The nice thing about co-owning an NBA team is that you can work out with the players whenever you want. And of course you’ll get an official team practice jersey to wear — hey, you’re a part owner, you can raid the pro shop for whatever gear you want. High-five! But wait, the practice jersey features the logo of the company that manufactured it, and you have a longstanding promotional arrangement with a rival company. That’s a slight dilemma, but everyone knows what a savvy businessman you are, so you’ll come up with a smart and elegant solution.
That was the situation facing Michael Jordan yesterday. And here was his smart and elegant solution: He slapped a piece of white tape over the Adidas logo on his chest, although I think it’s fair to say that this maneuver went straight into the “Not fooling anybody” file, especially since he didn’t bother covering up the Adidas stripe treatment (presumably because they ran out of white tape).
I don’t know if Jordan’s still contractually forbidden to wear non-Nike gear, or if the very idea of flashing a non-swoosh logo simply gives him a rash, but this little episode really highlights the continuing absurdity of how sportswear companies have become entangled with leagues and athletes. Did Jordan really think nobody would notice the piece of tape, or understand why it was there? Didn’t this actually draw more attention to the fact that he was wearing Adidas gear than if he hadn’t worn the tape to begin with? Couldn’t he have avoided this problem altogether if he’d just turned the shirt inside-out or worn a some other shirt? Oh, but then the Bobcats logo wouldn’t have been visible, so he wouldn’t have been promoting his team and its merch. What a mess — the whole situation reeks.
I’ll have more to say about logo creep tomorrow. Meanwhile, how much you wanna bet that some kid out there is gonna start wearing a piece of tape over the Adidas logo on his Bobcats jersey, just like his idol, MJ?
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Uni Watch News Ticker: The Vikings’ solid-purple look will not be repeated (that good news brought our way by Chad Burma). … Weird sequence of events yesterday, beginning when Kenn Tomasch sent me a note reporting that Steve Young’s orange jersey didn’t have stripes in 1985 like the rest of the Bucs had. Upon further investigation I discovered several other anomalies, to wit: Young appears to have ghosted sleeve stripes here and here; some of Tampa’s linemen didn’t have sleeve stripes either; kicker Donald Igwebuike (one of my all-time favorite sports names) had stripes, but his sleeve connected to his jersey down around his belly; if you factor in the sleeves, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen another NFL jersey look as mesh-y as this. … Michael Vick may not be in the NFL anymore, but he’s leaving quite a trail in his wake. … Looks like a Georgia Southern player was wearing a one-sleeved undershirt the other day (with thanks to Bob Jaye). … The Rutgers football team’s equipment manager is retiring (with thanks to Bruce Soltys). … Greg Riffenburgh notes that Minnesota’s Anthony Herrera appeared to be violating the NFL’s “only one footwear trim color allowed” rule the other night. … If you can’t prevent a concussion, at least you can know if you’ve gotten one. … Todd Krevanchi notes that Houston is using different font sets for its front and back uni numbers, and you can see in the 2s here. … Reprinted from last night’s comments: Awesome old newsreel footage shot in the Red Wings and Rangers locker rooms here.
#1 by Skippy on 12.19.07 8:43 am |
To me it looks like Steve Young is wearing a practice jersey. The second shot seems pretty up close for a game shot, and there is no other players around to compare. The lineman probably has his sleeves tucked inside his pads to get the shirt as tight as possible.
#2 by Tony Miller on 12.19.07 8:46 am |
MJ’s tape-over-the-Adidas-logo maneuver got on SportsCenter, even before the actual footage.
#3 by Phil on 12.19.07 8:48 am |
I don’t want to defend Jordan, but basketball practice jerseys are reversible. Dark on one side, light on the other. And I would think that all the logos and stripes are on both sides. But the tape is still pretty silly.
#4 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 8:49 am |
There would be a problem, because he is a major player, if not major shareholder of a shoe and apparel company bearing his own name and image. Street Cred and loyalty go farther than you would imagine. As observant as we are, imagine middle and high school kids who line up for hours before a foot locker opens to pick up the freshest pair of retro kicks. Believe me, MJ wearing the three stripes logo on his chest would be akin ro a Red Sock wearing Yankee pinstripes!(Johnny Damon, Big Papi in this year’s ESPN commercial.)
However, I was and still am one of those kids who lines up for the kicks of my youth albeit, I am thirty years old with a mortgage, a family, and a teaching career. The swoosh, through ingenious advertising and player endorsing has created in me, a loyal follower.
Those of you sneakerheads,(NIKETALKERS UNITE, Todd Krevanchi I thank you for all of us!) can remember anticipating the NBA All Star Game just to get a glimpse of the black Playoff edition Jordans that wouldn”t be out for four months. There weren”t screen shots, Niketalk, or Uni-Watch to satisfy our curiosities. I would wait for Sports Illustrated to arrive on Friday afternnons, and I would scan every page for a mere hint of a view. The toiling of my first job in eighth grade cleaning up a gas station served the purpose of purchasing a pair of of the Air Jordan VI in the black/infra red colorway:
http://instyleshoes....
because my father had gotten laid off as an electrician and couldn’t split the cost as he had done in previous years alongwith my chore money! Needless to say, I treated those shoes like my first born child, while learning a valuable lesson at the same time. Interesting how education works!
#5 by Joshua Eisenberg on 12.19.07 8:54 am |
Just cause we like logos…here is the new Iowa Caucus logo that is a COMBINED effort for the Dems and Reps.
Look here:
http://cycloneconser...
#6 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 8:56 am |
As for Steve Young, I believe that he is doing something that I did in High school to eliminate the extra long sleeves, sorry Paul! He folded the extra length up and back into the sleeve and then as secured the extra folded length somehow. Lacking ingenuity and materials, I used similar colr shoe lace to my jersey. Sadly enough, I do have pictures, as well as the actual jersey, 12 years later.
#7 by Nolan on 12.19.07 8:58 am |
It looks like Jordan has on Jumpman Shorts with the Bobcat logo.
Why couldn’t he get a jersey printed up too?
#8 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 8:59 am |
Oh and as far as the lining up for shoes goes, no more of that for me either! I;m thirty with that career and a mortgage. I also, unfortunately and fortunately have a credit card and the Internet. I’ll leave the line waiting to the young buck newbies just entering the shoe game!
#9 by Justin B on 12.19.07 9:00 am |
If he is co-owner why doesn’t he just change their gear to Nike. Wouldn’t it make life easier, more profitable for him, and he wouldn’t look stupid with tape on his shirt.
#10 by Kyle K. on 12.19.07 9:05 am |
Phil said:
Gotta agree with Phil here. Turn the jersey inside out, and suddenly you’re on the wrong team. Also gotta agree with Paul though, MJ may have made a ton of money from the swoosh, but he also made a ton of money in this league, and guess what MJ, the league has a deal with adidas, so deal with it. Are you telling me that if he were still playing that he’d put tape over the logo on his shooting shirt and his warm-up? Come on.
Also worth noting, my two year old daughter referred to the swoosh on her shoe this morning as a “squoosh.” (I was trying to teach her how adidas is superior to nike at the time.) I got a good laugh out of the whole thing.
#11 by Kyle K. on 12.19.07 9:07 am |
Justin B said:
Not his call, adidas has a deal with the NBA to make all of the gear. Practice jerseys, uniforms, warm-ups, etc.
#12 by scott on 12.19.07 9:08 am |
Skippy said:
I second that.
#13 by Chip on 12.19.07 9:09 am |
Great soccer kit site here: http://www.truecolou...
