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Rock Star Undergoes Foot Exam

As I’ve repeatedly noted in the past, reader Mark Mihalik is Uni Watch’s undisputed king of footwear studies. He’s particularly adept at spotting customized or modified cleats, as he showed a few years ago when he noticed that Nomar Garciaparra was wearing Adidas spikes with a Reebok tongue. And back when I was on vacation a few months ago, he pinch-hit one day with a great breakdown of ballplayers who wear modified sneakers or cross-trainers.

A few year ago Mark noticed that Doug Mientkiewicz, who had a shoe contract with Adidas at the time, was wearing Nike cleats with clumsily drawn stripes that were unlikely to fool anyone. Now he’s discovered something similar, except the disguise job has been executed much more expertly (making Mark’s detective work all the more impressive). I hereby turn the mic over to him:

Todd Helton has been a longtime exclusive Mizuno guy. Everything’s Mizuno, including bats, batting gloves, cleats, and his first baseman’s mitt. So I can’t believe I didn’t pick up on this until now, especially since it’s been going on since April 17th, but he’s been wearing Nike Air Zoom Clippers almost all season. They’ve just been Mizuno-ized all over. [Meanwhile, check out the bag of seeds in Matt Holliday's pocket, plus the repair job on what appears to have been a tear on the left leg of his pants. -- PL]

Unlike Mientkiewicz’s botch job, this was a much more professional cover-up. It looks he had the the big Nike swooshes on the sides blacked out and had Mizuno logos sewn or glued on over the top (you can tell because the Mizuno logo looks a little more downward-tilted than normal, to run at the same angle as the swoosh it’s covering up, and you can barely see the swoosh outline in some pictures), plus he had the white swooshes on the outsoles blacked out, and even had Mizuno logos added on the heel and tongue. He also had the same treatment applied to a pair of Clipper MCS molded cleats. To go through all that effort, Mizuno’s real cleats must seriously be killing his feet.

Big thanks to Mark for once again sharing the fruits of his impressively obsessive footwear studies.

Uni Watch News Ticker: According to a small item at the very bottom of this page, the Penguins’ had to lower their sleeve numbers slightly in order to make room for their 250th-anniversary patch (with thanks to Casey Blick). … Support our sponsors: Note that Jersey-Joe is offering free shipping on MLB jerseys this week, and the No Mas ad in the right-hand column now links directly to their cool line of T-shirts (including my all-time favorite). … Clinton Portis wore gold shoelaces on Sunday. Further details here (with thanks to Mike Peasley). … How many lower-leg irregularities can you spot in this photo? Or this one? (With thanks to Braden Russell.) … Yesterday I noted that many Illinois players wear “Team” on their nose bumpers. That led Joe J. to note that Eastern Michigan wears “Pride.” Any other interesting nose bumper messages floating around out there? … Man, did those Bills throwbacks look magnificent or what? And sure enough, just as I had suggested might be the case, their helmets had no American flag and no NFL logo (although they did appear to have the warning decal. … Jeremy Brahm notes that the Chinese Basketball Association uses a European-style 7 and the discarded NBA ball from last year (although the design on their all-star uniforms shows a standard ball). … Scott Player and his single-bar facemask are looking for a job.

#1 by =bg= on 10.09.07 9:25 am |

New dugout jackets for playoffs and 2008;

http://shop.mlb.com/...

#2 by possum on 10.09.07 9:33 am |

Thanks for posting early Paul. I’m working early this week and I just yesterday I just kept staring at Sunday’s page trying to send you telepathic messages.

#3 by Robert on 10.09.07 9:35 am |

As I recall, there was a big lawsuit years ago that involved Mike Schmidt and perhaps others. I think that he had a contract to wear one brand of shoe, but altered another brand to look like the one he was contractually obligated to wear, and ended up getting sued. I came across the case one day in law school when I was bored and fiddling around on Westlaw.

#4 by dm00n on 10.09.07 9:40 am |

Jags are asking their fans to wear teal next week:

dm00n said:

Jaguars players returned home to Jacksonville with more than just a big win, they also brought with them an idea somewhat inspired by the sea of red shirts that flooded the stadium in Kansas City.

“We would love it — this Sunday, we’re going to be in our teal jerseys and want all you fans out there to be in your teal shirts,” Mathis said.

#5 by dm00n on 10.09.07 9:42 am |

Chargers go powder blue next week:

dm00n said:

The Chargers will debut their new-look Powder Blue jerseys Sunday as they celebrate Alumni Weekend against the Raiders.

#6 by badly drawn boykins on 10.09.07 9:44 am |

The doctored shoe thing is/was popular in soccer too. For decades, adidas Copa Mundial was the go-to boot for serious soccer players. Players would wear the Copas instead the inferior brands they were endorsing, and simply black out the three stripes to hide them.

I don’t think this is as prevalent these days, with the increased popularity of non-black boots and improvements in footwear technology.

#7 by Robert on 10.09.07 9:44 am |

=bg= said:

New dugout jackets for playoffs and 2008;

http://shop.mlb.com/...

That Giants jacket looks great. It is good to see that some teams are finally going back to understated dugout jackets.

Unfortunately for me, the Reds have left some black accenting on their version, for no good reason at all. (For some reason, my efforts to insert a link to the photo are being rebuffed.)

#8 by Jason on 10.09.07 9:45 am |

I thought the “Jewboys” shirt was your favorite, Paul. Still a classic choice. My fave is this one.

#9 by dm00n on 10.09.07 9:45 am |

Nike leaves hockey:

dm00n said:

Thirteen years after it skated into the hockey industry with its purchase of the world’s largest hockey company, Nike is abandoning Canada’s national game.

Last week, the iconic sports company whose simple swoosh logo is among the world’s most recognized, said it was putting on the block its flagging hockey division, known as NikeBauer.

#10 by Jason G. on 10.09.07 10:03 am |

As is probably the case with a lot of people who grew up in late 80’s/early 90’s, this is my favorite No-Mas shirt.

#11 by Stuby on 10.09.07 10:05 am |

Bad week for QBs named ‘Trent’ as they went 0-3 in the NFL. Last year, it seemed like every QB was named ‘Drew’. What happened to the good old days when QBs were named ‘Joe’?

#12 by Joe Drennan on 10.09.07 10:07 am |

dm00n said:

Nike leaves hockey:

Joe Drennan said:

Thirteen years after it skated into the hockey industry with its purchase of the world’s largest hockey company, Nike is abandoning Canada’s national game.

Last week, the iconic sports company whose simple swoosh logo is among the world’s most recognized, said it was putting on the block its flagging hockey division, known as NikeBauer.

This is great. We might get Baurer back into hockey now without the annoying swoosh accompanying it. While I do own a pair of the old white nike rolleerblades, I never like them in the sport. It seemed to be out of their comfort zone. RBK annoys me too because they’re downplaying CCM, the greatest brand in hockey, but they’re producing quality equipment (jerseys not withstanding) and as a player I apprechiate that. Nikie did nothing for equipment advancement. They simply took what Bauer had produced and slapped their swoosh on it.

#13 by Pat on 10.09.07 10:09 am |

Jason G. said:

As is probably the case with a lot of people who grew up in late 80’s/early 90’s, this is my favorite No-Mas shirt.

That video may be the greatest thing ever put on you tube. I think I pulled one of those on my brother once. It was always a race to see who could press down-down-A first to be the Raiders. The other guy had to be the 49ers as a consolation prize. The only reason I would buy a Wii is to play that game again.

#14 by Alan #44 on 10.09.07 10:11 am |

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

#15 by Adam on 10.09.07 10:12 am |

dm00n said:

Jags are asking their fans to wear teal next week:

Adam said:

Jaguars players returned home to Jacksonville with more than just a big win, they also brought with them an idea somewhat inspired by the sea of red shirts that flooded the stadium in Kansas City.

“We would love it — this Sunday, we’re going to be in our teal jerseys and want all you fans out there to be in your teal shirts,” Mathis said.

The Jaguars could HAND OUT Teal shirts and they still wouldnt play in front of a full house. They are too shaky to be considered a threat. People in this city (Jax) love winners and until they return to there prime, no full house

#16 by ThresherK on 10.09.07 10:16 am |

badly drawn boykins said:

The doctored shoe thing is/was popular in soccer too….Players would wear the Copas instead the inferior brands they were endorsing, and simply black out the three stripes to hide them.

IIRC, Shep Messing (Cosmos goalie) cut his hand while cutting off the trademark swoosh or stripes from a supplied shoe while he endorsed another brand, ~30 years ago.

Does this happen often?

#17 by Stuby on 10.09.07 10:24 am |

ThresherK said:

badly drawn boykins said:

The doctored shoe thing is/was popular in soccer too….Players would wear the Copas instead the inferior brands they were endorsing, and simply black out the three stripes to hide them.

IIRC, Shep Messing (Cosmos goalie) cut his hand while cutting off the trademark swoosh or stripes from a supplied shoe while he endorsed another brand, ~30 years ago.

Does this happen often?

What, hand-cutting?

#18 by Jason G. on 10.09.07 10:26 am |

Stuby said:

Bad week for QBs named ‘Trent’ as they went 0-3 in the NFL. Last year, it seemed like every QB was named ‘Drew’. What happened to the good old days when QBs were named ‘Joe’?

My friends and I have conversations about QB names all the time. It always seems like the good QB’s (or at least the highly touted ones) have odd but epic sounding names. College football is particularly notorious for this. Guys like Colt Brennan, Colt McCoy, Brady Quinn, Major Applewhite, etc. As far as the NFL goes it doesn’t get more epic sounding than Joe Montana, sounds like a cowboy in a western. Dan Marino is pretty heroic sounding name.

#19 by Joe S on 10.09.07 10:30 am |

Robert said:

As I recall, there was a big lawsuit years ago that involved Mike Schmidt and perhaps others. I think that he had a contract to wear one brand of shoe, but altered another brand to look like the one he was contractually obligated to wear, and ended up getting sued. I came across the case one day in law school when I was bored and fiddling around on Westlaw.

