Here’s a pretty late entry to Paul’s list of sailor-cap wearing college mascots.
Back before “Hokies” really took off as the knickname for the university, Virginia Tech was known as the Home of the Fighting Gobblers. (Back in the day VT even had an actual, real life Gobbler walking around the football field.) Well, there used to be this scoreboard with a cap-wearing Gobbler head that would gobble whenever the home team scored.
BTW, that photo is from 1972, back when Virginia Tech wore the Commonwealth of Virginia-TECH helmets (sans Eastern Shore). I always liked geographically-oriented logos like that.
this board has been too whiny lately. I think the all star NBA jerseys look really sharp. I think the patches give the warmups a letterman’s jacket feel. The Vegas themed card suits make it even more cool.
The cards suits look kinda tacky, but the idea is in the right place. And with so many players with different numbers of patches, it just doesn’t look uniform.
This might be a little heretical, but I’d like to see college hoops teams switch to wearing colors at home. There’s often an emphasis on the crowd wearing the school’s primary color (Grateful Red, Orange Crush, etc) which is great, except that the team the crowd is cheering for is clad in white. Last night OSU had the White Out going vs MI State, which was nice except that (1) white could represent ANY home team and (2) white isn’t even one of OSU’s colors. I suppose a Gray Out wouldn’t have worked as well.
Anyhoo, the teevee is showing UVA at Clemson. the fans are dressed in orange (though not overwhelmingly), and so are the visitors.
That said, I think the NHL move to colored home unis was a shameless grab for merch sales.
this board has been too whiny lately. I think the all star NBA jerseys look really sharp. I think the patches give the warmups a letterman’s jacket feel. The Vegas themed card suits make it even more cool.
I agree – about the unis. They look cool, and imcorperate the essence of the host city well. I also like the idea of putting a player’s former appearances on his warmup.
I LOVE the warmups and really dig the “East” “West” script on the jerseys. I had forgotten the game was in Las Vegas and when I saw the unis I immediately thought “VEGAS!”.
I dislike the back of the unis with the name under the number, and the colored backpiece. Also, I dislike the stripes down the side but for different reasons. I usually like the adidas stripes and think it’s more classic than logo creep, but on the All Star unis it’s way too busy.
This might be a little heretical, but I’d like to see college hoops teams switch to wearing colors at home. There’s often an emphasis on the crowd wearing the school’s primary color (Grateful Red, Orange Crush, etc) which is great, except that the team the crowd is cheering for is clad in white. Last night OSU had the White Out going vs MI State, which was nice except that (1) white could represent ANY home team and (2) white isn’t even one of OSU’s colors. I suppose a Gray Out wouldn’t have worked as well.
I’d be all for that. The only argument I really see against it (aside from tradition) is the this-way-the-fans-get-to-see-lots-of-colors thing. But having a crowd in all white looks pretty foolish.
Thanks to the NFL people for not screwing up like MLB did with their postseason gear. I mean I still bought a Cardinals WS Champs hat…but it hasnt left the shelf since it came home. The NLCS hat gets frequent wear though. If I was a Bears or Colts fan I’d buy their stuff if they won…but I’m a Dolphins fan.
this board has been too whiny lately. I think the all star NBA jerseys look really sharp. I think the patches give the warmups a letterman’s jacket feel. The Vegas themed card suits make it even more cool.
The suits on the suits look tacky. But what else can you expect from the NBA? What a bunch of clowns. Don’t their ASGs usually turn into a street-ball invitational anyway?
Why don’t the NFL, MLB, NHL & NBA just move all of their all-star games, and the World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup championships to Las Vegas?
The University of Tulsa men’s basketball team wore 1980 throwbacks last night when they inducted Nolan Richardson into the TU Athletic Hall of Fame. One of the more interesting, to me, parts of the uniform is the blue and white “cloud” pattern on the side panels of the jersey and shorts. It really works with the team name “Golden Hurricane”.
There are several really great shots of the uniforms, and a few other uni-related pics at this link:
Gotta love that Carroll Dawson is still sporting the same old man, thick framed glasses that he’s been wearing since the 1980s. Now that’s tradition.
Someone asked how McGrady was elected to the ASG ahead of Nash and Kobe? It’s the same reason that Yao was elected (even though he’s been injured since mid December and had already said before voting ended that he wouldn’t play if elected) and Shaq was elected (even though he’s barely played): it’s a popularity contest.
McGrady happens to be a pretty likeable guy (he’s never been accused of what Kobe did or didn’t do in Colorado a couple of years ago) and he’s a somewhat flashier player than Nash (this is arbitrary, I’ll concede). It’s not as though Tracy is having a bad year either. Yes Nash probably deserved it more, but the ASG is about popularity amongst the fans and not stats.
And to make this uni related, I really like the All Star duds this year. Given that the game is being played in Vegas, the league could have very easily gone over the top with the uniforms, but instead kept them simple but cool. Sometimes restraint is a good thing.
Tracy McGrady gets into the All Star Game for the same reason that Yao Ming gets elected. The large number of votes that come from China help any player for the Rockets get into the game. The same thing happened a few years ago when Steve Francis was elected as a starter, now that he doesn’t play with Yao he doesn’t receive the help of the China vote. All Star voting is for the fans and the fans get to see whoever they want.
Those are sharp! took the nice design of the conference champs gear and got rid of the silly heather-grey on the hats. I’ll excuse the use of the “I” from “XLI” in “CHAMPIONS”.