#14 by Ed on 12.19.07 9:14 am |
Agree with previous posters – I always guessed that the players without sleeve stripes were that way because they shortened the sleeves due to personal preference. It wasn’t just the Bucs, either…
ed
#15 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 9:16 am |
sean taylor was post-humously elected to the pro bowl, becoming only the second athlete in a major sport to be so honored (pelle lindburg [sp?] being the other)…along with redskins teammates chris cooley & chris samuels (plus a bunch of alternates)
question…will either or both cooley or samuels be wearing a “21″ memorial patch on their NFC jersey’s and do you think the NFL will have any official “policy” on the 21 pride sticker on the helmets (ie…everyone has one, just the skins, or player option)?
#16 by todd krevanchi on 12.19.07 9:19 am |
wow! i havent seen him wear the sky highs since the advert he did his rookie year.
#17 by Chip on 12.19.07 9:19 am |
Does anyone remember the link to that really weird anti-concussion helmet that was talked about on here not too long ago?
#18 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 9:21 am |
Chip said:
vive la revolution
#19 by Daniel on 12.19.07 9:22 am |
Not to veer off topic from any of today’s insights, but going through some of my vinyl this morning, I came across The Who’s “Odds and Sods”, and had completely forgotten about the album cover with the band wearing American football helmets.
Anyone else know of other album covers with any uni-related stuff on them?
#20 by TF on 12.19.07 9:23 am |
I like to think that MJ is well aware of obvoiuosness of the tape use and is kind of mocking the silliness of legal/contractual issues.
He’s been in the logo creep business long enough to realize how absurd it can get.
#21 by Breezy on 12.19.07 9:23 am |
I could not find another mention of it, but I am sure someone had to have mentioned the Capitals canning their new sweaters and demanding sweaters made of the old material…….not sure when they will start wearing it.
#22 by DJ on 12.19.07 9:24 am |
good post by matt powers on MJ
my $.02: i can’t really blame MJ on this one and here’s why – it probably didn’t cross his mind how different the jersey would look with the white piece of tape on it, if the practice jerseys had 50 adidas logos i’m sure he would have done the exact same thing – but, as was previously mentioned, he very well could be contractually obligated to do such a thing to a rival company’s logo, and to be honest, even if he wasn’t, he might do it anyway – we know where his loyalty lies, and for anyone that has read MJ talking about Nike taking a chance on him back in the day, you know how appreciative he was, and certainly is today – but hey, at least he didn’t pull a VT and draw the swoosh on right ;)
#23 by The Hemogoblin on 12.19.07 9:24 am |
MJ is Nike, still. People have got to remember, they still make Air Jordans, and probably will until the end of time. By they, I mean 6 to 10 year old Asian children.
#24 by Kevin G. on 12.19.07 9:25 am |
What about the Eagles of the late 70’s and early 80’s? They were the kings of mesh jerseys.
#25 by AssGrabber on 12.19.07 9:25 am |
As for the Caps sweater issue, here is the link:
http://www.onfrozenb...
#26 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 9:25 am |
Gladiator helmet link:
http://machinedesign...
#27 by Rich on 12.19.07 9:25 am |
I’d love to win the Pro Bowl contest, uh, I don’t have to go to the game do I?
#28 by rob on 12.19.07 9:27 am |
agreed – definitely looks like the stripe portion of the bucs jersey was just folded up (not cut off). the ghosting is because the jerseys were so meshy the stripes still showed.
#29 by dilbert719 on 12.19.07 9:28 am |
LI Phil said:
First off, I’m really glad that he was able to win that vote. He’d have probably done so if not for what happened, and it’s nice to know he’ll be memorialized in that way.
Anyway, I’d like to see the memorial patch on everyone, but more important to me would be seeing the NFC defense lining up 10 on the first play (and the AFC either running up the gut or taking a knee on that play, so as to not take too much advantage of the missing man.)
#30 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 9:29 am |
Good call Rob, that always happened to mine. We had princeton style jerseys and the stripes were always “ghosted”.
#31 by Nicole on 12.19.07 9:30 am |
LI Phil said:
I work in a big manufacturing plant, so I actually have the trade mag that featured this helmet. It was sent to one of our shop foreman and I snatched it up. Weird looking stuff.
#32 by odessasteps magazine on 12.19.07 9:30 am |
Why didn’t Jordan just drape himself in the flag? It worked for him once.
#33 by Ed on 12.19.07 9:31 am |
Followup: Here’s some 1985 Bears, showing several sleeve stripe variations due to sleeve length.
http://i2.photobucke...
ed
#34 by Marty Met on 12.19.07 9:39 am |
Matt Powers said:
What are those cool sneakers. Are they the new Air Jordan’s?
#35 by Scott on 12.19.07 9:39 am |
I don’t care what you say, I still like the old Bucs uniforms. Yes, winking pirate and all.
And for anyone who says they were nothing but bad luck, lest ye forget they were on the cusp of a super bowl in 1979 and I believe knocked out the Cowboys in the divisional round in 1983. They have some good history associated with them.
#36 by todd krevanchi on 12.19.07 9:41 am |
whether or not it is written in a contract or not, that tape was placed there out of design and was a strategic move.
we all remember this right?
http://news.bbc.co.u...
#37 by ryan c #40 on 12.19.07 9:45 am |
The toiling of my first job in eighth grade cleaning up a gas station served the purpose of purchasing a pair of of the Air Jordan VI in the black/infra red colorway:
http://instyleshoes&....
WOW! $600?!?! more power to you! nice shoes though!!!
and:
(I was trying to teach her how adidas is superior to nike at the time)
…don’t teach your kids lies! lol. kidding. seriously, i LOVE nike products! i think adidas makes a much lower quality jersey (look at the old nike us soccer jerseys as opposed to the new adidas mls junk jerseys… HUGE difference in quality!!! nike, FAR better (i have one of each)). even with shoes, you just can’t go wrong with nike… and don’t even get me started on rbk…
#38 by Mark Mayall on 12.19.07 9:50 am |
Matt Powers said:
When I was in college in the early ’90s I played a lot of pickup hoops with a close group of friends and the best player among us (eventual Rhodes Scholar in math/astrophysics and today a college prof) couldn’t afford new shoes. I was the moneybags of our group and as a gift I bought him a pair of the same Air Jordan VI you scrounged for. He was so happy he kissed me on the cheek at the checkout counter (and no, neither of us is gay). He loved those shoes dearly and was the toast of the court at Oxford in the pickup games he played there. Despite the totally disgusting feeling of his beard stubble rubbing against mine during that peck on the cheek, it’s a fond memory, and worth every penny of the $100 I paid.
#39 by CV on 12.19.07 9:51 am |
Nice to see the Vikes all purple look was a one time deal.
Now, someone please get Pat to tell them to wear the purple pants with the white jersey, where the stripes actually match up, and they look awesome.
#40 by Marty Met on 12.19.07 9:52 am |
Jordan probably only put the tape on his shirt because a photographer was there.
And to his credit atleast he didn’t draw a little “jumpman” on the tape.
#41 by teamcinnamon on 12.19.07 9:54 am |
Nike should just buy Adidas/Reebok and be done with it!
#42 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 9:59 am |
Ryan C.
In 1992, they were either 100 or 125 dollars, which at the time, might as well have been 600!
#43 by todd krevanchi on 12.19.07 10:02 am |
Mark Mayall said:
i remember aj vi’s costing $125!
working at footlocker had its priveleges though.
the vi’s were my senior year and i always got 40% off new stuff. my manager allowed me to wear the vi’s for hoops the day we got them in, a full 2 weeks prior to release.
man, the looks i got for those first 2 games before anyone had any idea what i was wearing.
#44 by DZ on 12.19.07 10:03 am |
My apologies if this was covered already but I was watching NFL’s Greatest Games on ESPN2 last night which featured the 1986 AFC Divisional playoff game between the Browns and Jets. They had a shot of Clarence Weathers featuring a small FNOB on top of his last name. Couldn’t get a screen grab but I did find a picture online.
Clarence Weathers
The other C. Weathers on the 1985 Browns was Curtis Weathers. Can’t find a picture.
