search at corbis.com and found that the Browns wore this jersey at the Chicago Bears on 9/15/55; a night game. In 1955, Cleveland played the Chicago Cardinals twice, but not the Bears, so it was probably a preseason game.
Sorry, I can’t provide a direct link to this photo.
#86 by Kevin Z on 01.20.07 11:05 pm |
not sure if anyone linked to this before, but here’s a new article on the new nhl uniforms and possible discipline for altering them
#87 by Minna H. on 01.20.07 11:15 pm |
tessa said:
Hm. Well, you can design your own, but I think you need a miracle. Or, a miracle rosary.
Or, just buy one of each.
#88 by Brandon Grimm on 01.20.07 11:30 pm |
I dig the gray jerseys. As an Ohio State fan, I think it’s a nice departure from the norm without making too big a fuss about it. Besides, our color scheme is called scarlet and GRAY, not scarlet and white.
I too am a fan of THE Ohio State University and sport plenty of scarlet and gray myself. I still think that the white version they wore against Northwestern the other night looked much cleaner and sharper than the gray unis.I wonder how much of an eye sore it would be if they decided to take a page from the Washington Wizards and go with scarlet tops and gray bottoms or vice versa.
#89 by Giancarlo on 01.20.07 11:34 pm |
subway said:
NIMBY means “not in my back yard.” These developers aren’t satisfied with your back yard. They’re knocking down your whole house, all of your neighbors’ houses and closing down a bunch of small local businesses as well. And then charging you for the service.
#90 by edr on 01.20.07 11:50 pm |
a few years ago syracuse played georgia tech in a doubleheader at phillips arena. there was a huge decal at center court that had to be pulled off because players were slipping
Metsfan AZ said:
#91 by Matt from the 'Ville on 01.21.07 12:17 am |
“The National Football League, Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association all have regulations governing everything from the length of a basketball player’s shorts to the bagginess of a baseball player’s pants to the height of a football player’s socks. The NHL has no formal policy, league spokesman Frank Brown said.”
This is in the Article link in post #86. Appertantly he hasn’t seen Manny, Sean Taylor, or Allen Iverson. By the way I don’t think I have seen the uni’s I Link for Iverson before.
#92 by Brian from Short Island on 01.21.07 12:41 am |
I’m a Nets fan – son of a NY Nets fan back in the Island Garden and Nassau Coliseum days. I can’t wait for the Brooklyn Nets. It’s the sort of homecoming that the Jets should have had. If you Brooklynites don’t want Ratner’s arena in Brooklyn, we’ll take the Nets back on Long Island. But I’m happy with Brooklyn, the central location will ultimately be best for the team.
#93 by Patrick Jonas on 01.21.07 12:41 am |
My apolgies on the Georgia Tech misinformation. Thanks for the correction.
#94 by Mike Miller on 01.21.07 12:51 am |
The LA Kings are wearing jersey patches that resemble the banner raised tonight for #20 Luc Robitaille.
#95 by S Bennett on 01.21.07 1:47 am |
And for the Mets fans here: my local baseball team (the New Orleans Zephyrs) just recently became your AAA farm team. Here’s a great article about it.
Is it just me, or are those two tossing beads out on to an empty street?
#96 by Teebz on 01.21.07 1:51 am |
I leave for one day, and people are already selling off the Penguins.
They are not moving. What the owners of the Penguins did in Kansas City is called “bargaining chip acquisition”. With a prospective owner and arena lease, they can pressure the city of Pittsburgh, the county, and the state to build them a new arena. Lots of sports teams have used this ploy in the past. Lots will use it in the future.
The reason I say this is because the Penguins sold the building out again tonight. If Pittsburgh wants to keep this team, and it appears that they do, they are going to have to sell out games against Florida and Carolina, two of the lower-ranked teams in the East.
And I will honestly say this: the Florida Panthers, despite their owner’s claims of them staying in Florida, will be looking for a new home sooner rather than later. They don’t play anywhere close to a major centre (a short drive outside Fort Lauderdale), and the team is brutal. They somewhat resemble the Carolina Hurricanes when they played in Raleigh: bad team with a half-filled arena. There are far too many problems in the Florida Panthers’ organization to mention, but this is a team that is seriously in dire straits.
#97 by Jon on 01.21.07 4:38 am |
Ed Findlay said:
The “crappy helix design” is supposed to look like a basketball net. It is on all of their uniforms: home, away.
#98 by concealed78 on 01.21.07 3:17 pm |
S Bennett said:
I always liked the basketball net design on the grey shorts. That was probably the best team “logo” they ever made.
#99 by bg on 01.21.07 6:25 pm |
Esiason is wearing an Angry Homeless Man hoody on the pre-game. He calls Bill ‘Monk Man.’
#100 by Dieter on 01.21.07 7:45 pm |
The Hornets wear yellow in NO.
#101 by James on 01.21.07 10:54 pm |
Jeff B said:
That looks like an orange sport coat to me.
#102 by JimmyMac on 01.21.07 11:21 pm |
The New Jersey Nets logo(s) primary, secondary home, road, and grey (and now red) alternates are all great. Congrats to Michael Rowe and Rod Thorn for the great work….and on a classy uniform set!!!
#103 by JimmyMac on 01.21.07 11:31 pm |
I’m pretty skeptical of the “leaked†NHL uni designs because one they illustrate only a small number of teams new threads in what is to be a league wide overhaul and two many of the teams that are shown have multiple uniform designs despite the fact that the “third†or alternate jerseys would be temporarily eliminated with the new template…
Gotta be another goofy unemployed Creamer-kid working on his Illustrator techniques…which need help in the worst way not to say so do his design skills…yech.
#104 by Kerry on 01.22.07 11:27 am |
DRob said:
Wow, thanks for the heads up on that. I was wondering what team would step up in place of that Nats. I hope to get out to see some games this coming year, making the drive from Baton Rouge. Zs games are really a good time.