As for the NBA all-star stuff, i love the uniforms and the varsity jacket feel of the warmups. It’s the best that the NBA has done in a while for the all-star game. It’s cool that they have a Stardust theme on the shorts in the same time that the Stardust Hotel is getting demolished…I see it as a nice little tribute.
The cards suits look kinda tacky, but the idea is in the right place. And with so many players with different numbers of patches, it just doesn’t look uniform.
It wouldn’t be as obvious, but instead of a patch for each appearance, how about a playing card on each sleeve with the value equaling the number of appearences? If this is your second game you get a 2. seven = 7. It gets a little tricky after 10, but if you did Jack = 11, Queen = 12, and King = 13, it would be OK. No one has more than 13, do they?
It’s off topic, but I would like to thank Uni Watch for when I was in a high school basketball game and I took a charge, the first thing I thought was “ooh, tackle twill!” on the other team’s jerseys.
Hey, was watching the Ohio State basketball game last night and appeared that at half court to the bottom right of the Ohio State logo there was a “registered” mark (The circle with the R in it). I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before on a court (or a field). Is this Ohio State being overprotective of their logo or some other reason?
I wonder if that NY POST writer is aware that early on the Baltimore Colts sported blue
helmets with the horseshoes in the back? And that the Colts were originally the AAFC New York Yankees and then the Dallas Texans (the latter for one year only)?
Gee, I don’t know. However, way back in the Dark Ages (1940s and 50s), the Rams, following their move from Cleveland, wore gold jerseys with Northwestern-style arm stripes in blue and, as I recall, white pants.
As well, not so long ago they changed to white and blue for a season or two — and who knows why?
I’ve figured out exactly what bothers me about the red Pirates jerseys, and it’s the same thing that bothers me about so many of the black alternates: it’s not one of the team’s colors. When I see a two-second clip of onfield action, I can usually figure out what teams are involved. But when the Royals are wearing black, or the Pirates are in red, it’s much harder, because it’s not a color I associate with the team. (New uniforms when a team changes its color scheme are different from adding an alternate in a “new” color while leaving the regular uniforms essentially the same.)
Obviously, there’s an aesthetic component on top of this. A jersey can be beautiful or ugly whether or not it uses the proper team colors, but even a beautiful one is wrong when it doesn’t fit the team’s look/brand.
This touches on #31, where the sadness isn’t that Nike beat adidas, or if adidas had beaten Nike, but that adidas and Nike beat Gonzalez and Federer.
As random as it gets, but does anyone know where i can get a Boise St. jersey? (yes, i am on the bandwagon, but i have been for a year or two)
I usually am not partial to bandwagoneers, but my high school was going to their football camp in the early/mid 90’s when I was there, so I’ve got a soft spot for support their success. So withour further adeiu, google yeilded this site: http://www.collegege...
I’m sure there are others, it was just the first. Go Smurf Turf!
From the “I’m not sure if anyone really cares” file: Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt has had the names on the backs of the jerseys removed for today’s game against Virginia Tech in Atlanta. I have no pictures… or any reason why Hewitt decided to go without names. Does anybody know?
In the trash where they belong. It used to piss me off that they couldn’t pick a shade of blue and stick with it. As a side note, that’s why I dislike the Cowboys unis so much.
In the trash where they belong. It used to piss me off that they couldn’t pick a shade of blue and stick with it. As a side note, that’s why I dislike the Cowboys unis so much.
There’s something to what you say. It’s very disconcerting when, say, the blue on a helmet doesn’t match the blue on the rest of the uniform. And, yes, the Cowboys are major offenders when it comes to choosing and sticking with a particular shade. Over the years their blue has yawed from (what to me is) a dark Columbia to a royal to a navy and to a [what on earth?]. But those Dallas owners have always had more money than a sense of style and class. :(
BTW, and for what it might be worth, I believe the Rams were the very first NFL team to paint their helmets (leather, of course, back then) in a club-specific way. At the time, they were located in CLeveland.
Here’s an image of Tyler Palko at yesterday’s Senior Bowl sporting the Throwback-like script Pitt helmet. New color scheme, old logo. Any new info on that? I love the script (like most Pitt fans) and we’d love to see it back here.
From the “I’m not sure if anyone really cares” file: Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt has had the names on the backs of the jerseys removed for today’s game against Virginia Tech in Atlanta. I have no pictures… or any reason why Hewitt decided to go without names. Does anybody know?
Wait! I care!
It seems to just be one of those motivational things (playin’ for the name on the front instead of the back) since the Jackets can’t seem to find any consistency this year. Here’s a photo where you can kinda tell Young’s name is missing from the jersey. Haven’t found a better photo yet.
In the trash where they belong. It used to piss me off that they couldn’t pick a shade of blue and stick with it. As a side note, that’s why I dislike the Cowboys unis so much.
There’s something to what you say. It’s very disconcerting when, say, the blue on a helmet doesn’t match the blue on the rest of the uniform. And, yes, the Cowboys are major offenders when it comes to choosing and sticking with a particular shade. Over the years their blue has yawed from (what to me is) a dark Columbia to a royal to a navy and to a [what on earth?]. But those Dallas owners have always had more money than a sense of style and class. :(
I always thought the NY Giants in the LT/Carson days were the worst offenders. With Dallas it wasn’t as obvious because they wore a white jersey 14-15 weeks a year.