#45 by AuburnMan on 12.19.07 10:07 am |
There apparently is alot of Bobcats gear with the Jumpman on it. I’m not sure how they get by with it though.
#46 by todd krevanchi on 12.19.07 10:07 am |
DZ said:
not only that, it was a great example of the two different jet uni’s worn that year (mainly the typography). mickey shuler had the stadard block varsity “2″ whereas the rest of the team hand the angled “2″.
#47 by James on 12.19.07 10:07 am |
I used to work with the TB Bucs a while back. One year, during training camp, Keyshawn had just left Adidas and signed with Nike to wear their gloves and cleats, etc. Between two-a-days, Key didnt have a shirt so they had to give him a team issue Adidas shirt.(this was back in 2000, pre-NFL equipment/Reebok). Key cut the silver dollar sized Adidas logo out of the middle of the shirt and walked around with a shirt with a big hole in it for the rest of the day.
#48 by AuburnMan on 12.19.07 10:08 am |
Try this again.
#49 by Justin B on 12.19.07 10:08 am |
So MJ has a dilemma with wearing addidas because he is owned by nike. Are there any other situations like this in sports?
#50 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 10:10 am |
Another major milestone in my Nike servitude occurred when Five young men decided to play basketball in Ann Arbor. Not onluy did they introduce these incredible and long lasting lines of shoes to the world:
http://instyleshoes....
http://www.kicksguid...
http://www.pickyours...
They brought these to my attention, which have become my Holy Grail:
http://cache.viewima...
The Maize Dazzle Michigan shorts!
They were extra long and ultra cool!
These don’t hold a candle to the Fab Five version:
http://www.eastbay.c...
Unfortunately, the Nike era at Michigan is coming to a close. My hope is that the people in Beaverton will realize what a cash cow they are losing and put out one last wave of retro Fab Five gear like the shorts, or maybe a Desmond Howard or Charles Woodson( a Uni-Watch favorite)jersey!
#51 by AuburnMan on 12.19.07 10:10 am |
OK, I can’t figure out the “link insert” but here is the link to the some more Bobcats logo creep.
Sorry for doing it this way.
http://www.gettyimag...|1&axs=0|78542030%2c78542029%2c78542028%2c78542027%2c78541985%2c78541983%2c78541699%2c78541697%2c78541694%2c78541692%2c78541690%2c78541688%2c78541508%2c78541502%2c78541499%2c78057662%2c77431641%2c78244239%2c78244237%2c78244235%2c77206098%2c77206095%2c77206088%2c77206084%2c77206080%2c77206074%2c74326839%2c74326832%2c74326829%2c74326828%2c74326824%2c74326821%2c74196218%2c74196183%2c74195902%2c74195870%2c73945450%2c73945448%2c73945444%2c73945443%2c73945439%2c73945435%2c73945356%2c73956062%2c73956058%2c73627217%2c73563797%2c73563701%2c73563604%2c73563567%2c73563563%2c73563562%2c73563558%2c73563556%2c73563555%2c73563549%2c73004110%2c72863892%2c72698060%2c57101191|0&id=77206095
#52 by S.W.P. on 12.19.07 10:13 am |
Hockey icon Peter Puck is returning to intermissions this season on Leafs TV only. The joke up in Canada is that he’s coming out of retirement to explain the game to Ottawa fans.
#53 by Rick on 12.19.07 10:14 am |
I am truly sorry that Sean Taylor was murdered. Really I am. Now tell me what makes his death so much more important than, say, Korey Stringer’s or anyone that works outside of the NFL. I get really tired of putting athletes on pedastals just because they are athletes. There are many more important people in the world that work just as hard and contribute to society in more meaningful ways but toil for far less in a career than some pro athletes make in one season.
#54 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 10:14 am |
Sorry, these don’t compare:
http://www.mgoblue.c...
#55 by John on 12.19.07 10:15 am |
Rudy Carpenter, QB at Arizona State also wears only one sleeve during games. I believe that it is only on his left arm but I am not sure.
#56 by DJ on 12.19.07 10:17 am |
Followup: Here’s some 1985 Bears, showing several sleeve stripe variations due to sleeve length.
Many of the Bears would simply roll their sleeves up to hide the stripes. This would piss off then-Bears President Mike McCaskey, as it would also hide the “GSH” monogram honoring his grandfather, George S. Halas. As McCaskey was almost universally despised by the players, this just encouraged them to keep doing it.
#57 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 10:21 am |
remember aj vi’s costing $125!
working at footlocker had its priveleges though.
the vi’s were my senior year and i always got 40% off new stuff. my manager allowed me to wear the vi’s for hoops the day we got them in, a full 2 weeks prior to release.
man, the looks i got for those first 2 games before anyone had any idea what i was wearing.
Todd, aimilar thing happened to me with the Bordeaux VII’s. They came out the day of the Super Bowl in the Winter of 1992. My father agreed to dribe me to Secaucus to the Harmon Cove Outler Center to get my new pair. The next day, I had a freshman basketball game at Mount Vernon High school, which is now sponsored by Nike, not a high school who chooses from a template, but a real bona fide sponsorship. The looks and dap i got from their players and fans were well worth it. It helps that I scored 20 plus points. Had I not, I would have been the equivalent of the sude who goes down to the park to play pick up in full Celtics uni!
#58 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 10:23 am |
By the way, these are the Bordeaux VII”s which are similar to a sharpei, in that they are so ugly that they are beautiful!
http://jordanretro.e...’s.gif
http://artfiles.art....
#59 by Rick on 12.19.07 10:25 am |
Nicole said:
That thing looks like a mix between an NFL helmet and Pac-Man.
#60 by Andy on 12.19.07 10:28 am |
#61 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 10:30 am |
Sorry, here are the VII’s:
http://www.sneakerfi...
http://www.geocities...
#62 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 10:38 am |
Back in the day, without the Internet, Uni-Watch, and Niketalk, the anticipation for new things was incredible. Seeing a new Major League fitted or anything team specific, like a Notre Dame sideline jacket meant something special! Either that person played at ND or knew someone who did, there was mystery. New Jordans or any Nikes during that era caused such a commotion!
I love the Internet and accessibility but it has diminished that anticipation greatly. I love the ability to see shoes a year befor they release, Huarache 08, but I loved being surprised.
It’s like Sports Center and YouTube. Being at the Browns/Bills snowbowl is incredible. even watching it on TV. Now everyone can lay claim by seeing highlights 12 times on SC or online. I couldn’t wait for Warner Wolf at 6:25 of the evening news to give me a quick snapshot into the world of sports. It meant so much more.
Would you rather see the monster in the movie or it’s shadow for two hours? The implied, the imagination is so much better!
#63 by Cosmo on 12.19.07 10:39 am |
Rick said:
I’ve actually been wondering why his death is more important leaguewide than those that occured in the offseason (Darrent Williams, Damien Nash, Marquise Hill). Sure it occured midseason, but shouldn’t leaguewide tributes be standard across the board? The Redskins should have a memorial patch and/or helmet sticker, but I’m not sure it should be leaguewide.
I thought that the ‘Skins leaving Taylor’s spot open (ie playing only 10 men) was a great tribute, and think the same should be done in the Pro Bowl (since he was elected a starter), but the leaguewide “21’s” make his death seem more important to the NFL than those of the other players we’ve lost this year, which I think is wrong.
#64 by FC on 12.19.07 10:39 am |
Sigh @ the ‘corporate branding’… again?!? What’s the point?
#65 by Mark Mayall on 12.19.07 10:41 am |
todd krevanchi said:
i remember aj vi’s costing $125!
working at footlocker had its priveleges though.
the vi’s were my senior year and i always got 40% off new stuff. my manager allowed me to wear the vi’s for hoops the day we got them in, a full 2 weeks prior to release.
man, the looks i got for those first 2 games before anyone had any idea what i was wearing.