Well, Mark & Paul. I hope you’re happy. You’re going to get this poor guy sued. He’s just trying to put food on the table and keep a roof over his family. You know you can’t do that on a baseball salary, so he endorses a product just to make ends meet. The man has to work TWO JOBS! And now you nag him because after all that hard work, he doesn’t want to come home with blistered feet. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves!

#20 by My name is not Earl on 10.09.07 10:31 am |

We all know the real reason Steinbrenner is going to fire Joe Torre: Steinbrenner’s a tradition-oriented guy, and he ptobably couldn’t stand the fact that Torre always seemed to be wearing that pullover instead of his jersey.

Perhaps the Boss should institute a mandatory jersey rule for the next manager (as a New Orleans native, I’d like for that next manager to be Guidry, but I doubt that’s going to happen).

#21 by joe on 10.09.07 10:31 am |

dm00n said:

Nike leaves hockey:

joe said:

Thirteen years after it skated into the hockey industry with its purchase of the world’s largest hockey company, Nike is abandoning Canada’s national game.

Last week, the iconic sports company whose simple swoosh logo is among the world’s most recognized, said it was putting on the block its flagging hockey division, known as NikeBauer.

good now bauer might be good again. if only ccm could get away from RBK

#22 by I AM A WEREWOLF! on 10.09.07 10:32 am |

Pat said:

The only reason I would buy a Wii is to play that game again.

PSSSSTTTT!!!
http://www.virtualne...

Hours and hours and hours and hours … wasted there.

Unlike Todd Helton, I find the nike metal spikes brutal to wear. The metal spikes start puching through the sole and into your feet. Meanwhile, the Mizunos feel like sneakers filled with feathers.

#23 by Stuby on 10.09.07 10:32 am |

Jason G. said:

Stuby said:

Bad week for QBs named ‘Trent’ as they went 0-3 in the NFL. Last year, it seemed like every QB was named ‘Drew’. What happened to the good old days when QBs were named ‘Joe’?

My friends and I have conversations about QB names all the time. It always seems like the good QB’s (or at least the highly touted ones) have odd but epic sounding names. College football is particularly notorious for this. Guys like Colt Brennan, Colt McCoy, Brady Quinn, Major Applewhite, etc. As far as the NFL goes it doesn’t get more epic sounding than Joe Montana, sounds like a cowboy in a western. Dan Marino is pretty heroic sounding name.

I agree. Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas sound much more heroic than Drew Brees and Trent Dilfer.

#24 by Pete on 10.09.07 10:32 am |

The Bills’ throwbacks were nice last night, but I couldn’t help thinking the red helmet stripe looked off-center on several players’ helmets. Maybe it was just the shadows or something about the lighting on the broadcast.

OMG…”wear your teal.” Yeah, because TEAL strikes fear in the hearts of the visitors. “Watch out for those guys – they’re wearing TEAL.” Un-huh, sure. They’re better off going for a black-out. As Dwight Schrute says, “Black is best because it’s the most intimidating.”

China gets NBA hand-me-down balls. Just lovely.

#25 by Jason G. on 10.09.07 10:32 am |

Pat said:

Jason G. said:

As is probably the case with a lot of people who grew up in late 80’s/early 90’s, this is my favorite No-Mas shirt.

That video may be the greatest thing ever put on you tube. I think I pulled one of those on my brother once. It was always a race to see who could press down-down-A first to be the Raiders. The other guy had to be the 49ers as a consolation prize. The only reason I would buy a Wii is to play that game again.

You can play all the classic Nintendo games on your PC if you get an emulator and the roms to go with it. Do an internet search and you can find them. Just remember that you can only use these for backup purposes (wink,wink,nudge,nudge). Also don’t underestimate the Bears on that game. Great defense and Payton is almost as good as Bo.

#26 by ben on 10.09.07 10:34 am |

dm00n said:

Nike leaves hockey:
RBK annoys me too because they’re downplaying CCM, the greatest brand in hockey, but they’re producing quality equipment (jerseys not withstanding) and as a player I apprechiate that. Nikie did nothing for equipment advancement. They simply took what Bauer had produced and slapped their swoosh on it.

I think thats a great point. While Nike never really did anything new-and in fact actually hurt the Bauer/Cooper lines of gear, RBK has really come out swinging with some great stuff. But also, RBK has CCM and Jofa products to sell. CCM was always right there with Bauer for skates, and JOFA was (globally) pretty dominate in protective gear. It just never felt like Nike was into hockey, and didn’t really “get it”. It started with this horrible white Fedorov skates (which hurt to wear and where just crap quality wise for the price). The one90’s are amazing-but for a few hundred less you can get Grafs which are still the Cadillac of hockey skates.

As for inline, forget about it. RBK has really come on strong there, not to mention companies like Tour and Mission. There’s much more competition now than we could have imagined in the mid 1990s when all these conglomerates formed, which is great for the consumer. Just look at the “skate wars” going on in line.

#27 by I AM A WEREWOLF! on 10.09.07 10:38 am |

Jason G. said:

Also don’t underestimate the Bears on that game. Great defense and Payton is almost as good as Bo.

This morning I was steam rolled by Denver.

Elway, Dorsett and Mecklenberg.

Even Tom Jackson.

#28 by Stuby on 10.09.07 10:40 am |

My name is not Earl said:

We all know the real reason Steinbrenner is going to fire Joe Torre: Steinbrenner’s a tradition-oriented guy, and he ptobably couldn’t stand the fact that Torre always seemed to be wearing that pullover instead of his jersey.

Perhaps the Boss should institute a mandatory jersey rule for the next manager (as a New Orleans native, I’d like for that next manager to be Guidry, but I doubt that’s going to happen).

Interesting that Torre was wearing his jersey at the post-game press conference – perhaps his last appearance as Yankee Manager.

#29 by Low Impact Development on 10.09.07 10:41 am |

The Bills uniforms are great, except for the memories of O.J. Simpson.

#30 by Portland Web Designer on 10.09.07 10:45 am |

End the Drew Bledsoe Era officially, Buffalo, and bring back the old unis in tact (looking at you, Chargers).

#31 by Mark on 10.09.07 10:49 am |

Melvin Mora signed with Under Armour before this season, and was wearing their shoes and batting gloves…until he turned up in a pair of Franklin batting gloves midway through the season. At first, the Franklin logo was just blacked out, but after a week or so, the gloves had magically grown Under Armour logos!
Mora eventually returned to regular UA batting gloves.

#32 by Matt B on 10.09.07 10:51 am |

>What happened to the good old days when QBs were named ‘Joe’?

They ruined all our best names, like Bruce and Lance and Julian!

#33 by Eriq Jaffe on 10.09.07 10:54 am |

The Penguins have a 250th Anniversary patch? ;)

#34 by denverjason on 10.09.07 10:56 am |

Wow! Yesterday’s discussion between Gil68 and UW was one of the better “who’s on first?” conversations I have ever read. Great work guys!

#35 by Seth H on 10.09.07 10:56 am |

A case of uniforms impacting player decisions: At a talk by Art Shamsky which I attended last weekend, Shamsky stated that he signed with the Reds as a teenager because he liked the vest uniforms they wore in the early 60s.

#36 by Stuby on 10.09.07 11:03 am |

Watching the highlights from last night, Torre actually wore his jersey out to the mound to pull Wang. :^)

#37 by Ben on 10.09.07 11:03 am |

Who are the guys on the NFL sidelines wearing officials uniforms with the exception of either an all white collared or maroon collared shirt. Clearly not ball boys or chain-gang members.

#38 by Joey Guns on 10.09.07 11:07 am |

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible. It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

#39 by Jason G. on 10.09.07 11:07 am |

Ben said:

Who are the guys on the NFL sidelines wearing officials uniforms with the exception of either an all white collared or maroon collared shirt. Clearly not ball boys or chain-gang members.

Could one of these be the guy with the “K ball”?

#40 by Stuby on 10.09.07 11:13 am |

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

#41 by Matthew S. on 10.09.07 11:14 am |

Jason G. said:

Ben said:

Who are the guys on the NFL sidelines wearing officials uniforms with the exception of either an all white collared or maroon collared shirt. Clearly not ball boys or chain-gang members.

Could one of these be the guy with the “K ball”?

If they’re wearing red hats and are wearing headphones and a mic, at least one of them could be the TV official who is responsible for talking to the booth and signalling to the field officials when the broadcast is back from commercial so that the game can resume.

#42 by jesse on 10.09.07 11:21 am |

Pat said:

Jason G. said:

As is probably the case with a lot of people who grew up in late 80’s/early 90’s, this is my favorite No-Mas shirt.

That video may be the greatest thing ever put on you tube. I think I pulled one of those on my brother once. It was always a race to see who could press down-down-A first to be the Raiders. The other guy had to be the 49ers as a consolation prize. The only reason I would buy a Wii is to play that game again.

You could pick the Giants. LT could get him off the field every once and a while, and he could block all of the extra points.

#43 by Kel on 10.09.07 11:21 am |

OK, I will admit to stupidity. But I don’t understand the joke of the “Fuck Face” tshirt. Can some kind soul take pity on an overtired UniWatch fan and explain it?

#44 by Jason G. on 10.09.07 11:25 am |

There was a Billy Ripken baseball card in the 80’s where he’s holding a bat that says Fuck Face on the bottom. The cards were immediately pulled and are worth a good amount of money today.

#45 by Pat on 10.09.07 11:25 am |

Kel said:

OK, I will admit to stupidity. But I don’t understand the joke of the “Fuck Face” tshirt. Can some kind soul take pity on an overtired UniWatch fan and explain it?

http://www.sportsbas...

#46 by Matthew S. on 10.09.07 11:25 am |

Kel said:

OK, I will admit to stupidity. But I don’t understand the joke of the “Fuck Face” tshirt. Can some kind soul take pity on an overtired UniWatch fan and explain it?

This should explain everything for you Kel: http://www.sportsbas...

Baseball players are great pranksters.