As random as it gets, but does anyone know where i can get a Boise St. jersey? (yes, i am on the bandwagon, but i have been for a year or two)
I usually am not partial to bandwagoneers, but my high school was going to their football camp in the early/mid 90’s when I was there, so I’ve got a soft spot for support their success. So withour further adeiu, google yeilded this site: http://www.collegege...
I’m sure there are others, it was just the first. Go Smurf Turf!
Thanks to the NFL people for not screwing up like MLB did with their postseason gear. I mean I still bought a Cardinals WS Champs hat…but it hasnt left the shelf since it came home. The NLCS hat gets frequent wear though. If I was a Bears or Colts fan I’d buy their stuff if they won…but I’m a Dolphins fan.
In the trash where they belong. It used to piss me off that they couldn’t pick a shade of blue and stick with it. As a side note, that’s why I dislike the Cowboys unis so much.
There’s something to what you say. It’s very disconcerting when, say, the blue on a helmet doesn’t match the blue on the rest of the uniform. And, yes, the Cowboys are major offenders when it comes to choosing and sticking with a particular shade. Over the years their blue has yawed from (what to me is) a dark Columbia to a royal to a navy and to a [what on earth?]. But those Dallas owners have always had more money than a sense of style and class. :(
I always thought the NY Giants in the LT/Carson days were the worst offenders. With Dallas it wasn’t as obvious because they wore a white jersey 14-15 weeks a year.
We could solve this problem very quickly if all teams, NFL and collegiate, would revert to black or brown leather helmets. That way they could wear whatever color jerseys they desired, even if lime green, fuchsia, or lavender. :)
In the trash where they belong. It used to piss me off that they couldn’t pick a shade of blue and stick with it. As a side note, that’s why I dislike the Cowboys unis so much.
There’s something to what you say. It’s very disconcerting when, say, the blue on a helmet doesn’t match the blue on the rest of the uniform. And, yes, the Cowboys are major offenders when it comes to choosing and sticking with a particular shade. Over the years their blue has yawed from (what to me is) a dark Columbia to a royal to a navy and to a [what on earth?]. But those Dallas owners have always had more money than a sense of style and class. :(
I don’t think Jerry Jones can hear you- he’s busy polishing his five Super Bowl trophies for the lobby of the new stadium.
BTW, and for what it might be worth, I believe the Rams were the very first NFL team to paint their helmets (leather, of course, back then) in a club-specific way. At the time, they were located in CLeveland.
A lot of teams struggled matching the helmets to the jerseys. The Vikings bothered me the most, if only because the purple on the helmet was such a lousy color. Also in that NY Post article I was surprised that no NFC north division teams were mentioned. Aren’t the Bears’ “C”, Green Bay “G”, Lions’ lion and Vikings’ horns just as iconic if not more so than the Giants’ NY? Also not mentioned: the Rams’ horns, the Steelers’ steel logo (bonus for only putting it on one side of the helmet) and the Eagles’ wings.
Found a site that show’s the 1945 Cleveland Rams team photo (wearing their dark jerseys). There is also a picture of Bob Waterfield in a light jersey. Hard to tell the actual color b/c it’s in B&W, but you can see there are no stripes on the sleeves of either uni.
I just noticed after staring at the 1945 Cleveland Rams team photo for a moment that there is a man standing to the far left with a jacket on (player – coach?), he’s showing some sock stripes that are different from all the other players represented in the picture.
Oh yeah… i also realized that the apostrophy in “show’s” from my previous post (#55) shouldn’t be there.
Here’s a football card of Cleveland Rams QB/HB Parker Hall. It was obviously a B&W picture that had been color-tinted. But it supports the idea that at least the pants were “yellow”-gold. Essentially the same colors that the Rams had all of their time in LA and up through the Super Bowl year in St. Louis.
What’s up with the Repetitive Acronym Syndrome on the NFL Conference championship shirts? Why do they say AFC Conference Champions? Doesn’t that read “American Football Conference Conference champions?” Who designs this stuff?
What’s up with the Repetitive Acronym Syndrome on the NFL Conference championship shirts? Why do they say AFC Conference Champions? Doesn’t that read “American Football Conference Conference champions?†Who designs this stuff?
I think it’s someone from the Department of Redundancy Department!
#64 by Brian from Short Island on 01.28.07 11:04 pm |
Michael Rich said:
miken623 said:
From the “I’m not sure if anyone really cares” file: Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt has had the names on the backs of the jerseys removed for today’s game against Virginia Tech in Atlanta. I have no pictures… or any reason why Hewitt decided to go without names. Does anybody know?
Wait! I care!
It seems to just be one of those motivational things (playin’ for the name on the front instead of the back) since the Jackets can’t seem to find any consistency this year. Here’s a photo where you can kinda tell Young’s name is missing from the jersey. Haven’t found a better photo yet.
I was watching the Knicks/Bucs game tonight (I know you are asking why…) and Maurice Williams was wearing an awkward undershirt. It was white, but had like “weights” or something on it, some foreign object…
here’s a pic. look at the left shoulder, u can see like ‘bullet’ looking things.
It’s interesting how the old Kenner Starting Line-up Figures from the ’80’s and ’90’s occasionally leaked uniforms that almost were part of the NBA… Part II.
Check out the Ray LaFrantz Denver jersey that the Nuggets never wore.…
From the “I’m not sure if anyone really cares” file: Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt has had the names on the backs of the jerseys removed for today’s game against Virginia Tech in Atlanta. I have no pictures… or any reason why Hewitt decided to go without names. Does anybody know?