Upon further reflection, I did pay $120 for my friend’s AJ VIs. At the time it was the most money I’d ever spent on a single item (I was the moneybags of our group in part because I was/am a huge cheapskate).
#66 by felix on 12.19.07 10:46 am |
Rick said:
I still think that Mark Kelso should have modeled the Gladiator.
#67 by Moose on 12.19.07 10:50 am |
Kyle K. said:
Didn’t he do exactly that during the 1992 “Dream Team” Olympics?
#68 by Marty Met on 12.19.07 10:51 am |
Matt Powers said:
But what are the sneakers that MJ is wearing in todays pictures?
#69 by LM on 12.19.07 10:54 am |
Another note on the 1986 AFC Divisional game shown on ESPN2 between the Jet and Browns last night made me think about Paul’s Monday Morning Uni-Watch talking about the biggest changes in football uniforms in the past 30 years.
While watching the game, even though it doesn’t seem like so long ago, the thing that struck me the most was the much larger size of the shoulder pads used in 1986 as opposed to todays slimed down versions, and adding to that, the fact that most players wore much larger thigh pads then too.
Watching the game it just seemed like a world of difference between 1986 and today, pad wise.
Many of todays players wear basically no pads at all.
#70 by ryan c #40 on 12.19.07 10:57 am |
“Had I not, I would have been the equivalent of the sude who goes down to the park to play pick up in full Celtics uni!”
played pick-up basketball with a kid that was A HUGE iverson fan… and… yes… he made/wore his own arm sleeve just like a.i.! ha-ha. lucky, the kid was/is really good!
#71 by Hank on 12.19.07 11:01 am |
What strikes me more about the Steve Young photo is the huge facemask on the helmet. You can fit a whole ‘nother face in there and still have room.
#72 by Pat on 12.19.07 11:03 am |
I really don’t see the problem with Jordan hiding the Adidas logo. Nike has payed him a very large chunk of his fortune. For him to be seen wearing a competitors logo just isn’t right. I don’t think Paul would walk around in CBS Sportsline gear or tout how great CNNsi is would he?
#73 by Cullan on 12.19.07 11:03 am |
Daniel said:
Not only a uni related album cover but an odds and sods related album cover.
#74 by Cullan on 12.19.07 11:05 am |
#75 by Chance on 12.19.07 11:05 am |
Daniel said:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a promo photo which I presumed was an homage to Odds and Sods:
http://www.bmi.com/i...
#76 by Cullan on 12.19.07 11:05 am |
Damn.. i’m bad
http://ecx.images-am...
#77 by Hank on 12.19.07 11:06 am |
Rangers/Red Wings clip: nice find. Interesting that the Rangers played two ‘home’ games in the 1950 Finals at Maple Leaf Gardens. I wasn’t aware that they did so because the old Madison Square Garden had been booked for the Ringling Bros. Circus. Crazy.
#78 by Joseph on 12.19.07 11:08 am |
Why are people getting fined for the Mike Vick stuff, but nobody got fined for the Sean Taylor memorials. Not to be mean-spirited, but wouldn’t they fall under the same NFL rule
#79 by Adios el-Kabong on 12.19.07 11:10 am |
NYR v DET. Stanley Cup finals. The game “played in Maple Leaf Gardens”?????
#80 by Hank on 12.19.07 11:11 am |
Joseph said:
One was sanctioned by the NFL, the other wasn’t.
#81 by Hank on 12.19.07 11:12 am |
Adios el-Kabong said:
See Post #77 for explanation/link.
#82 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 11:14 am |
Not to veer off topic from any of today’s insights, but going through some of my vinyl this morning, I came across The Who’s “Odds and Sods”, and had completely forgotten about the album cover with the band wearing American football helmets.
Anyone else know of other album covers with any uni-related stuff on them?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a promo photo which I presumed was an homage to Odds and Sods:
http://www.bmi.com/i...
When the Dave Matthews band plays live, the drummer, Carter Beauford, always dons a jesey or cap from one of the cities sports teams.
http://www.weeklydav...(Dunnett).jpg
#83 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 11:19 am |
Beauford:
http://www.geocities...
http://www.geocities...
http://www.geocities...
http://www.geocities...
#84 by Kerry P on 12.19.07 11:19 am |
Joshua Eisenberg said:
Interesting that they took what looked to be a symetrical logo and added the stripes and star to make it asymetric.
…but do they REALLY need a logo for the caucus?!
#85 by Skippy on 12.19.07 11:20 am |
S.W.P. said:
Maybe he should explain some things to the Laughs, I mean Leafs. Nice job last night, way to finish the game off. Sens own.
#86 by SS on 12.19.07 11:23 am |
Hank said:
you beat me to it! that facemask is HUGE. on a side note, when did Michael Jordan’s nickname get reduced to his initials? Isn’t/wasn’t he called “Air” Jordan, or “his Airness” or some variation of that? this is a serious question, by the way, I’m not trying to criticize its use. It just seems like it’s industry-standard to call him “MJ” now and I’m just wondering if there is a reason people started doing that…
#87 by Pat on 12.19.07 11:23 am |
Marty Met said:
I’m no sneakerhead. The first pair of signature kicks I ever owned were the Shawn Kemp Kamikaze I. The only reason I got those was because it was the only thing I asked for for Christmas that year. I wore those shits everywhere.
My question is, could those be the new AJ 23s that are coming out this year? I know they have been shown to a select few. Scoop Jackson (the biggest joke of a journalist) wrote a cheesy, mail-it-in piece about the day he got to see those for the first time.
Seems to me that if Jordan wanted to get a pair to wear at practice he could.
Of course, everyone knows that a pair of new Air Jordans haven’t been great kicks to ACTUALLY play in since these or maybe these.
#88 by Jet on 12.19.07 11:30 am |
Daniel said:
Well, 80’s British metal band Raven often wore hockey shin guards and shoulder pads on stage and their drummer “Wacko” also wore a hockey cage helmet and used to smash his head against the cymbals. They’re pictured on this album smashing out of gym lockers with some of their gear: http://www.woundedbi...
Also, I saw Rush at the Nassau Coliseum on the 1978 Hemispheres tour and when they came out for the encore they were wearing Islanders home white sweaters
-Jet
#89 by Xmas Cheer on 12.19.07 11:30 am |
Scott said:
That was the Rams, actually. The ‘83 Bucs were 2-14.
#90 by Graf Zeppelin on 12.19.07 11:33 am |
Kevin G. said:
Look at the Seahawks of the ’80s. I think they actually started the mesh jersey trend.
My high school jersey (worn from 1985-87) is mesh, although the shoulders and sleeves are of the more standard jersey fabric pattern. It’s a nice jersey, too; I’ll post a pic if I get a chance.
#91 by Jet on 12.19.07 11:35 am |
….and speaking of Rush, drummer Neal Peart is wearing a Montreal Expos cap in the photos on the inside of the Permanent Waves album
-Jet
#92 by Shane on 12.19.07 11:36 am |
Matt Powers said:
When I saw Trans-Siberian Orchestra last winter in Albany, the rhythm guitarist was sporting a year-old (pre-Carolina) River Rats jersey. Wouldn’t expect anyone to wear the jersey of a local minor league team.
#93 by Hank on 12.19.07 11:38 am |
Hank said:
Oops. I was thinking more along the lines of the number decal. Guess the NFL decided that a tribute to a death gets more leeway than one for a prison sentence.
#94 by dm00n [Doug] on 12.19.07 11:38 am |
Hank said:
He was probably comparing this to this.
#95 by Chance on 12.19.07 11:39 am |
Hank said:
Agreed.
As inappropriate as I think the Taylor tribute is, it is sanctioned by the League. There’s no comparison with a handwritten “Free Mike Vick” tshirt playing to the cameras.