#47 by badly drawn boykins on 10.09.07 11:25 am |

Kel said:

OK, I will admit to stupidity. But I don’t understand the joke of the “Fuck Face” tshirt. Can some kind soul take pity on an overtired UniWatch fan and explain it?

It’s from a Billy Ripken baseball card.

#48 by Dwight on 10.09.07 11:26 am |

Kel said:

OK, I will admit to stupidity. But I don’t understand the joke of the “Fuck Face” tshirt. Can some kind soul take pity on an overtired UniWatch fan and explain it?

An old Billy Ripken (w/ the Orioles) baseball card from the 80s (i think) had “fuck face” written on the knob of the bat he was holding

#49 by Matthew S. on 10.09.07 11:26 am |

Wow, Pat and Jason G and I all responded at, according to the timing, 11:25 am. Scary. Good job guys for beating me to it.

#50 by Jason G. on 10.09.07 11:27 am |

Kel said:

OK, I will admit to stupidity. But I don’t understand the joke of the “Fuck Face” tshirt. Can some kind soul take pity on an overtired UniWatch fan and explain it?

Here’s a pic.

#51 by doogie on 10.09.07 11:27 am |

more shoe talk please!

hey Paul have you ever covered visors in hockey? i recently started playing forward instead of goalie, and i felt it was necessary to spend almost 100 bucks on the oakley visor that looked by far the best with my bauer 4000…ala Marcus Naslund and Joe Sakic etc etc

#52 by Dwight on 10.09.07 11:27 am |

Nice response Uni-watch readers – and no smart-ass comments! Atta-boys!

#53 by SWC Susan (aka Tex) on 10.09.07 11:30 am |

For you Comisky Park fans that were remeniscing yesterday… at UncommonGoods.com they have some pretty neat cufflinks made out of old baseball seats from some of the old stadiums. You will have to search for item no. 15048, it would not let me link directly.

#54 by Graf Zeppelin on 10.09.07 11:30 am |

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

#55 by Dane on 10.09.07 11:31 am |

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

Could you imagine the carnage if Craig Sager and Don Cherry were in the same studio together? Great googly moogly, flat-screen TVs would melt off the wall with that image burning their pixels.

#56 by Pat on 10.09.07 11:31 am |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Why sorry? It’s a little girl’s name.

#57 by badly drawn boykins on 10.09.07 11:33 am |

Stuby said:

ThresherK said:

badly drawn boykins said:

The doctored shoe thing is/was popular in soccer too….Players would wear the Copas instead the inferior brands they were endorsing, and simply black out the three stripes to hide them.

IIRC, Shep Messing (Cosmos goalie) cut his hand while cutting off the trademark swoosh or stripes from a supplied shoe while he endorsed another brand, ~30 years ago.

Does this happen often?

What, hand-cutting?

Hand-cutting, probably not that often, but the logo-stripping moreso. Until very recently, soccer shoes were really, really primitive, just black leather with some marking, so it was easy to take an adidas and slap another logo on it.

Nowadays though, each brand has a distinctive look, and with different colored boots abound, it’s much harder (and probably less necessary) to fake a different brand.

#58 by Korch on 10.09.07 11:35 am |

Pic of Helton wearing Nike Air Max 360’s during a workout:

http://sports.yahoo....

#59 by Alan #44 on 10.09.07 11:35 am |

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

#60 by todd krevanchi on 10.09.07 11:35 am |

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

youre absolutely right its become his trademark. its as though, every day before going to work he says, “im gonna be on national television tonight. what kind of blazer can i wear in order for me to look as ridiculous as possible.”

oh, and about torre?
when larussa leaves this off season to go to seattle, i for one, as a cardinal fan, will welcome back joe torre as cardinal manager with open arms..

#61 by Ben on 10.09.07 11:35 am |

The guys on the NFL sideline are the “K” kicking ball holders. Those ball boys have blue sweatpants and an orange K vest along with a front pouch for the ball. It is also not the TV crew guy who signals for commercials. No orange oven mitt or florescent hat. These guys look exactly like officials just collared shirts. I assumed it was a back-up official but usually like in the playoffs they wear the full uniform with an all-black jacket and part of their uniform top is uncovered.

#62 by Philly Bill on 10.09.07 11:43 am |

Alan #44 said:

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

This guy was also known for his garish suits during ABC’s NBA broadcasts.

But yeah, when it comes to ostentatious haberdashery, all must stand in awe of Grapes.

#63 by Stuby on 10.09.07 11:43 am |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

#64 by Stuby on 10.09.07 11:45 am |

Philly Bill said:

Alan #44 said:

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

This guy was also known for his garish suits during ABC’s NBA broadcasts.

But yeah, when it comes to ostentatious haberdashery, all must stand in awe of Grapes.

The Godfather of Garishness was, of course, Lindsey Nelson. I couldn’t find a good picture of him, unfortunately.

#65 by Graf Zeppelin on 10.09.07 11:57 am |

Stuby said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

Cody Carlson
Gale Gilbert
Rusty Hilger
Tracy Ham
Blair Kiel
Babe Laufenberg
Brady Quinn

#66 by Jason on 10.09.07 11:57 am |

Always been a fan of this guy. Not Jimmy Connors, btw.

#67 by Shane S. on 10.09.07 11:57 am |

Does anyone here know anything about the Angels ever wearing a black jersey? A friend of mine said that a friend of his has one and he would really like to know about it.

Thanks

#68 by Shane on 10.09.07 11:57 am |

doogie said:

more shoe talk please!

hey Paul have you ever covered visors in hockey? i recently started playing forward instead of goalie, and i felt it was necessary to spend almost 100 bucks on the oakley visor that looked by far the best with my bauer 4000…ala Marcus Naslund and Joe Sakic etc etc

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

#69 by Rich on 10.09.07 12:02 pm |

Stuby said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

Gus Frerotte

#70 by Trevor Kruger on 10.09.07 12:02 pm |

dm00n said:

Jags are asking their fans to wear teal next week:

Trevor Kruger said:

Jaguars players returned home to Jacksonville with more than just a big win, they also brought with them an idea somewhat inspired by the sea of red shirts that flooded the stadium in Kansas City.

“We would love it — this Sunday, we’re going to be in our teal jerseys and want all you fans out there to be in your teal shirts,” Mathis said.

We never asked fans to wear red…It just kind of happened. Traditions are a lot cooler when they aren’t forced(I’m looking at you black/white/red/gold/teal/any other color out there-outs all across the nation)

#71 by Jeff on 10.09.07 12:02 pm |

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

What about Spurgeon Wynn! Horrible name and Horrible QB!!!!

#72 by Trevor Kruger on 10.09.07 12:03 pm |

Rich said:

Stuby said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

Gus Frerotte

Elvis Grbac

#73 by Trevor Kruger on 10.09.07 12:05 pm |

Trevor Kruger said:

Rich said:

Stuby said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

Gus Frerotte

Elvis Grbac

oh, and my favorite Iowa State QB of all-time: Sage Rosenfels

and Seneca Wallace is another good name from ISU.

#74 by dm00n on 10.09.07 12:07 pm |

dm00n said:

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

Even if you could be sure the visor wouldn’t break, you’d have to worry about puck marks. They would either block your vision or just be annoying.

Plus they probably wouldn’t want to be more closed in, the masks look like they get hot enough as it is.

#75 by E Ro on 10.09.07 12:07 pm |

dm00n said:

Nike leaves hockey:

E Ro said:

Thirteen years after it skated into the hockey industry with its purchase of the world’s largest hockey company, Nike is abandoning Canada’s national game.

Last week, the iconic sports company whose simple swoosh logo is among the world’s most recognized, said it was putting on the block its flagging hockey division, known as NikeBauer.

This is potentially great news, I have been so upset about the swoosh being pasted next to the bauer logo in the couple of years. Will equipment = cooper, and skates = bauer?? in my dreams.

Hopefully reebok will follow suit, Their looks like it belongs in Pro Beach Hockey. Those two-tone helmets with the ugly different color holes in the side are too much for me. Actually they look good outside of that. I also hate that they changed the ccm logo this year, come on, it has been the same forever, it just makes me think hockey.

#76 by Shane on 10.09.07 12:09 pm |

Trevor Kruger said:

Trevor Kruger said:

Rich said:

Stuby said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

Gus Frerotte

Elvis Grbac

oh, and my favorite Iowa State QB of all-time: Sage Rosenfels

and Seneca Wallace is another good name from ISU.

Scott Zolak. I always used to think of Zorak from Space Ghost.

#77 by Stuby on 10.09.07 12:10 pm |

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

#78 by MLB2PDX on 10.09.07 12:13 pm |

dm00n said:

MLB2PDX said:

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

Even if you could be sure the visor wouldn’t break, you’d have to worry about puck marks. They would either block your vision or just be annoying.

Plus they probably wouldn’t want to be more closed in, the masks look like they get hot enough as it is.

Also, part of the game is for opposing players to spray the goalie with ice when skating/stopping near the goal. Which would stick to a visor.

#79 by E Ro on 10.09.07 12:14 pm |

Here an interesting article from the NHL.com front page about Oakland briefly wearing Gold skates

link

#80 by todd krevanchi on 10.09.07 12:14 pm |

Stuby said:

Philly Bill said:

Alan #44 said:

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

This guy was also known for his garish suits during ABC’s NBA broadcasts.

But yeah, when it comes to ostentatious haberdashery, all must stand in awe of Grapes.

The Godfather of Garishness was, of course, Lindsey Nelson. I couldn’t find a good picture of him, unfortunately.

heywood hale broun was brutal when it came to sportcoats and blazers as well…

interesting note about sager on his wik page.
i guess his eccentric sport coat ways started early in his career…

“What many people do not know about Sager is that he is the fan who was waiting for Henry Aaron at home plate after Aaron hit his 715th home run. Sager can be easily recognized in the fracas at home plate after the home run because of his long white overcoat that he was wearing.”

sure enough i checked, and sure enough, sager is easily spotted at home…
same haircut, ahem, piece, same obnoxious sport coat.

im just curious that if he was “the fan” waiting there, how did “a fan” get there to begin with? especially because of all the tension and threats going on throughout the pursuit.
was there a fan contest to greet hank when he beat the record?
or is it an incorrect statement and was sager working as an on field reporter that night?

id be interested to know.