Wait! I care!
It seems to just be one of those motivational things (playin’ for the name on the front instead of the back) since the Jackets can’t seem to find any consistency this year. Here’s a photo where you can kinda tell Young’s name is missing from the jersey. Haven’t found a better photo yet.
Paul Hewitt, proud graduate of St. John Fisher College. Just wanted to see my undergrad alma mater mentioned on this site (I turned down Siena’s offer). :)
Did anyone watch the MD-UNC womens basketball game? UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell’s suit was one for the ages. Pink, with a giant heart-shaped rhinestone broach and– although I just caught a glimpse– I think I saw matching heart shaped buttons. I’m sure she is a nice lady and an excellent coach. But good god, she may be the worst dressed human in sports. Every thing she wears is something that I’d pick up out of a discount bin, hold up to my friends and say “Who would buy this?” If I were Nike, I’d call her and request that she remove the swoosh lapel pin.
I once saw a color poster or media guide on EBAY showing the early Cleveland Rams having Maroon and Yellow/Gold as their colors.
Also, I’ve read on more than one occasion that the LA Rams were discouraged from wearing their Yellow/gold jerseys by the NFL in the late 1950’s because the television audiences (with the broadcasts in black & white) could not easily tell the teams apart
The cards suits look kinda tacky, but the idea is in the right place. And with so many players with different numbers of patches, it just doesn’t look uniform.
It wouldn’t be as obvious, but instead of a patch for each appearance, how about a playing card on each sleeve with the value equaling the number of appearences? If this is your second game you get a 2. seven = 7. It gets a little tricky after 10, but if you did Jack = 11, Queen = 12, and King = 13, it would be OK. No one has more than 13, do they?
Aaron Asham taking the retro all the way back with the fro! It made him play good too, scored twice I believe. Those jersies are sooo good looking, makes me kinda wanna buy one.
I disagree about it being ‘fabulous’, if for no other reason than the following, “…and hockey are different, because they don’t wear hats and helmets, and the logos don’t easily spring to mind.”
I disagree about it being ‘fabulous’, if for no other reason than the following, “…and hockey are different, because they don’t wear hats and helmets, and the logos don’t easily spring to mind.”
Oh well. At least the author tried to talk about hockey.
It’s the NY Post, it costs a quarter during the week and you get what you pay for. As far as the earlier post about why he didn’t consider any other logos…basically they worship the Yanks in the post and will take any chance to slam the Mets. (Hence the NY Yankees logo being iconic and the Mets logo is not because it was “borrowed” from the departing Giants even though that the NL NY logo and the Yankees “iconic” logo were both introduced in 1909. He is right to a point, because most people instantly know the the team when they see that logo.
Still, I think just another chance for the Post to toss Team Steinbrenner’s salad.
I was watching the Knicks/Bucs game tonight (I know you are asking why…) and Maurice Williams was wearing an awkward undershirt. It was white, but had like “weights” or something on it, some foreign object…
here’s a pic. look at the left shoulder, u can see like ‘bullet’ looking things.
[b][i]“Did anyone watch the MD-UNC womens basketball game? UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell’s suit was one for the ages. Pink, with a giant heart-shaped rhinestone broach and– although I just caught a glimpse– I think I saw matching heart shaped buttons. I’m sure she is a nice lady and an excellent coach. But good god, she may be the worst dressed human in sports. Every thing she wears is something that I’d pick up out of a discount bin, hold up to my friends and say “Who would buy this?” If I were Nike, I’d call her and request that she remove the swoosh lapel pin.”[=/i][/b]
There was a reason. She wore the pink outfit to help raise money for breast cancer research.
[b][i]“Did anyone watch the MD-UNC womens basketball game? UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell’s suit was one for the ages. Pink, with a giant heart-shaped rhinestone broach and– although I just caught a glimpse– I think I saw matching heart shaped buttons. I’m sure she is a nice lady and an excellent coach. But good god, she may be the worst dressed human in sports. Every thing she wears is something that I’d pick up out of a discount bin, hold up to my friends and say “Who would buy this?” If I were Nike, I’d call her and request that she remove the swoosh lapel pin.”[=/i][/b]
There was a reason. She wore the pink outfit to help raise money for breast cancer research.
Well, I’d pay money to see her in something half decent.
#1 by Ian on 01.28.07 10:39 am |
FIRST COMMENT!
The warm-up looks like a Cavs jersey IMO.
#2 by ID on 01.28.07 11:02 am |
I have a new gold standard for uniform dreck. I caught a french rugby match featuring Paris Stad Francais. Their uni’s are truly horrible : bad colour scheme, unnecessary piping, and adds all over the place.
Yesterday’s Pirate fans can take some solace that they were not born in Paris.
#3 by Todder85 on 01.28.07 11:13 am |
i still can’t believe he and kobe beat nash for starter! WTF?
#4 by Dan O'Connell on 01.28.07 11:17 am |
Is is just me or do those suits on the sleeve look so outa place?
#5 by Warren Thompson on 01.28.07 11:56 am |
ID said:
Hmmmm … one doesn’t commonly associate the color
pink with the sport of rugby.
#6 by Kyle O on 01.28.07 12:06 pm |
Here’s a pretty late entry to Paul’s list of sailor-cap wearing college mascots.