#96 by Chance on 12.19.07 11:40 am |
Hank said:
Not at all.
The distinction between the two is that one was pre-approved by the NFL and one wasn’t. Players can’t just write whatever they want on their uniforms, but teams may be given permission to add tributes to theirs.
#97 by Jim on 12.19.07 11:41 am |
And as of last night, he decided it was a one-and-done affair. “It was a lot of purple,” Williams said. “Maybe too much purple.
… and then Williams added “And now, Mr. Lukas, can you please untie me?”
#98 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 11:42 am |
LI Phil said:
ya think they broke into the lockers, or were the sweaters ‘available’ backstage ;)
#99 by Brad on 12.19.07 11:49 am |
I think that college player with the one undersleeve must actually be wearing some kind of shoulder brace. The NCAA rules state in Rule 3, Artilecle 13, “An undershirt is considered to be part of the game jersey and must be a color similar to that of the game jersey. In addition, the sleeves and neckline of undershirts shall be unaltered. (e.g., no cut-off sleeves or cut necklines) Both sleeves shall be of the same length and not extend beyond the elbows.”
PDF link to rule book
#100 by Chance on 12.19.07 11:49 am |
SS said:
I seem to recall that he was called “MJ” on occassion during his playing days in Chicago.
#101 by Jet on 12.19.07 11:55 am |
Wow, that Redwings-Rangers locker room news clip is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Jet
#102 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 11:58 am |
Pat,
Here are the XXXIII pics:
http://niketalk.yuku...
I have to disagree with you though:
The XX and the XXII are great basketball shoes:
XX:
http://www.nicekicks...
XXIII:
http://www.airjordan...
#103 by felix on 12.19.07 12:01 pm |
Chance said:
When I hear/see “MJ” it makes me think of Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker. Not good times.
#104 by felix on 12.19.07 12:04 pm |
Skippy said:
For me, the grief is still too near… But I’m not here to talk about the past, so, go Leafs go!
#105 by Justin B on 12.19.07 12:06 pm |
Justin B said:
#106 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 12:07 pm |
felix said:
FTH GLG?
#107 by Justin PGH on 12.19.07 12:07 pm |
Justin B said:
My favorite “One Sleever”. Julius Page.
#108 by Boston Nick on 12.19.07 12:08 pm |
Oh man…ninth grade, before there was a Boston Nike town, I took a class trip to NYC. I had saved for a while to be able to afford the authentic Michigan shorts…one of my favorite purchases ever. The embroidered Ms on the sides, the beautiful cloth. And I had em extra long in honor of my favorite basketball player of all-time, Jalen Rose.
It’s amazing to think about how I felt about the Fab Five as a kid, and how long ago that actually was.
Earlier than the shorts, I actually bought the Air Jordan IXs as a sixth grader (and by I, I mean my dad) because Jalen was wearing em to start that season with the signature black socks.
#109 by Bryan on 12.19.07 12:12 pm |
Shane said:
I remember going to a River Rats game a few years ago, and there was a band that played during the intermissions that would wear old-style hockey jerseys….looking for pics now.
#110 by Miguel on 12.19.07 12:14 pm |
Anyone know why Nike doesn’t sell the authentic basketball shorts anymore? My brother bought a pair of UNC authentics probably 8-10 years ago and they still hold up to this day.
#111 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 12:14 pm |
Boston Nick,
In 1995, I found the Navy authentic Fab Five shorts in Staten Island. To this day, they are one of my favorite posessions. I can’t rock them playing ball though, because as they were long back then, the only people who would like their length now might be John Stockton, Brian Scalabrine, or David Stern! Still looking for your maize pair. A buddy whom I tought with had a pair and we would play after school. I basically offered to grade all of his papers for a month to pry them away from him!
I can only remember the Five wearing Huaraches as Freshman along with the Navy shorts against Duke in the Final. And in their final as sophomores against Carolina, they wore the Air Force Max B with their signature Black socks.
#112 by Al Gruwell on 12.19.07 12:15 pm |
In post #33 (the Bears Super Bowl Shuffle), I spotted Converse, adidas, and my personal favorite, Puma, shoes being worn by the Bears. Also, Walter Payton was a ROOS shoe (the one with the pocket!) endorser, though I don’t think it shows in the photo. Didn’t peruse that closely, but saw no Nike! As I recall, their quality wasn’t that great on football shoes back then. Lots of nylon, which would soak the feet when wet.
#113 by TJ Leja on 12.19.07 12:16 pm |
I know there is a lot of Ron Paul attention on the net lately, but I think this is one Ron Paul tidbit that can appeal to many readers on this site. Home Run Derby just posted an article linking each presidential candidate to their favorite baseball team and at the bottom of the article there is a picture of Ron wearing an old school style Astros uniform with his full name on the back.
#114 by Mike V. on 12.19.07 12:17 pm |
LI Phil said:
That thing is just terrible to look at. Even worse if your a Bills fan.
#115 by felix on 12.19.07 12:23 pm |
Mike V. said:
Yes, being a Bills fan is bad enough, thanks. “Wide Right”; “The Music City
MiracleDebacle”; J.P. Loss-man… will the pain never cease??#116 by felix on 12.19.07 12:26 pm |
LI Phil said:
Exactly. Now if only they’d go back to these.
#117 by Husker E10 on 12.19.07 12:27 pm |
No suprise here…but a uni-preview of the BCS Championship game at the bottom of this article.
WEARING WHITE: LSU will wear its traditional white jerseys when the Tigers play Ohio State, LSU equipment manager Greg Stringfellow confirmed Tuesday.
As the higher-ranked team, Ohio State got first choice in selecting its jersey color, and the Buckeyes opted for their home color of scarlet, Stringfellow said. The Buckeyes will wear gray pants.
#118 by Ian K on 12.19.07 12:31 pm |
Matt Powers said:
I wouldn’t say always, I’ve seen Carter wear branded shirts like Fox Racing.
Robert Randolph is another guy that wears jerseys all the time. It’s usually a Beltran Mets uni, but I’ve seen him in a Phillies uni, a Wyoming basketball jersey, NHL All-Star sweater, and this UT jacket thing.
#119 by Dan on 12.19.07 12:33 pm |
Sharks are auctioning special edition holiday jerseys with a santa hat!
http://sharks.nhl.co...
#120 by felix on 12.19.07 12:41 pm |
Dan said:
Is there a Pat Falloon one?
#121 by Mike on 12.19.07 12:51 pm |
great topic! what i find similarly frustrating are all those screens, banners, and other treatments that teams put behind microphones in their media rooms. its gotten so bad that some teams like the patriots and redskins have installed electronic boards that scoll different team logos and corporate logos. anyone else find it this logo creep thoroughly frustrating?
#122 by Cowboy7130 on 12.19.07 1:01 pm |
Re: Gladiator Football Helmet
It wasn’t that long ago that old-school football fans complained about how ugly those new-fangled helmets had become, especially with those sissy facemasks. Then, they were proven to reduce head and face injuries by an almost exponential factor over previous designs. Quickly, helmets and facemasks evolved into the technologically advanced and subsequently expensive articles that they are today.
I have a son playing high school football. One of his good friends just suffered a major concussion (his second in two years) wearing a Schutt DNA, supposedly one of the most advanced models of helmet on the market. Which, by the way, was initially roundly denounced as “ugly.”
Now, a new and improved football helmet system is available, and one of the biggest arguments against it is that it is ugly.
As ugly as the last years of Mike Webster’s life?
I think not.
When available to my son, I will encourage him to wear any ugly helmet that helps keep his brain safe.
#123 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 1:03 pm |
LSU could always go the route of the Vikings and introduce purple pants to complete the “Barney” look.
On another note, they could go the route of WVU and Cal ann introduce a yellow jersey. That would be an interesting photoshop project.