#81 by Kel on 10.09.07 12:15 pm |

My gratitude for the immediate and prolific responses! Now I understand why it’s a favorite. :)

#82 by Shane on 10.09.07 12:15 pm |

MLB2PDX said:

dm00n said:

Shane said:

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

Even if you could be sure the visor wouldn’t break, you’d have to worry about puck marks. They would either block your vision or just be annoying.

Plus they probably wouldn’t want to be more closed in, the masks look like they get hot enough as it is.

Also, part of the game is for opposing players to spray the goalie with ice when skating/stopping near the goal. Which would stick to a visor.

Bah, just throw a squegee on top of the net along with the water bottle.

Now that I think about it, you’d have to take the mask off to drink water with a visor. Maybe that’s why.

#83 by Jason G. on 10.09.07 12:16 pm |

dm00n said:

Jason G. said:

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

Even if you could be sure the visor wouldn’t break, you’d have to worry about puck marks. They would either block your vision or just be annoying.

Plus they probably wouldn’t want to be more closed in, the masks look like they get hot enough as it is.

I pretty sure 1/2″ thick Lexan is bullet proof. However, the problems you mentioned would still stand.

#84 by joe on 10.09.07 12:20 pm |

doogie said:

more shoe talk please!

hey Paul have you ever covered visors in hockey? i recently started playing forward instead of goalie, and i felt it was necessary to spend almost 100 bucks on the oakley visor that looked by far the best with my bauer 4000…ala Marcus Naslund and Joe Sakic etc etc

hopefully nit, colored visors are lame.

#85 by Charlie on 10.09.07 12:21 pm |

Shane said:

Trevor Kruger said:

Trevor Kruger said:

Rich said:

Stuby said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

Gus Frerotte

Elvis Grbac

oh, and my favorite Iowa State QB of all-time: Sage Rosenfels

and Seneca Wallace is another good name from ISU.

Scott Zolak. I always used to think of Zorak from Space Ghost.

Kordell Stewart (and all Steeler fans shudder)

#86 by Shane on 10.09.07 12:23 pm |

UT had a quarterback a few years back called Major Applewhite. I’m still not sure if that’s completely lame or quite awesome.

#87 by joe on 10.09.07 12:24 pm |

Shane said:

Bah, just throw a squegee on top of the net along with the water bottle.

Now that I think about it, you’d have to take the mask off to drink water with a visor. Maybe that’s why.

in the middle of the action, “hello, Mr. ref can you stop the action so I can squeege my mask?” Lexan is a dumb idea for a goalie mask.

#88 by Marty Met on 10.09.07 12:27 pm |

Stuby said:

Philly Bill said:

Alan #44 said:

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

This guy was also known for his garish suits during ABC’s NBA broadcasts.

But yeah, when it comes to ostentatious haberdashery, all must stand in awe of Grapes.

The Godfather of Garishness was, of course, Lindsey Nelson. I couldn’t find a good picture of him, unfortunately.

Nelson ALWAYS wore multi-colored plaid sports jackets (Over 300 of which he was reputed to have owned) during the Mets broadcasts. They often clashed with the set and his other surroundings and caused scintillation to the picture when his image was being broadcast, the television technology of the time being inadequate to represent them accurately.

also Nelson never sent any of his jackets to the cleaners and they smelled worse than a sanitation worker strike in August.

#89 by kj on 10.09.07 12:28 pm |

Alan #44 said:

Don Cherry is in a class by himself.

He sure is–he’s a doddering old fool whom the game passed by some twenty years ago. I can’t stand him.

#90 by Andy McKillop on 10.09.07 12:29 pm |

I don’t think it’s been mentioned. But EA Sports has started a contest, in which you design you own NBA jersey. They give you all the drawing tools online.

There is also a gallery of what EA thinks are the best jerseys so far.

#91 by CJ on 10.09.07 12:29 pm |

I love the personalized UniWatch Jersey Joe ad.

Free Shipping! (Even the purple ones)

Gave me a good laugh this morning.

#92 by Graf Zeppelin on 10.09.07 12:29 pm |

Shane said:

UT had a quarterback a few years back called Major Applewhite. I’m still not sure if that’s completely lame or quite awesome.

Reminds me of Marshall Applewhite, the Hale-Bopp Comet/Heaven’s Gate suicide cult guy.

#93 by Andy McKillop on 10.09.07 12:31 pm |

The gallery link is:

#94 by jack on 10.09.07 12:31 pm |

dm00n said:

Nike leaves hockey:

jack said:

Thirteen years after it skated into the hockey industry with its purchase of the world’s largest hockey company, Nike is abandoning Canada’s national game.

Last week, the iconic sports company whose simple swoosh logo is among the world’s most recognized, said it was putting on the block its flagging hockey division, known as NikeBauer.

Canada’s national sport is lacrosse, contrary to pupular belief

#95 by ThresherK on 10.09.07 12:34 pm |

Jason G. said:

dm00n said:

ThresherK said:

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

Even if you could be sure the visor wouldn’t break, you’d have to worry about puck marks. They would either block your vision or just be annoying.

Plus they probably wouldn’t want to be more closed in, the masks look like they get hot enough as it is.

I pretty sure 1/2″ thick Lexan is bullet proof. However, the problems you mentioned would still stand.

But I can’t imagine the refraction when it’s bent helping a goalie stop pucks.

#96 by The Modernish Father on 10.09.07 12:41 pm |

The Modernish Father said:

Meanwhile, check out the bag of seeds in Matt Holliday’s pocket

Yeah, Holliday’s apparently addicted to the seeds. My brother and I watched him guzzle down at least six bags in the outfield during a Rockies-Astros game a few months ago.

#97 by The Modernish Father on 10.09.07 12:42 pm |

The Modernish Father said:

Meanwhile, check out the bag of seeds in Matt Holliday’s pocket

Yeah, Holliday’s apparently addicted to the seeds. My brother and I watched him guzzle down at least six bags in the outfield during a Rockies-Astros game a few months ago.

At one point, he even had to make a quick trip to the bullpen between batters to get some more in the middle of an inning.

Dude likes the seeds.

#98 by kj on 10.09.07 12:43 pm |

jack said:

Canada’s national sport is lacrosse, contrary to pupular belief

Actually, while that was true, this leads me to think that changed in 1994. Now, they’re both recognized as national sports.

#99 by Philly Bill on 10.09.07 12:46 pm |

todd krevanchi said:

interesting note about sager on his wik page.
i guess his eccentric sport coat ways started early in his career…

“What many people do not know about Sager is that he is the fan who was waiting for Henry Aaron at home plate after Aaron hit his 715th home run. Sager can be easily recognized in the fracas at home plate after the home run because of his long white overcoat that he was wearing.”

sure enough i checked, and sure enough, sager is easily spotted at home…
same haircut, ahem, piece, same obnoxious sport coat.

im just curious that if he was “the fan” waiting there, how did “a fan” get there to begin with? especially because of all the tension and threats going on throughout the pursuit.
was there a fan contest to greet hank when he beat the record?
or is it an incorrect statement and was sager working as an on field reporter that night?

id be interested to know.

Believe it or not, I actually knew that. I always point it out to some unsuspecting bystander when the Aaron HR footage is shown.

My understanding is that Sager was working at the game as a small-time radio reporter. He wasn’t just a fan who ran onto the field.

#100 by Philly Bill on 10.09.07 12:49 pm |

BTW, the guys who ran the bases with Hank were just fans, and they didn’t seem to find much resistance in getting onto the field. But anyway, I think Sager is just erroneously lumped in with those guys.

#101 by Alan #44 on 10.09.07 12:49 pm |

Byron Leftwich

You mean Brian Lefkowitz?

#102 by Joe Drennan on 10.09.07 12:51 pm |

ThresherK said:

Jason G. said:

dm00n said:

Joe Drennan said:

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

Even if you could be sure the visor wouldn’t break, you’d have to worry about puck marks. They would either block your vision or just be annoying.

Plus they probably wouldn’t want to be more closed in, the masks look like they get hot enough as it is.

I pretty sure 1/2″ thick Lexan is bullet proof. However, the problems you mentioned would still stand.

But I can’t imagine the refraction when it’s bent helping a goalie stop pucks.

I don’t know what company it was, but I know one tried to incorperate such a mask design about 10-15 years back. My understanding was that it was an approved professional Cat_eye cage for the youth levels. The Cat-Eye is not approved for USA Hockey players under 18 or in college because a stick end can fit through the eye holes, that’s why you see the grid style cage at that level untill rescently companies started getting creative.

As a goalie I think a clear scheild is a bad idea as it’s kind of hard to allow for the steam the body ommits to leave a helmet if it’s clsoed in with a scheild. Ask any youth player with an Itech mask and they’re always wiping off fog between shifts or trying the newest miracle ointment to rub on there before a game. I hear shampoo works the best.

The current goalie mask is awsome and the way the bars are aligned there is no problem with visability. Now that I’m old enough to wear a cat eye things are even better.

#103 by Rich on 10.09.07 12:51 pm |

Andy McKillop said:

The gallery link is:

Geez, EA’s favorites are all…well, horrible!

#104 by Portland Graphic Designer on 10.09.07 12:53 pm |

Bad QB name: Will Furrer. Just a bad name to have in life, generally.

#105 by Joba Chamberlain on 10.09.07 12:55 pm |

Those are all ter

Rich said:

Andy McKillop said:

The gallery link is:

Geez, EA’s favorites are all…well, horrible!

Was that generated by some kind of clip art application? Just attrocious.

#106 by CJ on 10.09.07 12:57 pm |

Andy McKillop said:

I don’t think it’s been mentioned. But EA Sports has started a contest, in which you design you own NBA jersey. They give you all the drawing tools online.

There is also a gallery of what EA thinks are the best jerseys so far.