Back before “Hokies” really took off as the knickname for the university, Virginia Tech was known as the Home of the Fighting Gobblers. (Back in the day VT even had an actual, real life Gobbler walking around the football field.) Well, there used to be this scoreboard with a cap-wearing Gobbler head that would gobble whenever the home team scored.
BTW, that photo is from 1972, back when Virginia Tech wore the Commonwealth of Virginia-TECH helmets (sans Eastern Shore). I always liked geographically-oriented logos like that.
#7 by Sara on 01.28.07 12:09 pm |
Who dresses Michael Irvin? Have you seen his shirt’s color and the length of his tie? He looks like a clown…
#8 by schuby on 01.28.07 12:16 pm |
Where have these Ram’s unis gone?
#9 by Kyle O on 01.28.07 12:47 pm |
I didn’t notice it in the earlier pictures, but even those warmup jerseys have the unnecessary Adidas striping along the sides.
#10 by Brandon on 01.28.07 12:57 pm |
schuby said:
While I’ve gotten used to the current Rams unis I was against them dropping the classic look after the Super Bowl 99 season myself.
#11 by Tony on 01.28.07 1:08 pm |
this board has been too whiny lately. I think the all star NBA jerseys look really sharp. I think the patches give the warmups a letterman’s jacket feel. The Vegas themed card suits make it even more cool.
#12 by B Wach$ on 01.28.07 1:16 pm |
The cards suits look kinda tacky, but the idea is in the right place. And with so many players with different numbers of patches, it just doesn’t look uniform.
#13 by Matt B on 01.28.07 1:27 pm |
This might be a little heretical, but I’d like to see college hoops teams switch to wearing colors at home. There’s often an emphasis on the crowd wearing the school’s primary color (Grateful Red, Orange Crush, etc) which is great, except that the team the crowd is cheering for is clad in white. Last night OSU had the White Out going vs MI State, which was nice except that (1) white could represent ANY home team and (2) white isn’t even one of OSU’s colors. I suppose a Gray Out wouldn’t have worked as well.
Anyhoo, the teevee is showing UVA at Clemson. the fans are dressed in orange (though not overwhelmingly), and so are the visitors.
That said, I think the NHL move to colored home unis was a shameless grab for merch sales.
#14 by S Bennett on 01.28.07 1:32 pm |
Tony said:
I agree – about the unis. They look cool, and imcorperate the essence of the host city well. I also like the idea of putting a player’s former appearances on his warmup.
#15 by Jeff I on 01.28.07 1:37 pm |
I LOVE the warmups and really dig the “East” “West” script on the jerseys. I had forgotten the game was in Las Vegas and when I saw the unis I immediately thought “VEGAS!”.
I dislike the back of the unis with the name under the number, and the colored backpiece. Also, I dislike the stripes down the side but for different reasons. I usually like the adidas stripes and think it’s more classic than logo creep, but on the All Star unis it’s way too busy.
#16 by Frank on 01.28.07 1:41 pm |
Here’s the Super Bowl championship gear
http://sportsillustr...
#17 by Erik on 01.28.07 1:44 pm |
Matt B said:
I’d be all for that. The only argument I really see against it (aside from tradition) is the this-way-the-fans-get-to-see-lots-of-colors thing. But having a crowd in all white looks pretty foolish.
#18 by Seth H on 01.28.07 1:45 pm |
Column in today’s NY Post about “classic” logos/unis: http://www.nypost.co...
#19 by Elliott on 01.28.07 1:49 pm |
As random as it gets, but does anyone know where i can get a Boise St. jersey? (yes, i am on the bandwagon, but i have been for a year or two)
#20 by Allison on 01.28.07 2:07 pm |
Frank said:
Thanks to the NFL people for not screwing up like MLB did with their postseason gear. I mean I still bought a Cardinals WS Champs hat…but it hasnt left the shelf since it came home. The NLCS hat gets frequent wear though. If I was a Bears or Colts fan I’d buy their stuff if they won…but I’m a Dolphins fan.
#21 by Husul on 01.28.07 2:15 pm |
AWESOME AWESOME NY ISLANDERS UNI’S LAST NIGHT!
1972 throwbacks
Dressing Room
ice
#22 by J. Deaton on 01.28.07 2:16 pm |
Tony said:
The suits on the suits look tacky. But what else can you expect from the NBA? What a bunch of clowns. Don’t their ASGs usually turn into a street-ball invitational anyway?
Why don’t the NFL, MLB, NHL & NBA just move all of their all-star games, and the World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup championships to Las Vegas?
#23 by Heath on 01.28.07 2:24 pm |
The University of Tulsa men’s basketball team wore 1980 throwbacks last night when they inducted Nolan Richardson into the TU Athletic Hall of Fame. One of the more interesting, to me, parts of the uniform is the blue and white “cloud” pattern on the side panels of the jersey and shorts. It really works with the team name “Golden Hurricane”.
There are several really great shots of the uniforms, and a few other uni-related pics at this link:
#24 by Heath on 01.28.07 2:26 pm |
Sorry that last post should have had this link:
#25 by Heath on 01.28.07 2:27 pm |
Or this link:
TU uniforms
#26 by Mattthew S. on 01.28.07 2:32 pm |
Gotta love that Carroll Dawson is still sporting the same old man, thick framed glasses that he’s been wearing since the 1980s. Now that’s tradition.