#124 by Kek on 12.19.07 1:04 pm |
Props to Justin PGH for posting that Julius Page pic, forgot his one sleeve action (to the fellow burghers in here, is JP still playing professionally in Russia?)
There is absolutely no comparison to the Taylor tribute vs. the Vick thing. Vick isn’t dead, he’s in jail for committing a crime and I don’t think the league would approve anything “celebrating” that or wanting to “free” him.
Love the sneaker talk. My favorites were my freshmen year in HS I had the grape Air Jordan Vs. To this day, I can’t believe I threw them out! I learned my lesson as I’ve never parted with my red and black XIIIs.
#125 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 1:06 pm |
Cowboy 7130
A very valid and noble point! However, you’d be hard presses to make High school kids wear those helmets unless, of course, the entire team was outfitted with them!
#126 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 1:06 pm |
Cowboy 7130
A very valid and noble point! However, you’d be hard pressed to make High school kids wear those helmets unless, of course, the entire team was outfitted with them!
#127 by felix on 12.19.07 1:13 pm |
Matt Powers said:
Easy.. get Disney to license/sponsor and rename the team something like Buzz (Lightyear) or maybe Star Command.
#128 by Fez Whatley on 12.19.07 1:16 pm |
felix said:
Good one. ha ha
#129 by Kevin on 12.19.07 1:17 pm |
Mike said:
There was an article some time ago (I think in the Washington Post) about those electronic screens the Redskins use. They even ship them to away games and set them up in/outside the visitors locker room for the post-game news conferences. They stated in the article that the printed banners would take so much abuse when shipping and setup/removal that the electronic boards were more cost effective. Plus, the time to produce a banner was like weeks, versus seconds with a laptop and USB port. If they added a new corporate sponser, they could be displaying that logo within minutes.
#130 by jibblescribbits on 12.19.07 1:18 pm |
What should scare Jordan is that It’s actually more jarring, to me at least, to see him with the 3 stripes under his arm than in a Bobcats (or Wizards for that matter) uniform. He has attached himself so much to that brand that it shocks em when he wears something else.
#131 by Kek on 12.19.07 1:19 pm |
regarding rush, when I saw them in pittsburgh this summer, geddy lee came out in a pirates t-shirt
i don’t know what the style of hat that neil peart wears is called, but i thought it would be cool if he got logos on there and sported whatever team of the city they were in. Similar to the late Payne Stewart’s NFL gear.
#132 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 1:19 pm |
Anyone know why Nike doesn’t sell the authentic basketball shorts anymore? My brother bought a pair of UNC authentics probably 8-10 years ago and they still hold up to this day.
The Elite line by Nike are extremely close to authentic quality and at 60 dollars a price point half as expensive.
http://www.eastbay.c...
The quality greatly decrease when you drop down to the 40 dollar screen printed replica shorts that Nike makes.
http://www.shopterps...
#133 by Kevin on 12.19.07 1:23 pm |
Kevin said:
OK, so it was the Sporting News.
#134 by CV on 12.19.07 1:23 pm |
Husker E10 said:
The BUckeyes for years wore silver helmets and silver pants, then for some reason a few years back went to grey pants and oddly kept the silver helmets. Did anyone hear any reason for intentionally making the pants and helmet NOT match? Stupid IMO.
#135 by Jim on 12.19.07 1:25 pm |
Fez Whatley said:
Ah, no, it’s not. Let’s not dump on a good guy. Yes, he was a flop, but give the guy a break.
#136 by felix on 12.19.07 1:27 pm |
Jim said:
Arturs Irbe then?
#137 by felix on 12.19.07 1:30 pm |
felix said:
I mean, come on, he looks like Kelly Hrudey in this thing.
#138 by Greg Riffenburgh on 12.19.07 1:48 pm |
Paul, I’m glad you finally said something about jerseys like that of Donald Igwebuike. This picture of Tom Brady has been bugging me for the same reason since the second I first saw it. It kinda makes some of those tank tops justified when you see some players wearing nightgowns. Football jerseys should be tight.
#139 by Reveille on 12.19.07 1:55 pm |
if you listen carefully to the video of the hockey game, you will notice that it is being played in Toronto, so it is neither footage of the Red Wings or Rangers locker rooms per se, but them getting ready in maple leaf gardens
#140 by Jay on 12.19.07 1:56 pm |
CV said:
Blame it on Nike. The moisture-wicking material used to make the pants can’t be made metallic, for whatever reason. This was in Paul’s column when OSU changed jerseys a couple years ago.
#141 by KT on 12.19.07 2:12 pm |
Scott said:
No, 1983 was the start of the long dark period in the Bucs’ history. They didn’t knock out the Cowboys in the playoffs. They’ve never beaten the Cowboys in the playoffs. They’re 0-2 against Dallas in the playoffs and 3-9 against them overall.
As for Steve Young, yes, he wore his sleeves like that in games. It’s not a practice jersey.
http://bucpower.com/...
http://bucpower.com/...
http://bucpower.com/...
Joseph said:
Are you talking about the league-approved ones? There’s your answer.
The NFL did, if memory serves, fine Chris Redman $50k for wearing black high tops in memory of Johnny Unitas in 2002, though.
#142 by DenverGregg on 12.19.07 2:12 pm |
DZ said:
I watched part of this. I noticed huge variations in the Jets’ sleeve stripes. Ken O’Brien’s sleeve stripes were much wider and more widely spaced than everyone else’s. Of course his sleeves were longer too, leading me to wonder if his teammates were at an early stage in the abandonment of sleeves. Even so, those Jets jerseys looked great.
#143 by Bob Nolte on 12.19.07 2:14 pm |
Speaking of “Snow Bowls” from yesterdays article, Here is a gallery from my co-ed football leagues championship game 2 weeks ago. there was a good 6 inches of snow that came in like 3 hours. talk about bring a man, I wore shorts and 2 pairs of socks during the game (first play on D, I slipped and got snow up my shorts).
enjoy
p.s. we won
#144 by KT on 12.19.07 2:17 pm |
Sorry, it was $5k on the Redman fine, not $50k.
Well worth it, though.
Peyton Manning made the mistake of asking for permission. Redman just did it. If Manning had known it would only have been $5k, I reckon he’d have done it.
Did the Lions or the NFL do anything in late 1971 after Chuck Hughes died on the field? I know the Lions retired his number, but did they do patches or stuff back then?
#145 by felix on 12.19.07 2:21 pm |
And, in non-uni news, “Stompin’” Chris Simon has received the longest suspension in NHL history (again). 30 games for his latest brain-cramp.
#146 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 2:24 pm |
Bob Nolte,
Was that co-ed snow bowl an intramural league at Binghampton? There was a girl on your team with Greeley sweatpants, which is very close to me! By the way, the Browns and Bills have got nothing on you guys!
#147 by Kevin M. on 12.19.07 2:24 pm |
KT said:
I think the whole question of the Vick/Taylor thing is players like Ray Lewis and others from the “U” putting 21 on their eye balck and the Falcons players were fined for putting MV7 or 7 on their eye balck.
#148 by Chance on 12.19.07 2:25 pm |
Cosmo said:
That’s exactly why I have a problem with it – it’s disrespectful to the other players who have died, and sets a terrible precedent for the future.
The Redskins? Of course. But league-wide? Bad, bad idea.
#149 by Mets/Jets Fan in Chicagoland on 12.19.07 2:27 pm |
Matt Powers said:
Warner Wolf? “Carmine, let’s go to the videotape!”
#150 by DSL on 12.19.07 2:32 pm |
Money rules the world. And there is nothing we can do about ii?!
#151 by Matt Powers on 12.19.07 2:35 pm |
One of my favorite quotes of all time came out of Kevin Garnett’s mouth after he signed his 7 year 126 million dollar contract with the Timberwolves, ” It’s not about the money. It’s all about what I can buy WITH the money!”