Man, I made a nice Sixers Stars & Stripes motif jersey. I wish I could get a pic of it. . .

#107 by Rich on 10.09.07 12:59 pm |

Rich said:

Andy McKillop said:

The gallery link is:

Geez, EA’s favorites are all…well, horrible!

and it’s too bad you can’t edit the team names. I would bring back the “Bullets”, the way it SHOULD be!

#108 by Dave A on 10.09.07 1:00 pm |

Rich said:

Andy McKillop said:

The gallery link is:

Geez, EA’s favorites are all…well, horrible!

Looks like the basketball version of MLB’s Turn Ahead The Clock jerseys.

#109 by todd krevanchi on 10.09.07 1:04 pm |

The Modernish Father said:

todd krevanchi said:

Meanwhile, check out the bag of seeds in Matt Holliday’s pocket

Yeah, Holliday’s apparently addicted to the seeds. My brother and I watched him guzzle down at least six bags in the outfield during a Rockies-Astros game a few months ago.

At one point, he even had to make a quick trip to the bullpen between batters to get some more in the middle of an inning.

Dude likes the seeds.

i might assume that he is attempting to quit chewing. when i quit, i had a hell of a time with it. i’ll bet i went through 3 packs of gum (the big 20 piece packs) a day. softball was very tough as well, as i alternated seeds and gum.

#110 by Matthew S. on 10.09.07 1:09 pm |

Portland Graphic Designer said:

Bad QB name: Will Furrer. Just a bad name to have in life, generally.

Not as bad, but still unfortunate: Chris Smelley of U. of South Carolina.

http://gamecocksonli...

#111 by Justin on 10.09.07 1:09 pm |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Steve DeBerg

#112 by My name is not Earl on 10.09.07 1:11 pm |

Is Brodie Croyle named after John Brodie? To paraphrase Matthew McConaughey’s character in Dazed and Confused, it would be a lot cooler if he was.

It would make a lot of sense, especially if Croyle’s parents were Scientologists. Yes, I know John Brodie left that religion a while back, but he still would have been in the church when Croyle was born.

#113 by Justin on 10.09.07 1:12 pm |

Any one else notice the logo creep during the 7th inning stretch of the yankees indians game?
During God Bless America… camera pans to the American flag flying with an adidas flag flying almost as strong in the background

#114 by Art Mah on 10.09.07 1:12 pm |

Joe Drennan said:

ThresherK said:

Jason G. said:

dm00n said:

Art Mah said:

I’ve always wondered why no one’s ever tried using a visor on a goalie mask instead of bars. Is there not a strong enough material available?

Even if you could be sure the visor wouldn’t break, you’d have to worry about puck marks. They would either block your vision or just be annoying.

Plus they probably wouldn’t want to be more closed in, the masks look like they get hot enough as it is.

I pretty sure 1/2″ thick Lexan is bullet proof. However, the problems you mentioned would still stand.

But I can’t imagine the refraction when it’s bent helping a goalie stop pucks.

I don’t know what company it was, but I know one tried to incorperate such a mask design about 10-15 years back. My understanding was that it was an approved professional Cat_eye cage for the youth levels. The Cat-Eye is not approved for USA Hockey players under 18 or in college because a stick end can fit through the eye holes, that’s why you see the grid style cage at that level untill rescently companies started getting creative.

As a goalie I think a clear scheild is a bad idea as it’s kind of hard to allow for the steam the body ommits to leave a helmet if it’s clsoed in with a scheild. Ask any youth player with an Itech mask and they’re always wiping off fog between shifts or trying the newest miracle ointment to rub on there before a game. I hear shampoo works the best.

The current goalie mask is awsome and the way the bars are aligned there is no problem with visability. Now that I’m old enough to wear a cat eye things are even better.

As far as goalies go, visors have never been approved by the CSA (Canadian Standards Association) for use as facial protection – which then also carries over to HECC in the States.

I do remember Andy Moog wearing an Itech Concept full shield in the 88 Olympics. But beyond the puck marks and snow impairing vision, the steaming of the inside of the shield would be the most problematic.

I’ve always worn the half & half combo myself, with the visor up top and the cage on the bottom half – helps keep the condensation on the inside of the shield to a minimum and allows air to flow

#115 by Mike on 10.09.07 1:16 pm |

Stuby said:

Philly Bill said:

Alan #44 said:

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

This guy was also known for his garish suits during ABC’s NBA broadcasts.

But yeah, when it comes to ostentatious haberdashery, all must stand in awe of Grapes.

The Godfather of Garishness was, of course, Lindsey Nelson. I couldn’t find a good picture of him, unfortunately.

What about TV analyst Deion?

#116 by badly drawn boykins on 10.09.07 1:16 pm |

If Joe Montana weren’t an NFL QB, it would’ve been a porn name.

#117 by Ben Dover on 10.09.07 1:17 pm |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Why are you sorry about Peyton…he is a Horse Face John Kerry Looking idiot…and his name is stupid too…

you forgot BOBBY HERBERT

#118 by Shaftman on 10.09.07 1:19 pm |

Justin said:

Any one else notice the logo creep during the 7th inning stretch of the yankees indians game?
During God Bless America… camera pans to the American flag flying with an adidas flag flying almost as strong in the background

I did, and immediately thought of the site. I noticed that they didn’t do any more close ups of that particular flag.

#119 by cheswick on 10.09.07 1:26 pm |

speaking of NFL throwback unis, can anyone think of ANY team that wouldn’t look better wearing their respective 1960s unis? Too many of the modern uniforms just look plain ugly and stupid. Many of those old style unis just look so much more “right” for football.

think of the current craptastic Seahawks unis, the clownish Vikings unis, the jokes that the Bengals wear, the awful Atlanta outfits, and on and on.

#120 by Jerico on 10.09.07 1:26 pm |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Quite possibly the best (from college) and, from the pros, the worst (or, at least, the most unfortunate).

#121 by Pete on 10.09.07 1:27 pm |

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

More good:
Joe Ferguson
Dan Marino
Clint Longley
Bert Jones

Bad:
Art Schlichter
Trent Dilfer
Kelly Holcomb

#122 by My name is not Earl on 10.09.07 1:28 pm |

Ben Dover said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Why are you sorry about Peyton…he is a Horse Face John Kerry Looking idiot…and his name is stupid too…

you forgot BOBBY HERBERT

Don’t be ragging on the Cajun Cannon, cher! And you must admit that his son, T-Bob, has the greatest name of all time!

#123 by Ian K on 10.09.07 1:29 pm |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Billy Joe Hobert
Billy Joe Tolliver

#124 by CJ on 10.09.07 1:29 pm |

Aha!

http://i38.photobuck...

#125 by Mark in Cincy on 10.09.07 1:30 pm |

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Let’s not forget one Norman Boomer Esiason

#126 by Joe S on 10.09.07 1:32 pm |

cheswick said:

speaking of NFL throwback unis, can anyone think of ANY team that wouldn’t look better wearing their respective 1960s unis? Too many of the modern uniforms just look plain ugly and stupid. Many of those old style unis just look so much more “right” for football.

think of the current craptastic Seahawks unis, the clownish Vikings unis, the jokes that the Bengals wear, the awful Atlanta outfits, and on and on.

Don’t waste your breath; you’re preaching to the choir.

#127 by Joe Drennan on 10.09.07 1:32 pm |

Mark in Cincy said:

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Let’s not forget one Norman Boomer Esiason

Good – Sid Luckman
Bad – Rex Grossman

#128 by possum on 10.09.07 1:33 pm |

Everybody knows Doug Williams is the greatest QB name of all time. :D

#129 by Joe S on 10.09.07 1:34 pm |

Whoa! Alert – the database has shit the bed!

#130 by Joe S on 10.09.07 1:36 pm |

Joe S said:

Whoa! Alert – the database has shit the bed!

hmmm, nevermind. Did anyone else see all those database errors a minute ago. Perhaps I need to get away from a computer for a while…

#131 by Jonathon Tillis on 10.09.07 1:37 pm |

Does anybody know who made the (Florida Gator, VT Hokies, and probably other schools) jerseys with one orange shoulder that were worn last season. Also, why were they worn?

#132 by Michael Emody on 10.09.07 1:40 pm |

Shane said:

UT had a quarterback a few years back called Major Applewhite. I’m still not sure if that’s completely lame or quite awesome.

Major Applewhite was awesome, but was sidelined for a guy who’s last name implied he was genetically superior: Chris Simms. Despite the fact that Major Applewhite held most of the passing records at UT at the time, fans had to watch Simms throw away a chance at a national championship.
Another great thing about Applewhite’s name: it makes me think of her.

#133 by Stuby on 10.09.07 1:44 pm |

Mark in Cincy said:

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Let’s not forget one Norman Boomer Esiason

Norman, bad. Boomer, good.

#134 by Trevor Kruger on 10.09.07 1:45 pm |

cheswick said:

speaking of NFL throwback unis, can anyone think of ANY team that wouldn’t look better wearing their respective 1960s unis?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Tennesse Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Carolina Panthers just to name a few.

#135 by Joe S on 10.09.07 1:45 pm |

Uni-watcher Uncovers Cheating Politician in Marathon!

#136 by Trevor Kruger on 10.09.07 1:50 pm |

Jonathon Tillis said:

Does anybody know who made the (Florida Gator, VT Hokies, and probably other schools) jerseys with one orange shoulder that were worn last season. Also, why were they worn?

Shockingly enough, it was Nike.

#137 by Shaftman on 10.09.07 1:51 pm |

Trevor Kruger said:

cheswick said:

speaking of NFL throwback unis, can anyone think of ANY team that wouldn’t look better wearing their respective 1960s unis?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Tennesse Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Carolina Panthers just to name a few.

Except for the Bucs, those are new teams. But I would add the NY Jets to the list. Even though they are wearing “retro” uni’s to begin with there are some differences between what they wear now and what Joe Willie wore in ‘69. The coor is a little darker and the stripes are a little different. In all it was nicely redone.

#138 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 10.09.07 1:58 pm |

Joe S said:

Uni-watcher Uncovers Cheating Politician in Marathon!