Someone asked how McGrady was elected to the ASG ahead of Nash and Kobe? It’s the same reason that Yao was elected (even though he’s been injured since mid December and had already said before voting ended that he wouldn’t play if elected) and Shaq was elected (even though he’s barely played): it’s a popularity contest.
McGrady happens to be a pretty likeable guy (he’s never been accused of what Kobe did or didn’t do in Colorado a couple of years ago) and he’s a somewhat flashier player than Nash (this is arbitrary, I’ll concede). It’s not as though Tracy is having a bad year either. Yes Nash probably deserved it more, but the ASG is about popularity amongst the fans and not stats.
And to make this uni related, I really like the All Star duds this year. Given that the game is being played in Vegas, the league could have very easily gone over the top with the uniforms, but instead kept them simple but cool. Sometimes restraint is a good thing.
#27 by Patrick on 01.28.07 2:59 pm |
Tracy McGrady gets into the All Star Game for the same reason that Yao Ming gets elected. The large number of votes that come from China help any player for the Rockets get into the game. The same thing happened a few years ago when Steve Francis was elected as a starter, now that he doesn’t play with Yao he doesn’t receive the help of the China vote. All Star voting is for the fans and the fans get to see whoever they want.
#28 by maximumK on 01.28.07 2:59 pm |
Frank said:
Those are sharp! took the nice design of the conference champs gear and got rid of the silly heather-grey on the hats. I’ll excuse the use of the “I” from “XLI” in “CHAMPIONS”.
As for the NBA all-star stuff, i love the uniforms and the varsity jacket feel of the warmups. It’s the best that the NBA has done in a while for the all-star game. It’s cool that they have a Stardust theme on the shorts in the same time that the Stardust Hotel is getting demolished…I see it as a nice little tribute.
#29 by Mike Miller on 01.28.07 3:04 pm |
B Wach$ said:
It wouldn’t be as obvious, but instead of a patch for each appearance, how about a playing card on each sleeve with the value equaling the number of appearences? If this is your second game you get a 2. seven = 7. It gets a little tricky after 10, but if you did Jack = 11, Queen = 12, and King = 13, it would be OK. No one has more than 13, do they?
#30 by Vincent A. Cipollone on 01.28.07 3:19 pm |
It’s off topic, but I would like to thank Uni Watch for when I was in a high school basketball game and I took a charge, the first thing I thought was “ooh, tackle twill!” on the other team’s jerseys.
#31 by Jack on 01.28.07 3:32 pm |
Was anybody else watching the australian open and automatically think “Oh my God, It’s Nike vs. adidas?”
Sadly, like in real life, swooshdom prevailed.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp...
http://www.typically...
#32 by Surge on 01.28.07 3:46 pm |
Hey, was watching the Ohio State basketball game last night and appeared that at half court to the bottom right of the Ohio State logo there was a “registered” mark (The circle with the R in it). I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before on a court (or a field). Is this Ohio State being overprotective of their logo or some other reason?
#33 by Warren Thompson on 01.28.07 3:52 pm |
Seth H said:
I wonder if that NY POST writer is aware that early on the Baltimore Colts sported blue
helmets with the horseshoes in the back? And that the Colts were originally the AAFC New York Yankees and then the Dallas Texans (the latter for one year only)?
#34 by Warren Thompson on 01.28.07 4:01 pm |
schuby said:
Gee, I don’t know. However, way back in the Dark Ages (1940s and 50s), the Rams, following their move from Cleveland, wore gold jerseys with Northwestern-style arm stripes in blue and, as I recall, white pants.
As well, not so long ago they changed to white and blue for a season or two — and who knows why?
#35 by BurghFan on 01.28.07 4:02 pm |
I’ve figured out exactly what bothers me about the red Pirates jerseys, and it’s the same thing that bothers me about so many of the black alternates: it’s not one of the team’s colors. When I see a two-second clip of onfield action, I can usually figure out what teams are involved. But when the Royals are wearing black, or the Pirates are in red, it’s much harder, because it’s not a color I associate with the team. (New uniforms when a team changes its color scheme are different from adding an alternate in a “new” color while leaving the regular uniforms essentially the same.)
Obviously, there’s an aesthetic component on top of this. A jersey can be beautiful or ugly whether or not it uses the proper team colors, but even a beautiful one is wrong when it doesn’t fit the team’s look/brand.
This touches on #31, where the sadness isn’t that Nike beat adidas, or if adidas had beaten Nike, but that adidas and Nike beat Gonzalez and Federer.
#36 by PDXclark on 01.28.07 4:03 pm |
Elliott said:
I usually am not partial to bandwagoneers, but my high school was going to their football camp in the early/mid 90’s when I was there, so I’ve got a soft spot for support their success. So withour further adeiu, google yeilded this site:
http://www.collegege...
I’m sure there are others, it was just the first. Go Smurf Turf!
#37 by miken623 on 01.28.07 4:33 pm |
From the “I’m not sure if anyone really cares” file: Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt has had the names on the backs of the jerseys removed for today’s game against Virginia Tech in Atlanta. I have no pictures… or any reason why Hewitt decided to go without names. Does anybody know?
#38 by Lake on 01.28.07 4:36 pm |
schuby said:
In the trash where they belong. It used to piss me off that they couldn’t pick a shade of blue and stick with it. As a side note, that’s why I dislike the Cowboys unis so much.
#39 by Giancarlo on 01.28.07 4:36 pm |
Actually, the Rams wore blue & white for 9 seasons, 1964-1972. Now that was a great look.