#152 by Jeff on 12.19.07 2:50 pm |
felix said:
Actually that is Mark Kelso modeling the Gladiator helmet
#153 by Kek on 12.19.07 2:51 pm |
felix said:
Good. Punk ass.
The suspension will be over in time for the Isles’ 2/26 game with the pens.
Maybe Laraque will kick his ass in payback.
#154 by Marty Met on 12.19.07 2:54 pm |
felix said:
He should be out of the league FOREVER. He dosen’t deserve to wear an NHL sweater.
#155 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 2:55 pm |
Matt Powers said:
i always thought this was some of KG’s best work
#156 by Philly Bill on 12.19.07 2:56 pm |
Someone please tell me which model of Jordans MJ is wearing in today’s photos. It’s a very clean, retro design I don’t recognize offhand.
I had a pair of low-top ACGs modified off these Huaraches when I was in high school. (Black and brown — no purple.) Terrific shoes — I wore ‘em daily ’til one of the soles split. Nike’s kind of a cultural villain to me, but they do make outstanding shoes.
#157 by Jerico on 12.19.07 3:01 pm |
Hank said:
An NHL rule back then stated that, while Stanley Cup Final games can be played on neutral ice, no deciding game of the Cup Finals could be played on neutral ice. Therefore, games 1 and 2, scheduled to be played in New York, were scheduled in Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens). With the Rangers holding a 3-2 series lead against Detroit, the series was supposed to go back to New York, but the circus hadn’t finished (it’s not as if they could just cover the ice back then), so the series stayed at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium for games 6 and 7. The Rangers lost both games by a goal; game 7 went double overtime. Many looked to this series as a major part of the legend of the Rangers’ 54-year Cup drought.
#158 by Jerico on 12.19.07 3:02 pm |
Re: post 157–God bless Wikipedia and SI.
#159 by B. Hill on 12.19.07 3:05 pm |
Nice piece on who some of the Republican candidates favorite baseball teams are here:
http://homerderby.co...
How about this picture of Ron Paul with the FNOB:
http://homerderby.co...
#160 by felix on 12.19.07 3:05 pm |
Jeff said:
You know, I was actually someone to say that. See, kids? Sometimes attempting to be witty blows up in your face.
#161 by Robin on 12.19.07 3:10 pm |
Matt Powers said:
Actually, LSU HAS worn gold jerseys in the past. They donned the gold, with white pants and white helmet for the 1997 Independence Bowl against Notre Dame, a game LSU won 27-9
another look
#162 by felix on 12.19.07 3:17 pm |
Marty Met said:
I can’t say I disagree.. maybe Lil’ Gary is hoping he’ll just fade away too, a la Marty
McSoreMcSorryMcSorley.#163 by Marty Met on 12.19.07 3:29 pm |
felix said:
He should just ban him for life. Let Simon sue his way back in. By the time the lawsuit is settled no team will want him.
#164 by KT on 12.19.07 3:31 pm |
Kevin M. said:
The “unauthorized personal message” rule has been around since McMahon’s headband.
I think we can all get behind the notion of the difference between remembering a fallen comrade and remembering a convicted felon.
#165 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 3:37 pm |
Kek said:
wouldn’t be the first time
#166 by ryan c #40 on 12.19.07 3:47 pm |
ahhh… the nhl “sweater”… i miss it so much!
*tear*
now, i’m going to throw on my winnipeg authentic and cry myself to sleep tonight.
hey, that should be an interesting question…
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JERSEY IN YOUR COLLECTION???
personally… i can’t choose just one… maybe that’s the beauty of the whole thing! but, if i had to choose a 2 way tie: winnipeg authentic & pirates away sleeveless (sp?) authentic (those jersey’s have been through SO many games…)
#167 by Miguel on 12.19.07 3:48 pm |
Philly Bill said:
I believe they are shown on this page – fifth pic down.
#168 by felix on 12.19.07 3:51 pm |
ryan c #40 said:
Which Jets version do you have?
#169 by Hank on 12.19.07 4:12 pm |
Jerico said:
Thanks for the rest of the details.
Geez, how’d you like to have been on the Rangers squad and learn your home-ice advantage was usurped by elephants and clowns.
#170 by Gorgonzola on 12.19.07 4:16 pm |
You can only expect so much from a former Tar Heel. Reasoning is not one of their strong points. Actually, they’re not smart in any sense of the word.
#171 by patrick on 12.19.07 4:30 pm |
Cosmo said:
becasue, unfortunately for the others, sean taylor was a star. people knew who he was. I had never heard of Stringer or Williams, or Hill prior to their passings
#172 by Beantown on 12.19.07 4:31 pm |
Having had chronic dislocations, the first thing I thought about when seeing this kid was that it was not a T-Shirt. I think it might some version of one of these. Just a thought.
#173 by Seth H on 12.19.07 4:40 pm |
Rangers/Red Wings clip: nice find. Interesting that the Rangers played two ‘home’ games in the 1950 Finals at Maple Leaf Gardens. I wasn’t aware that they did so because the old Madison Square Garden had been booked for the Ringling Bros. Circus. Crazy.
An NHL rule back then stated that, while Stanley Cup Final games can be played on neutral ice, no deciding game of the Cup Finals could be played on neutral ice. Therefore, games 1 and 2, scheduled to be played in New York, were scheduled in Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens). With the Rangers holding a 3-2 series lead against Detroit, the series was supposed to go back to New York, but the circus hadn’t finished (it’s not as if they could just cover the ice back then), so the series stayed at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium for games 6 and 7. The Rangers lost both games by a goal; game 7 went double overtime. Many looked to this series as a major part of the legend of the Rangers’ 54-year Cup drought.
Thanks for the rest of the details.
Geez, how’d you like to have been on the Rangers squad and learn your home-ice advantage was usurped by elephants and clowns. ♠
Of course, the whole reason this was an issue was that the Garden booked the circus for that time figuring that there was no way the Rangers would make the Cup finals.
With the move to the new Garden in 1968, and a modern ice making/HVAC system, this is no longer an issue. They can now flip from circus to hockey with no problem. I remember going to a Rangers playoff game when I was a kid (circa early 70s). While my dad parked the car, my mom took my sister and me into the game. When we got to the turnstiles, the ticket taker took one look, held up his hand, and said: “Sorry. The circus is canceled today because of a hockey game.”
#174 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 4:55 pm |
angry homeless man has a nice puffy parka
#175 by Jeff B on 12.19.07 5:20 pm |
LI Phil said:
You know what TMQ says about coaches wearing giant coats.
#176 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 12.19.07 5:24 pm |
Miguel said:
correct. they are the sky highs as i mentioned in post 16.
however it is not a new shoe, it is a re release of a shoe from 1985. i believe it is made of basketball style leather.
here is jordan his rookie year doing an ad in chapel hill.
http://farm3.static....
#177 by kevin c on 12.19.07 5:45 pm |
Maybe rbk should watch that red wings rangers footage. tight fitting jerseys that looked good with no wierd hem lines or piping and rangers was centered on the jersey. also the narrator noted that the goalie pads were 40lbs.! lets see how good goalies would be today with 40lbs tied to their legs.
#178 by Bryan Redemske on 12.19.07 6:46 pm |
Re: Jordans
I have an original pair of these. They are most excellent.
#179 by Bendert on 12.19.07 7:18 pm |
Beautiful game in Boston. Two great teams, throwback uniforms, all on that parque floor. Beautiful.
#180 by BluesFan44 on 12.19.07 7:19 pm |
kevin c said:
Amen, brother. The RBK era is the darkest era in the history of Sports Unis…..
#181 by Bob Nolte on 12.19.07 7:33 pm |
Matt Powers said:
Yes sir.
#182 by Frankie on 12.19.07 7:36 pm |
Fukudome introduced in Chicago and has his last name on the back, and is #1. Check MLBs website for the picture.