Kudos to you Victor Sailer, kudos!
You are a true uni watcher.

#139 by Chris on 10.09.07 1:59 pm |

Stuby said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Byron Leftwich
Dieter Brock
Lynn Dickey

CLEO LEMON
DAN MORENO

#140 by Joe S on 10.09.07 2:00 pm |

Trevor Kruger said:

cheswick said:

speaking of NFL throwback unis, can anyone think of ANY team that wouldn’t look better wearing their respective 1960s unis?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Tennesse Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Carolina Panthers just to name a few.

I am going to have to disagree with you on all those except Tampa Bay. Here you can see that the Ravens and Titans definitely looked better. Also, the Jaguars and Panthers didn’t exist, so that was also better.

#141 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 10.09.07 2:02 pm |

Trevor Kruger said:

Jonathon Tillis said:

Does anybody know who made the (Florida Gator, VT Hokies, and probably other schools) jerseys with one orange shoulder that were worn last season. Also, why were they worn?

Shockingly enough, it was Nike.

unbelievable!
sure enough, on espn classic right now, miami is playing georgia tech, wearing the orange sleeved green jerseys!

#142 by Joe S on 10.09.07 2:05 pm |

Chris said:

CLEO LEMON
DAN MORENO

Is that supposed to be Dan Marino or are you saying that there was also a quarterback named Dan Moreno? Because if there was, then that would definitely have to go on the list. He is obviously trying to steal some of Dan Marino’s illiterate fans! That ain’t right!

#143 by kings33 on 10.09.07 2:08 pm |

Nice article in this week’s Sports Business Journal about Cracking the NFL dress code…Apparently the Players Association is tired of the fines for wearing team colored tape… all exposed tape is to be opaque white

#144 by Kenny on 10.09.07 2:11 pm |

CJ said:

Andy McKillop said:

I don’t think it’s been mentioned. But EA Sports has started a contest, in which you design you own NBA jersey. They give you all the drawing tools online.

There is also a gallery of what EA thinks are the best jerseys so far.

Man, I made a nice Sixers Stars & Stripes motif jersey. I wish I could get a pic of it. . .

This one (link)?

#145 by Craig on 10.09.07 2:16 pm |

Pete said:

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

More good:
Joe Ferguson
Dan Marino
Clint Longley
Bert Jones

Bad:
Art Schlichter
Trent Dilfer
Kelly Holcomb

Lets all have a moment of silence for the Greatest Bad QB Name Division of all time…the old AFC Central with Bubby Brister, Boomer Esiason, Warren Moon and Bernie Kosar…Bubby, Boomer, Bernie and Warren…Sounds like a Dungeons and Dragons club list.

#146 by dw438 on 10.09.07 2:18 pm |

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Go back a few years.
Yelberton Abraham Tittle [49ers/Giants]
[He Said Tittle! [heh heh]]
Dick Wood [NY Titans/Jets]
Norman Esiason …East Islip/Maryland/Cincy/Jets/CBS/MSG/Westwood One/WFAN
Daryle Lamonica [When the Raiders Were Men]

#147 by dw438 on 10.09.07 2:20 pm |

Philly Bill said:

Alan #44 said:

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

This guy was also known for his garish suits during ABC’s NBA broadcasts.

But yeah, when it comes to ostentatious haberdashery, all must stand in awe of Grapes.

No one holds a candle to the late, great Lindsey Nelson, who has jackets in various Halls of Fame.

#148 by Justin on 10.09.07 2:21 pm |

Jim Druckenmiller
Gary Hogeboom

#149 by Trevor Kruger on 10.09.07 2:23 pm |

Shaftman said:

Trevor Kruger said:

cheswick said:

speaking of NFL throwback unis, can anyone think of ANY team that wouldn’t look better wearing their respective 1960s unis?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Tennesse Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Carolina Panthers just to name a few.

Except for the Bucs, those are new teams.

Hence, my answer for the question…

#150 by Shaftman on 10.09.07 2:28 pm |

Trevor Kruger said:

Shaftman said:

Trevor Kruger said:

cheswick said:

speaking of NFL throwback unis, can anyone think of ANY team that wouldn’t look better wearing their respective 1960s unis?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Tennesse Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Carolina Panthers just to name a few.

Except for the Bucs, those are new teams.

Hence, my answer for the question…

Did you read the rest of my answer. It’s post #136.

#151 by Jon Horton on 10.09.07 2:29 pm |

The mention of the single bar punter brought this to mind.

It wasn’t on a uniform, but it did take me back to Old School. Outside the Cowboys locker room at Texas Stadium is their old logo with the Helmet and old style double bar. It looked right out of the 80’s.
Ed Werder of ESPN used it as a backdrop for his standup on Sunday. With all the money they spend redoing stadiums and facilities, I find it interesting that they would not update the loco right outside the locker room.
Hooray Old School!
(Now if my beloved SMU Mustangs would return to their old school helmet – the blue is nice – but I have a lot of memories tied up in those helmets. I know – those were days the program would like to forget – but the design was awesome.)

#152 by Stuby on 10.09.07 2:37 pm |

Jon Horton said:

The mention of the single bar punter brought this to mind.

It wasn’t on a uniform, but it did take me back to Old School. Outside the Cowboys locker room at Texas Stadium is their old logo with the Helmet and old style double bar. It looked right out of the 80’s.
Ed Werder of ESPN used it as a backdrop for his standup on Sunday. With all the money they spend redoing stadiums and facilities, I find it interesting that they would not update the loco right outside the locker room.
Hooray Old School!
(Now if my beloved SMU Mustangs would return to their old school helmet – the blue is nice – but I have a lot of memories tied up in those helmets. I know – those were days the program would like to forget – but the design was awesome.)

I know its just a typo, but “update the loco” made me chuckle.

#153 by kings33 on 10.09.07 2:41 pm |

Kenny said:

CJ said:

Andy McKillop said:

I don’t think it’s been mentioned. But EA Sports has started a contest, in which you design you own NBA jersey. They give you all the drawing tools online.

There is also a gallery of what EA thinks are the best jerseys so far.

Man, I made a nice Sixers Stars & Stripes motif jersey. I wish I could get a pic of it. . .

This one (link)?

Sadly, EA treats my favorite category as an afterthought – Typography.

Now Radial Arching, no Vertical Arching. Nor unning the name vertially down the back of the jersey. No font styles for the numbers.

I will at least give them props that “Saltalamacchia” fits on the back the way they did it.

#154 by Larry M on 10.09.07 2:47 pm |

Julius Jones of the Cowboys is wearing the new Schutt helmet called the Air XP.
I would assume he is the first NFL player to wear one.
On Schutt’s website, this helmet is touted as “having the advanced cushioning system of Skydex II in the classic shell many players prefer”
I still can’t figure this one out. The XP could easily be mistaken for a DNA or a Ion.

#155 by joe on 10.09.07 2:49 pm |

Joe Drennan said:

Mark in Cincy said:

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Let’s not forget one Norman Boomer Esiason

Good – Sid Luckman
Bad – Rex Grossman

good Sid Luckman
Bad anyone else from the bears since then

#156 by Mark Mihalik on 10.09.07 2:53 pm |

A few things…

#1 – I’m not a foot fetishist, as Paul loves to jokingly mention, time and time again…

#2 – Paul: little typo above… “and even had Mizuno logos added on the here and tongue.” It should be “heel”… it’s tough to see, but the linked image has a very tiny Mizuno logo on the heel.

#3 – As all the NikeTalkers in here likely already know, the 2008 Nike Team fall catalogs have been released. You can check out the football catalog here (which features some sweet cleats, and a bunch of excessively piped and side-paneled “Nike World” uniforms), and the fall catalogs for a bunch of other sports by going here, going to “Team Info”, “Catalogs”, and then “Fall ‘08″. Enjoy.

#157 by Paul Lukas on 10.09.07 2:55 pm |

Justin said:

Any one else notice the logo creep during the 7th inning stretch of the yankees indians game?
During God Bless America… camera pans to the American flag flying with an adidas flag flying almost as strong in the background

Several people have mentioned this to me (I didn’t see it because I just can’t deal with Ronan Tynan’s 18-minute-long version of the song). MLB.TV’s video achive doesn’t include the 7th inning stretch, so I can’t get a screen grab. Any TiVo it?

#158 by Stuby on 10.09.07 3:01 pm |

Paul Lukas said:

Justin said:

Any one else notice the logo creep during the 7th inning stretch of the yankees indians game?
During God Bless America… camera pans to the American flag flying with an adidas flag flying almost as strong in the background

Several people have mentioned this to me (I didn’t see it because I just can’t deal with Ronan Tynan’s 18-minute-long version of the song). MLB.TV’s video achive doesn’t include the 7th inning stretch, so I can’t get a screen grab. Any TiVo it?

You’re not the only one, Paul. Why do the networks insist on showing that song whenever they do a game from Yankee Stadium?

#159 by Philly Bill on 10.09.07 3:04 pm |

Stuby said:

Paul Lukas said:

Justin said:

Any one else notice the logo creep during the 7th inning stretch of the yankees indians game?
During God Bless America… camera pans to the American flag flying with an adidas flag flying almost as strong in the background

Several people have mentioned this to me (I didn’t see it because I just can’t deal with Ronan Tynan’s 18-minute-long version of the song). MLB.TV’s video achive doesn’t include the 7th inning stretch, so I can’t get a screen grab. Any TiVo it?

You’re not the only one, Paul. Why do the networks insist on showing that song whenever they do a game from Yankee Stadium?

Why do you hate America?

[/sarcasm]

#160 by Noel Blaha on 10.09.07 3:14 pm |

University of Toledo has “ATTACK” on their helmet bumpers. . . or at least they did the last time I checked.

#161 by Aaron Scholder on 10.09.07 3:24 pm |

The Penguins patch looks awful on their white jersey. Way too close to the numbers: http://sports.yahoo....

#162 by dm00n on 10.09.07 3:24 pm |

dm00n said:

University of Toledo has “ATTACK” on their helmet bumpers. . . or at least they did the last time I checked.