In between the yellow jerseys & the blue & white period they wore this.
#40 by Warren Thompson on 01.28.07 4:44 pm |
Lake said:
There’s something to what you say. It’s very disconcerting when, say, the blue on a helmet doesn’t match the blue on the rest of the uniform. And, yes, the Cowboys are major offenders when it comes to choosing and sticking with a particular shade. Over the years their blue has yawed from (what to me is) a dark Columbia to a royal to a navy and to a [what on earth?]. But those Dallas owners have always had more money than a sense of style and class. :(
#41 by Warren Thompson on 01.28.07 4:50 pm |
BTW, and for what it might be worth, I believe the Rams were the very first NFL team to paint their helmets (leather, of course, back then) in a club-specific way. At the time, they were located in CLeveland.
#42 by STUBZ(DennisAbrams) on 01.28.07 5:09 pm |
Husul said:
Those jerseys are BEAUTIFUL.
#43 by Steve on 01.28.07 5:14 pm |
Here’s an image of Tyler Palko at yesterday’s Senior Bowl sporting the Throwback-like script Pitt helmet. New color scheme, old logo. Any new info on that? I love the script (like most Pitt fans) and we’d love to see it back here.
#44 by Austin Miller on 01.28.07 5:31 pm |
Did Anyone see those Senior Bowl UNis? UGLY!!! Too Much Un der Armour
#45 by Brian from Short Island on 01.28.07 5:58 pm |
Bring back the racing-striped pants and multi-colored gloves
#46 by Michael Rich on 01.28.07 6:00 pm |
miken623 said:
Wait! I care!
It seems to just be one of those motivational things (playin’ for the name on the front instead of the back) since the Jackets can’t seem to find any consistency this year. Here’s a photo where you can kinda tell Young’s name is missing from the jersey. Haven’t found a better photo yet.
http://sports.espn.g...
#47 by MetsFan AZ on 01.28.07 6:37 pm |
Warren Thompson said:
I always thought the NY Giants in the LT/Carson days were the worst offenders. With Dallas it wasn’t as obvious because they wore a white jersey 14-15 weeks a year.
#48 by Elliott on 01.28.07 6:44 pm |
PDXclark said:
Thanks a lot
Allison said:
GO DOLPHINS!!!
#49 by Warren Thompson on 01.28.07 6:54 pm |
MetsFan AZ said:
We could solve this problem very quickly if all teams, NFL and collegiate, would revert to black or brown leather helmets. That way they could wear whatever color jerseys they desired, even if lime green, fuchsia, or lavender. :)
#50 by bg on 01.28.07 7:17 pm |
Warren Thompson said:
I don’t think Jerry Jones can hear you- he’s busy polishing his five Super Bowl trophies for the lobby of the new stadium.
#51 by bg on 01.28.07 7:19 pm |
Warren Thompson said:
Close.
http://www.helmethut...
#52 by Tom on 01.28.07 7:37 pm |
A lot of teams struggled matching the helmets to the jerseys. The Vikings bothered me the most, if only because the purple on the helmet was such a lousy color. Also in that NY Post article I was surprised that no NFC north division teams were mentioned. Aren’t the Bears’ “C”, Green Bay “G”, Lions’ lion and Vikings’ horns just as iconic if not more so than the Giants’ NY? Also not mentioned: the Rams’ horns, the Steelers’ steel logo (bonus for only putting it on one side of the helmet) and the Eagles’ wings.
#53 by Tom C. on 01.28.07 7:39 pm |
I noticed Williams and Reddick had their numbers retired for Duke tonight. Isn’t it a bit early?
I’m in favor of some waiting period to let their accomplishments sink in and make sure they are worthy.
What do people think about this instant legacy attitude?
Not just Duke, but in general…
#54 by Matt from the 'Ville on 01.28.07 7:51 pm |
I knoow this is a uni forum but the picture of Fedor (sp?) Look at how compresed the ball is against his racket. very cool pic.
#55 by Jeff on 01.28.07 7:59 pm |
Found a site that show’s the 1945 Cleveland Rams team photo (wearing their dark jerseys). There is also a picture of Bob Waterfield in a light jersey. Hard to tell the actual color b/c it’s in B&W, but you can see there are no stripes on the sleeves of either uni.
Scroll down to view pictures…
#56 by Florian on 01.28.07 8:00 pm |
I have a new gold standard for uniform dreck. I caught a french rugby match featuring Paris Stad Francais. Their uni’s are truly horrible : bad colour scheme, unnecessary piping, and adds all over the place.
Story on the colors -> here.
#57 by Jeff on 01.28.07 8:06 pm |
I just noticed after staring at the 1945 Cleveland Rams team photo for a moment that there is a man standing to the far left with a jacket on (player – coach?), he’s showing some sock stripes that are different from all the other players represented in the picture.
Oh yeah… i also realized that the apostrophy in “show’s” from my previous post (#55) shouldn’t be there.
#58 by Jeff on 01.28.07 8:14 pm |
Here’s a football card of Cleveland Rams QB/HB Parker Hall. It was obviously a B&W picture that had been color-tinted. But it supports the idea that at least the pants were “yellow”-gold. Essentially the same colors that the Rams had all of their time in LA and up through the Super Bowl year in St. Louis.
#59 by Tony on 01.28.07 9:13 pm |
What’s up with the Repetitive Acronym Syndrome on the NFL Conference championship shirts? Why do they say AFC Conference Champions? Doesn’t that read “American Football Conference Conference champions?” Who designs this stuff?