#183 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 7:47 pm |
Frankie said:
fukudome
#184 by Graham on 12.19.07 7:51 pm |
best hat ever
http://www.lids.com/...
#185 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 7:52 pm |
is fukudome a bit of a poseur?
or is this just a bad still-shot
#186 by Brendan on 12.19.07 7:56 pm |
ryan c #40 said:
I completely agree with you. Nike is way better when it somes to soccer jerseys than adidas. No stupid piping, no stupid templates, and the material just feels better (at least for the authentic/replica jerseys). Occasionally they come out with some silly stuff (i.e. this year’s Club America jerseys), but overall they’re classy, clean, and simple.
#187 by todd krevanchi (krvanch) on 12.19.07 8:04 pm |
Bryan Redemske said:
ive got every pair. i guess that goes hand in hand when you own over 150 pairs of sneakers…
Graham said:
logo yes, hat no. if that was on a plain brown slouch franchise hat, without the dumb multi colored brim front then i’d have the hat.
if the lombardi-esque intertwined GB and the bears script B was in plain franchise hats, id have those too.
#188 by Marty Met on 12.19.07 8:15 pm |
Graham said:
Come on now, Isn’t that Elf a little wimpy? I mean Mr. Met could crush him like a walnut
#189 by LI Phil on 12.19.07 8:35 pm |
coach of what team?
(see caption…before they correct it)
#190 by Brendan on 12.19.07 8:48 pm |
LI Phil said:
Screenshot
#191 by AHunt on 12.19.07 9:02 pm |
I’m a little late to the party (and didn’t want to read each post – I’m lazy, sorry), but does anyone remember the Dream Team in ‘92, with the Reekbok warmups, and MJ, Magic, Larry Legend all wrapped the American flag around their neck and purposely covered the name Reebok because it infringed on their contracts with Nike and Converse?
and when you’re worth whatever Jordan is, you do whatever the hell you want.
#192 by David on 12.19.07 9:17 pm |
Make sure you bet the farm on LSU. Since they’ll be wearing white, there’s no way they can lose. Those purple jerseys are pure evil, evil I tell you! LIKE ANYONE GIVES A S*** ABOUT WHAT JERSEY CLOLOR YOU’RE WEARING! LIKE IT NEEDS A PRESS RELEASE!
#193 by PaddyWaggn on 12.19.07 9:31 pm |
Watching the Celtics – Pistons game on ESPN and they keep showing Big Papi sitting courtside in a Ray Allen jersey. He’s wearing a black Red Sox hat with a small B inside an outline of Massachusetts on the front except for the entirety of Cape Cod. The sewing looks thin enough that they could have added Cape Cod without doubling the stitching over, so this may be on purpose.
#194 by brian on 12.19.07 9:38 pm |
great article on proposed NFL helmets that never went through here
#195 by Jordan on 12.19.07 9:43 pm |
LI Phil said:
I think I called that one. Self-dap.
#196 by ryan c #40 on 12.19.07 9:51 pm |
personally… i can’t choose just one… maybe that’s the beauty of the whole thing! but, if i had to choose a 2 way tie: winnipeg authentic & pirates away sleeveless (sp?) authentic (those jersey’s have been through SO many games…)
Which Jets version do you have?
the newest version they had… blue. AWESOME!
#197 by Nick on 12.19.07 10:36 pm |
Graham said:
While I like that logo, I disagree. The Reebok logo ruins it.
#198 by Ryan on 12.19.07 11:48 pm |
There apparently is alot of Bobcats gear with the Jumpman on it. I’m not sure how they get by with it though.
Nike can make all the Bobcats gear they want to, it just won’t be “official” NBA product, since Adidas is inked as the sole “official” manufacturer of NBA goods… My question: why doesn’t Jordan just wear one of the hundreds of Nike practice jerseys that have to be swarming the market? It’s obvious that he just wore the jerseys because they were on-hand, then when the camera men came he covered up the logo to avoid any Nike spurn
#199 by felix on 12.20.07 12:01 am |
ryan c #40 said:
Very nice, I liked that look too. And since you asked, this is my favourite from my collection. It’s not game-worn though, but it works.
#200 by Bryan Redemske on 12.20.07 1:23 am |
Ryan said:
It’s kind of funny, though. The dude’s in his mid-40s, has made a shit ton of money for Nike and himself, literally has to answer to nobody on the basketball court … and he’s worried about the little Adidas logo? I mean, I see why he did it — the Nike affiliation — but come on. I think Mike gets a free pass on that one. Unless, of course, his red blood cells are shaped like Swooshes. Then it makes perfect sense.
#201 by Colten on 12.20.07 5:47 am |
I have one of those Miami jerseys with left sleeve all orange. I know most people on this site disapprove, but I thought they were unique, even though I got it off the clearance rack for 40 buck. I almost got the Marcus Vick VT with the orange sleeve, but they didn’t have my size. They also had a Gators jersey with the sleeve.
#202 by Dave in VA on 12.20.07 8:11 am |
Beautiful game in Boston. Two great teams, throwback uniforms, all on that parque floor. Beautiful
The only inconsistency in that game is that (I believe) the Celtics wore green shoes back in the day, not white. Other than that, very nice.
#203 by Paul Lukas on 12.20.07 8:17 am |
Colten said:
How could the Miami one be “unique” when, as your own comment points out, several other schools wore the same concept? That was the biggest problem with the orange-sleeve jerseys: The four schools that wore them effectively become a new team — Team Nike.
#204 by derek on 12.20.07 8:54 am |
Paul- not to sound like an ass but you rant on about how corporate advertising is getting out of hand in sports and life yet you have have adds all over your site. dont you think thats a little hypocritical?
#205 by Colten on 12.20.07 9:28 am |
I didn’t mean that they were unique to Miami only, but that is was a new concept that no one had tried before. While it failed miserably, I can look back years down the road and know that I have a jersey that people don’t run across every day. By the way, you said four teams wore the design. I saw Miami, Florida, and VT. Who was the fourth?
#206 by Paul Lukas on 12.20.07 9:34 am |
derek said:
No, that’a an apples/oranges comparison. Advertising on a web site is perfectly legitimate and appropriate — that’s how publications stay in business (esp. ones that give away their content for free, like this one). Advertising on a uniform is, in my opinion, INappropriate, because the uniform should stand for the brand of the team, not for any other brand.
See today’s post for more thoughts on this topic.
#207 by Peter on 12.20.07 11:10 pm |
It’s amazing how corporate sponsorship slowly gets into everything to do with sports. Even in the CFL we have stadiums named after companies . Thank goodness Ivor Wynne has retained it’s historical designation, although when the new stadium is built I imagine we will end up with Ivor Wynne Field at Tim Horton’s Park or something like that. I noticed that NBA Replicas carry the Adidas logo when I was out shopping today. Like I really need to know that my CB4 jersey comes from the three stripes. One other thing, on my old CCM Vancouver replica the logo is on the back of the neck, so if I was a true Canadian hockey player complete with the hair no one would ever see it!
#208 by The Anti-Advertising Agency » Our Brands, Ourselves on 12.23.07 10:52 am |
[...] Two Sundays ago, Bryan posted this photo and complained about all the ACC logos visible therein. This led to a lengthy back-and-forth in the comments section about logo creep — mostly about swooshes and other maker’s marks, not about conference logos. The discussion, which I did not take part in (I was at a bar watching football and caught up on the comments later), featured several arguments and analogies that I hear again and again regarding logo creep — arguments that are, frankly, way off-base. Some similar arguments came up yesterday regarding Michael Jordan’s taped-over Adidas logo. [...]
#209 by Mike on 01.04.08 1:18 am |
Bryan Redemske said:
Okay, can someone tell me where I can actually buy some Jordan Brand Bobcats gear which there is apparently alot of?