Cool.

#163 by Mike Engle on 10.09.07 3:28 pm |

dm00n said:

Mike Engle said:

University of Toledo has “ATTACK” on their helmet bumpers. . . or at least they did the last time I checked.

Cool.

Holy Toledo! That is a disgusting uni stripe.

#164 by Viren on 10.09.07 3:28 pm |

Sorry if this was posted already,
http://sports.espn.g...

“Upon further review, the San Jose Sharks are wearing arguably the ugliest uniforms in any team sport in the history of team sports.”

John Buccigross is crazy..

#165 by Joey Guns on 10.09.07 3:38 pm |

todd krevanchi said:

Stuby said:

Philly Bill said:

Alan #44 said:

Stuby said:

Joey Guns said:

Alan #44 said:

That guy doing on field reporting during the Yankee game sure was wearing an ugly suit.

And by the way, how many fucking times do I need to see a close up of the Cleveland manager!!!!!

Craig Sager always has the ugliest suits possible.

It’s become his trademark.

Look at this gem:

http://thesportshern...

Sager’s got nothing on this guy.

He looks like the Grand Wizard of Wrestling.
Don Cherry is in a class by himself. But he also is a RIOT!!! Check out his You Tube videos.

This guy was also known for his garish suits during ABC’s NBA broadcasts.

But yeah, when it comes to ostentatious haberdashery, all must stand in awe of Grapes.

The Godfather of Garishness was, of course, Lindsey Nelson. I couldn’t find a good picture of him, unfortunately.

heywood hale broun was brutal when it came to sportcoats and blazers as well…

interesting note about sager on his wik page.
i guess his eccentric sport coat ways started early in his career…

“What many people do not know about Sager is that he is the fan who was waiting for Henry Aaron at home plate after Aaron hit his 715th home run. Sager can be easily recognized in the fracas at home plate after the home run because of his long white overcoat that he was wearing.”

sure enough i checked, and sure enough, sager is easily spotted at home…
same haircut, ahem, piece, same obnoxious sport coat.

im just curious that if he was “the fan” waiting there, how did “a fan” get there to begin with? especially because of all the tension and threats going on throughout the pursuit.
was there a fan contest to greet hank when he beat the record?
or is it an incorrect statement and was sager working as an on field reporter that night?

id be interested to know.

I know a few people have chimed in on this. I was watching a tv broadcast a few weeks ago, and they said for sure that Sager was working for a small time radio or tv station when he was on the field for Hank Aaron’s home run. He tried (unsuccessfully) to get an interview as Aaron crossed home plate.

#166 by Scott W on 10.09.07 3:44 pm |

Viren said:

Sorry if this was posted already,
http://sports.espn.g...

“Upon further review, the San Jose Sharks are wearing arguably the ugliest uniforms in any team sport in the history of team sports.”

John Buccigross is crazy..

I don’t think he’s so crazy. And I’m a Sharks fan. I think it’s designed well, as far as the stripes and yokes and concerned, but I think the teal is too light. And the logo looks like a roller-hockey jersey that a bunch of 15-year-olds designed. Those front jersey numbers have yet to grow on me…

#167 by George on 10.09.07 4:10 pm |

In my disgust at this sight, I’ve accidentally put this in the wrong post TWICE. My apologies to all.

I really hope that we don’t wear these on national TV tomorrow night.

http://www.shoppittp...

#168 by Trump1010 on 10.09.07 4:10 pm |

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Bad… Drew Bledsoe-much-he-needed-a-transfusion

#169 by Marty Met on 10.09.07 4:12 pm |

Viren said:

Sorry if this was posted already,
http://sports.espn.g...

“Upon further review, the San Jose Sharks are wearing arguably the ugliest uniforms in any team sport in the history of team sports.”

John Buccigross is crazy..

Remove the STUPID shoulder patches and the front numbers and they would be OK.

#170 by DenverGregg on 10.09.07 5:06 pm |

Ian K said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Billy Joe Hobert
Billy Joe Tolliver

Glad someone else remembers Norris Weese!

More bad names:

Robbie Bosco
Lynn Dickey
Brian Sipe
Danny Wuerffel

#171 by ryan on 10.09.07 5:09 pm |

While watching the miami-Houston football game, I noticed teh place kicker for the dolphins was wearing a pair of bright orange receiver gloves. Seriously, it was indoors! Anyone notice anything like this before?

#172 by Christopher on 10.09.07 5:22 pm |

Stuby said:

Paul Lukas said:

Justin said:

Any one else notice the logo creep during the 7th inning stretch of the yankees indians game?
During God Bless America… camera pans to the American flag flying with an adidas flag flying almost as strong in the background

Several people have mentioned this to me (I didn’t see it because I just can’t deal with Ronan Tynan’s 18-minute-long version of the song). MLB.TV’s video achive doesn’t include the 7th inning stretch, so I can’t get a screen grab. Any TiVo it?

You’re not the only one, Paul. Why do the networks insist on showing that song whenever they do a game from Yankee Stadium?

Not to get too political here, but I thought it was as tastless as LT dancing with the flag a few weeks ago- for all the same reason.

Luckily, well… we don’t have to see it until next year!

#173 by =bg= on 10.09.07 5:26 pm |

(disclosure: frmr Dallas resident, lifetime Cowboys fan even tho I am in SF)

NICE Bills unis last night. Woulda liked to have see Dallas do the same. And I CANNOT believe they pulled it out- when they botched the two pointer i clicked it off. Mistake. Waiting for 3p SportsCenter to see it on tape.

#174 by +JohnnyBoy- on 10.09.07 5:26 pm |

joe said:

Joe Drennan said:

Mark in Cincy said:

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Let’s not forget one Norman Boomer Esiason

Good – Sid Luckman
Bad – Rex Grossman

good Sid Luckman
Bad anyone else from the bears since then

Henry Burris

#175 by Matthew S. on 10.09.07 5:36 pm |

ryan said:

While watching the miami-Houston football game, I noticed teh place kicker for the dolphins was wearing a pair of bright orange receiver gloves. Seriously, it was indoors! Anyone notice anything like this before?

Actually Reliant Stadium has a retractable roof, but then again it wasn’t exactly chilly in Houston for the game….David Carr used to wear gloves (even occasionally on his passing hand) at home sometimes when he was with the Texans.

http://i.a.cnn.net/s...

Here’s picture of him even doing it in practice: http://assets.espn.g...

It doesn’t look particularly cold or wet in either situation. He was just weird.

#176 by Dan on 10.09.07 5:45 pm |

+JohnnyBoy- said:

joe said:

Joe Drennan said:

Mark in Cincy said:

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Let’s not forget one Norman Boomer Esiason

Good – Sid Luckman
Bad – Rex Grossman

good Sid Luckman
Bad anyone else from the bears since then

Henry Burris

The greatest QB name of all-time.

#177 by CJ on 10.09.07 6:21 pm |

Kenny said:

CJ said:

Andy McKillop said:

I don’t think it’s been mentioned. But EA Sports has started a contest, in which you design you own NBA jersey. They give you all the drawing tools online.

There is also a gallery of what EA thinks are the best jerseys so far.

Man, I made a nice Sixers Stars & Stripes motif jersey. I wish I could get a pic of it. . .

This one (link)?

Nah, the gallery is of the “best” (if best means “vomit-inducing”).

Here, I had to prntscrn + paste to get it.
http://i38.photobuck...

Anybody like it?

#178 by Chuck Ryals on 10.09.07 6:42 pm |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle most interesting name in football: the Cleveland Browns had a WR in the 70’s named Fair Hooker! :-)

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

#179 by Perry on 10.09.07 7:33 pm |

Adam said:

dm00n said:

Jags are asking their fans to wear teal next week:

Perry said:

Jaguars players returned home to Jacksonville with more than just a big win, they also brought with them an idea somewhat inspired by the sea of red shirts that flooded the stadium in Kansas City.

“We would love it — this Sunday, we’re going to be in our teal jerseys and want all you fans out there to be in your teal shirts,” Mathis said.

The Jaguars could HAND OUT Teal shirts and they still wouldnt play in front of a full house. They are too shaky to be considered a threat. People in this city (Jax) love winners and until they return to there prime, no full house

That’s hilarious. Like people in Jacksonville have so many options for their sports dollar that they’ll only support winners. What the hell else do they have but the Jaguars?

#180 by Kevin on 10.09.07 7:40 pm |

Perry said:

Adam said:

dm00n said:

Jags are asking their fans to wear teal next week:

Kevin said:

Jaguars players returned home to Jacksonville with more than just a big win, they also brought with them an idea somewhat inspired by the sea of red shirts that flooded the stadium in Kansas City.

“We would love it — this Sunday, we’re going to be in our teal jerseys and want all you fans out there to be in your teal shirts,” Mathis said.

The Jaguars could HAND OUT Teal shirts and they still wouldnt play in front of a full house. They are too shaky to be considered a threat. People in this city (Jax) love winners and until they return to there prime, no full house

That’s hilarious. Like people in Jacksonville have so many options for their sports dollar that they’ll only support winners. What the hell else do they have but the Jaguars?

the jacksonville suns (aa baseball) and jacksonville barracudas (sphl hockey).

#181 by Stuby on 10.09.07 8:11 pm |

After seeing all the names today, my vote for the guy who sounds the least like a quarterback, or any type of athlete for that matter, goes to Norris Weese.

#182 by Trevor Kruger on 10.09.07 8:17 pm |

Kevin said:

the jacksonville suns (aa baseball) and jacksonville barracudas (sphl hockey).

wow, we even have a AAA team in Des Moines.

#183 by possum on 10.09.07 8:24 pm |

There are some great game used items here. I can’t speak for their authenticity but you can see some sweet old minor league logos, late 70s Dodgers jerseys, and an awesome North Stars jersey.

PS, the Jacksonville Barracudas are proof positive of JAXonians not supporting a (winning) team. They had to move to their practice facility this year.