#60 by Bob from Akron on 01.28.07 9:18 pm |
What’s up with the Repetitive Acronym Syndrome on the NFL Conference championship shirts? Why do they say AFC Conference Champions? Doesn’t that read “American Football Conference Conference champions?†Who designs this stuff?
I think it’s someone from the Department of Redundancy Department!
#61 by Brendan on 01.28.07 9:21 pm |
So I go to mass this morning and what do I see four rows in front of me? Here you go: http://www.footballf...
No wonder God hates Oregon.
#62 by TonyE on 01.28.07 10:17 pm |
http://www.nypost.co...
Fabulous article.
#63 by TonyE on 01.28.07 11:00 pm |
It’s interesting how the old Kenner Starting Line-up Figures from the ’80’s and ’90’s occasionally leaked uniforms that almost were part of the NBA…
Check out the vertical pinstripes on the Stacy Augmon 1993 SLU? Hawks never wore that design…
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
#64 by Brian from Short Island on 01.28.07 11:04 pm |
Michael Rich said:
Former Siena man… I miss Paul Hewitt
#65 by Matt H. on 01.28.07 11:11 pm |
I was watching the Knicks/Bucs game tonight (I know you are asking why…) and Maurice Williams was wearing an awkward undershirt. It was white, but had like “weights” or something on it, some foreign object…
here’s a pic. look at the left shoulder, u can see like ‘bullet’ looking things.
what is it? and anyone got a better pic?
#66 by bg on 01.28.07 11:13 pm |
Matt from the ‘Ville said:
Apart from his obvious talent, he has style. An actual tennis shirt with a collar, tradional shorts, and white sneakers.
The way it was meant to be worn.
#67 by TonyE on 01.28.07 11:42 pm |
It’s interesting how the old Kenner Starting Line-up Figures from the ’80’s and ’90’s occasionally leaked uniforms that almost were part of the NBA… Part II.
Check out the Ray LaFrantz Denver jersey that the Nuggets never wore.…
http://auctions.yaho...
#68 by James Craven on 01.28.07 11:47 pm |
Holy Marquette Warriors circa 1979, Batman with those Tulsa hoops unis.
#69 by Tony Payne on 01.29.07 12:04 am |
bg said:
Logo creep ahoy!
#70 by Lake on 01.29.07 12:07 am |
Brian from Short Island said:
Paul Hewitt, proud graduate of St. John Fisher College. Just wanted to see my undergrad alma mater mentioned on this site (I turned down Siena’s offer). :)
#71 by Swift on 01.29.07 12:22 am |
Did anyone watch the MD-UNC womens basketball game? UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell’s suit was one for the ages. Pink, with a giant heart-shaped rhinestone broach and– although I just caught a glimpse– I think I saw matching heart shaped buttons. I’m sure she is a nice lady and an excellent coach. But good god, she may be the worst dressed human in sports. Every thing she wears is something that I’d pick up out of a discount bin, hold up to my friends and say “Who would buy this?” If I were Nike, I’d call her and request that she remove the swoosh lapel pin.
#72 by Nick on 01.29.07 12:44 am |
CLEVELAND RAMS
I once saw a color poster or media guide on EBAY showing the early Cleveland Rams having Maroon and Yellow/Gold as their colors.
Also, I’ve read on more than one occasion that the LA Rams were discouraged from wearing their Yellow/gold jerseys by the NFL in the late 1950’s because the television audiences (with the broadcasts in black & white) could not easily tell the teams apart
#73 by David on 01.29.07 12:44 am |
Mike Miller said:
I believe Shaw has 14.
#74 by Andrew on 01.29.07 1:41 am |
Aaron Asham taking the retro all the way back with the fro! It made him play good too, scored twice I believe. Those jersies are sooo good looking, makes me kinda wanna buy one.
#75 by Andrew on 01.29.07 1:42 am |
I dont think my link worked
http://www.islanders...
#76 by adr on 01.29.07 2:53 am |
TonyE said:
I disagree about it being ‘fabulous’, if for no other reason than the following, “…and hockey are different, because they don’t wear hats and helmets, and the logos don’t easily spring to mind.”
Logos off the top of my head (aside from the Habs mentioned in the article) Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers…
Oh well. At least the author tried to talk about hockey.
#77 by Andrew on 01.29.07 3:04 am |
Blackhawks. Basically any Original Six team should spring to mind. Those 6 logos are awesome.
#78 by Joe on 01.29.07 6:22 am |
adr said:
It’s the NY Post, it costs a quarter during the week and you get what you pay for. As far as the earlier post about why he didn’t consider any other logos…basically they worship the Yanks in the post and will take any chance to slam the Mets. (Hence the NY Yankees logo being iconic and the Mets logo is not because it was “borrowed” from the departing Giants even though that the NL NY logo and the Yankees “iconic” logo were both introduced in 1909. He is right to a point, because most people instantly know the the team when they see that logo.
Still, I think just another chance for the Post to toss Team Steinbrenner’s salad.
#79 by Matt H. on 01.29.07 7:59 am |
Matt H. said:
anyone else notice this?
#80 by James Craven on 01.30.07 2:44 am |
Swift said:
There was a reason. She wore the pink outfit to help raise money for breast cancer research.
#81 by Swift on 01.30.07 7:25 am |
James Craven said:
Well, I’d pay money to see her in something half decent.