PPS, for you hockey fans: Darcy Tucker is a dirty SOB. Go Canes, the Leafs monochromaticicty is horrid.

PPPS, its made-up word day. ;)

#184 by chance on 10.09.07 8:29 pm |

Adam said:

dm00n said:

Jags are asking their fans to wear teal next week:

chance said:

Jaguars players returned home to Jacksonville with more than just a big win, they also brought with them an idea somewhat inspired by the sea of red shirts that flooded the stadium in Kansas City.

“We would love it — this Sunday, we’re going to be in our teal jerseys and want all you fans out there to be in your teal shirts,” Mathis said.

The Jaguars could HAND OUT Teal shirts and they still wouldnt play in front of a full house. They are too shaky to be considered a threat. People in this city (Jax) love winners and until they return to there prime, no full house

…and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why the NFL oughta fess up to its mistake and move the team.

#185 by Kris McInnis on 10.09.07 8:45 pm |

Jason G. said:

As is probably the case with a lot of people who grew up in late 80’s/early 90’s, this is my favorite No-Mas shirt.

…I wish I had 32 dollars to spend on a t-shirt.

And the Best QB Name Ever: Jim Bob Cooter – Univ. of Tennessee

#186 by Thorold Blair on 10.09.07 8:47 pm |

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Houw could you forget Miami’s new starter.. Cleo Lemon

#187 by Aaron Scholder on 10.09.07 8:48 pm |

I found a MUCH better picture of the misspelled Gretzky jersey, (thats Gretzky’s father btw): http://homepage.mac....

#188 by Jeffrey on 10.09.07 9:16 pm |

Good names or bad names for QB’s of color? Parnell Dickenson (Tampa Bay Bucs QB b4 Doug Williams), Condredge Holloway (Tenn Vols early 70’s), and Thomas Lott/JC Watts(Oklahoma Sooners mid 70’s).
As far recalling bad memories of OJ due to the Bills throwbacks I think those ARE the good memories (along with the USC days) of OJ!?!

#189 by =bg= on 10.09.07 9:49 pm |

Dan said:

+JohnnyBoy- said:

joe said:

Joe Drennan said:

Mark in Cincy said:

Stuby said:

The Best QB Names:

Bart Starr
Johnny Unitas
Jim Plunkett
Joe Montana
Sonny Jurgensen
Sammy Baugh
Joe Namath
Brian Sipe
Jack Kemp
John Brodie
Jim Zorn

Some more bad ones:

Fran Tarkenton
Terry Hanratty
Quincy Carter

Let’s not forget one Norman Boomer Esiason

Good – Sid Luckman
Bad – Rex Grossman

good Sid Luckman
Bad anyone else from the bears since then

Henry Burris

The greatest QB name of all-time.

Bart Starr- you got it on that one.

#190 by Cory Humes on 10.09.07 10:34 pm |

Eriq Jaffe said:

The Penguins have a 250th Anniversary patch? ;)

It’s the city of Pittsburgh’s 250th anniversary, not the Penguins’. IIRC, the Pens have been around for about 40 years.

#191 by Peligro on 10.09.07 11:38 pm |

I think the only people that are going to watch the NLCS, are people on this site. Hey look, crappy purple uniforms! Hey look DBaacks! The TV execs are getting ready to jump. Plus, October baseball in the Mountain Time Zone! Do I set my watch forward an hour? or back two? Do I spring forward? or fall back

#192 by badly drawn boykins on 10.09.07 11:44 pm |

chance said:

Adam said:

dm00n said:

Jags are asking their fans to wear teal next week:

badly drawn boykins said:

Jaguars players returned home to Jacksonville with more than just a big win, they also brought with them an idea somewhat inspired by the sea of red shirts that flooded the stadium in Kansas City.

“We would love it — this Sunday, we’re going to be in our teal jerseys and want all you fans out there to be in your teal shirts,” Mathis said.

The Jaguars could HAND OUT Teal shirts and they still wouldnt play in front of a full house. They are too shaky to be considered a threat. People in this city (Jax) love winners and until they return to there prime, no full house

…and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why the NFL oughta fess up to its mistake and move the team.

Couldn’t agree more. Seriously, the perennially (or at least normally) mediocre teams like the Redskins, Giants and Jets have decades-long waiting lists for season tickets. Hell, Jets fans pay to be on the waiting list (though they do get the season ticket holder’s package of goodies).

Sure, those teams have been around for a long time, but if an alleged NFL city can’t get enough fans to sell out 8 games a year, even during a down period (and the Jags aren’t a bad team, a sure playoff team if they were in the NFC), then it’s not really an NFL city.

#193 by Stuby on 10.10.07 12:20 am |

Peligro said:

I think the only people that are going to watch the NLCS, are people on this site. Hey look, crappy purple uniforms! Hey look DBaacks! The TV execs are getting ready to jump. Plus, October baseball in the Mountain Time Zone! Do I set my watch forward an hour? or back two? Do I spring forward? or fall back

Actually, Arizona is on Mountain Standard time year round, so right now they are on the same time as Pacific Daylight, but come November they will be ahead of the West Coast by an hour. Colorado, on the other hand, adjusts their clocks for Daylight Savings time. If this series were played in November, the two states would be on the same time, but right now Colorado is an hour ahead. Got it?

#194 by Marc from Brooklyn on 10.10.07 12:31 am |

Robert said:

As I recall, there was a big lawsuit years ago that involved Mike Schmidt and perhaps others. I think that he had a contract to wear one brand of shoe, but altered another brand to look like the one he was contractually obligated to wear, and ended up getting sued. I came across the case one day in law school when I was bored and fiddling around on Westlaw.

I am happy that someone else remembers that. If I recall correctly, he had a contract with Nike but couldn’t get burgundy cleats from them so he doctored up another brand. This auction is for Schmidt’s suede burgundy Nikes from the 1980 World Series. An SI cover from 1980 seems to confirm he wore these.

I gather that in 1976, he wore Pumas. (I cannot seem to put two links in a single posting, so here’s the URL for a ‘76 SI cover of Schmidt in Pumas: http://dynamic.si.cn.... It conflates the text between the two links.)

And, for Giant fans, I think the ugliest quarterback name has to be Joe Pisarcik (http://en.wikipedia....).

#195 by Terry Mark on 10.10.07 1:32 am |

Thorold Blair said:

Graf Zeppelin said:

WORST QB FIRST NAME OF ALL TIME: Browning Nagle

RUNNERS UP:

Bubby Brister
Trent Dilfer
June Jones
Peyton Manning (sorry)
Donovan McNabb
Cade McNown
Steadman Shealy
Heath Shuler
Whit Taylor
Norris Weese

Houw could you forget Miami’s new starter.. Cleo Lemon

More good: Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Jake Plummer, Tony Romo, Steve Grogan, Jim Kelly, Frank Reich, Jim Harbaugh, Steve Bartkowski

More bad: Daunte Culpepper, George Blanda, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Vince Ferragamo

#196 by Manzell on 10.10.07 2:32 am |

Uniform weirdness.

Portland State football player Jonathan Benjamin-Nichols uniform’s (well, old uniform) nameplate read “J.B-Nichols” – including the no space between J. and the B.

Having his full last name on the jersey would have broken the Saltalamaccia Boundary, beating Washington State’s Abdollmohammadi by virtue of the hyphen.

#197 by Dane on 10.10.07 8:22 am |

Cory Humes said:

Eriq Jaffe said:

The Penguins have a 250th Anniversary patch? ;)

It’s the city of Pittsburgh’s 250th anniversary, not the Penguins’. IIRC, the Pens have been around for about 40 years.

There is no “about” necessary. Their first game was October 11, 1967, so on Thursday we can say “exactly 40 years.”

(and of course, the Flyers, Blues, Kings, and Stars)

#198 by Adam on 10.10.07 9:26 am |

From the Chicago Tribune, in regards to Jokim Noah’s first preseason game:

Haze him further by spelling his name wrong on his road reds, with longtime equipment manager John Ligmanowski laughing as the rookie squirmed about in a “NOHA” jersey that eventually would be replaced with the correct name.

#199 by Craig on 10.10.07 9:32 am |

Stuby said:

Peligro said:

I think the only people that are going to watch the NLCS, are people on this site. Hey look, crappy purple uniforms! Hey look DBaacks! The TV execs are getting ready to jump. Plus, October baseball in the Mountain Time Zone! Do I set my watch forward an hour? or back two? Do I spring forward? or fall back

Actually, Arizona is on Mountain Standard time year round, so right now they are on the same time as Pacific Daylight, but come November they will be ahead of the West Coast by an hour. Colorado, on the other hand, adjusts their clocks for Daylight Savings time. If this series were played in November, the two states would be on the same time, but right now Colorado is an hour ahead. Got it?

Wuuuuut?

#200 by todd krevanchi on 10.10.07 9:36 am |

Adam said:

From the Chicago Tribune, in regards to Jokim Noah’s first preseason game:

Haze him further by spelling his name wrong on his road reds, with longtime equipment manager John Ligmanowski laughing as the rookie squirmed about in a “NOHA” jersey that eventually would be replaced with the correct name.

interesting how this fits in to PL’s recent topic of jersey misspellings… however if the mistake was made on purpose, then, its not really misspelled, is it?

#201 by Matt Powers on 10.19.07 2:50 pm |

Amani Toomer and many of the Giants have been wearing the New Schutt Air XP helmet since preseason. Check the Giants website for preseason phot galleries there are a couple of great closeup pics of Toomer and Brandon Jacobs wearing them.

#202 by Matt Powers on 10.19.07 2:53 pm |

This is a link to a pic of Toomer wearing the XP.

#203 by Matt Powers on 10.19.07 3:07 pm |

Actually the helmet Toomer is wearing is the Ion XD not the Air Xpp. The XP is a variation of the traditional Bike-Air-Schutt Helmet. Anyone who played football should know the difference protection and lookwise between the basic riddell, to the maxpro, to adams and even awful looking revolution by Riddell that too many people seem to be wearing. Having played 4 years of college football, the predominant brand of helmet the school wore influenced by decision of where to go!

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