Alternate title: “It must have been kinda cold because Maria — and others — were wearing long sleeves and knickers (ending just past the knee, but too short to be capri-length) under their tennis skirts.” Haven’t seen that before.
But while it was chilly in Hong Kong on Friday, an obnoxious front was moving through India, courtesy of these guys. It’s still, however, slightly better than this, retro or otherwise … says the guy who’s going to put on tight shorts and go ride his bike for three hours … — Bryan
#1 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 1:26 am |
holy christ you got this post up early bry…(it’s 1:25 am as i type this)
good to see some tennis
i been kinda-sorta following the tennis, gettin a tad pumped for the oz open next week…the women have all been wearing long stuff all week (well the one’s playing north of the tropic of cancer at least)
elena venus anna maria
fine…it must be cold…but serena is wearing long sleeves in AUSTRALIA! i don’t know the temp, but it’s usually pretty warm down under these days…
so…
im guessing the long sleeves are part of the “new” tennis dress, for the women at least, for ‘08
great…way to ruin it
#2 by Stuby on 01.05.08 8:14 am |
Doesn’t look like Maria is dressed for an athletic event at all…what is that anyway, suede?
James blake appears to be wearing the Andre Agassi throwback uni.
#3 by Sam on 01.05.08 9:31 am |
Stuby said:
So it does, but some genius at Nike decided to enlarge the design roughly by a factor of two. I guess they figured that was was big and ugly enough for the 80s (?) wasn’t quite big and ugly enough for the new millennium.
#4 by Nathan on 01.05.08 10:02 am |
Went to the Niagara at Cornell men’s hockey game last night. Niagara, the Purple Eagles, have without a doubt the worst road uniforms in college hockey.
#5 by Shane on 01.05.08 10:29 am |
I’m usually not a fan of Nike’s footwear, but what Pau Gasol and a few other Grizzlies (Gay and Miller) were wearing last night were pretty nice.
#6 by todd krevanchi on 01.05.08 10:44 am |
Sam said:
the blake throwback was worn during th 06 us open as he honored the retiring agassi. i always got a chuckle from that as andre had since left nike for adidas and his visual tribute was done in all nike.
#7 by S Bennett on 01.05.08 10:53 am |
todd krevanchi said:
Agassi might have gone Adidas, but his heyday was defitely Nike.
#8 by Mike D. on 01.05.08 10:53 am |
todd krevanchi said:
With a shirt like that, it’s no wonder why he left for adidas, lol.
#9 by todd krevanchi on 01.05.08 11:01 am |
Shane said:
gasol wore a pair of Nike Air Max Elite II PE
while gay wore Nike Vis Air Sweet Elite II PE
#10 by Mike Engle on 01.05.08 11:05 am |
Mike D. said:
His wife, Steffi Graf, is a longtime Adidas billboard, so Agassi switched so his children’s clothing (Nike or Adidas) would be a moot point.
#11 by Dan on 01.05.08 11:09 am |
Nathan said:
They look like the LA Kings black jersey
#12 by The Hemogoblin on 01.05.08 11:14 am |
She’s lost her hotness. Ack!
#13 by The Ol Goaler on 01.05.08 11:25 am |
Re-sent from yesterday’s comments: (Serves me right for missing UniWatch and doing work instead!)
Mike Engle said re: Kansas’ red jerseys in the Orange bowl: I always thought red Kansas jerseys had a bit of bad karma to them. Who wants to conjure up memories of Bleeding Kansas?
Why, Mizzou fans, of course! (Yes, this shirt is in terrible taste, and the University stopped their sale ASAP, as they should have.)
On a related note, I remain firmly convinced that my Tigers “jinxed” themselves against Oklahoma in the Big XII title game when they went monochrome… the Tigers wore their gold pants in their wins at Kansas and in the Cotton Bowl against Arkansas
Serves me right for “skipping” UniWatch Friday… only to find out I instigated the lead story! Great memories!
#14 by CJ on 01.05.08 11:38 am |
“(ending just past the knee, but too short to be capri-length)”
Not something I would have picked out at first sight. . .
#15 by James Craven on 01.05.08 11:45 am |
So in other words, Mizzou goes Harry High School all blck against Oklahoma and lost their BCS spot. Makes me wanna…cry.
What? Were you expecting me to regurgitate in my mouth a little?
#16 by Bryan Redemske on 01.05.08 11:47 am |
LI Phil said:
1:25? Interesting … I set it to post at 7 est. You’re not in Hawaii are you?
#17 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 11:53 am |
The Hemogoblin said:
i wouldn’t go that far
but fear not, there’s always nicole and daniella (on left) to enjoy for their off-court skills as well as on
#18 by Ed from Dallas on 01.05.08 11:53 am |
I bumped this up from yesterday’s comments for Paul and all purple-haters to see!
Ed from Dallas said:
#19 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 11:57 am |
Bryan Redemske said:
most bizarre thing evar…i was set to post something on yesterday’s board, and the computer went funky, and THIS page came up…so i typed what i typed and hit “Say It!” and it came back as a 404 error and the ‘old’ page (yesterday’s thread) then came back on a refresh…i thought my post was lost to cyberspace…but look at the time it’s dated (first post)
so it (your morning thread) was “up” at 1:15 last night (EST) and then gone…did you load the page at around 1:14 am (EST) this mornin?
#20 by E_Ro on 01.05.08 12:01 pm |
Nathan said:
If those are college hockey’s worst then I would be very content. You are probably just spoiled by all the good east coast sweaters. Other than the purple and black, i think they look pretty good.
Ohio State’s nike swift jersey is my vote for the worst. [link]
#21 by gopherboy on 01.05.08 12:05 pm |
kansas and BC are going Blue vs. gold repectively
#22 by Bryan Redemske on 01.05.08 12:05 pm |
LI Phil said:
I put it up — and set the timestamp — around 10:45 est. There was a server error around 1 or 1:15, so that probably did it. Still … interesting.
#23 by Mike Edgerly on 01.05.08 12:08 pm |
Did you have a good ride today Bry? It’s 66 degrees where I am, barely needed my arm warmers…
#24 by Mark on 01.05.08 12:12 pm |
I don’t care what anyone says, I love the Agassi retros. Agassi’s Nike Air Tech Challenge II in pink and black is like my holy grail of sneakers.
#25 by GoMac on 01.05.08 12:13 pm |
Mike Teel, Ray Rice, and Kenny Britt are wearing mostly white cleats against Ball State today for Rutgers who are wearing the all whites.
#26 by Christopher on 01.05.08 12:32 pm |
Bryan Redemske said:
UniWatch Night Crew
#27 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 12:57 pm |
inspired by the *cough* success of this look, the lake show have decided to dress thusly for their newest promotion…”turn back the clock (to when we were one year olds)”
on a unrelated note, i think the international bowl should be played outdoors, with cfl rules, and teams dressed like this
#28 by Shane on 01.05.08 12:59 pm |
LI Phil said:
I really, really do not like Winnepeg’s gold jerseys.
#29 by Bryan Redemske on 01.05.08 1:09 pm |
Mike Edgerly said:
Whoa whoa whoa. Arm warmers in the 60s? That’s crazy talk. 60s=summer kit. I actually ran today with some friends. I’m hitting the bike tomorrow with a bigger group. It’ll be in the upper 30s. That’s arm-warmer weather. And knee warmers. And shoe covers. Full-finger gloves … etc.
#30 by Nathan on 01.05.08 1:13 pm |
The Niagara road sweaters looked really cheap. There simply wasn’t enough contrast between the colors. The numbers and letters aren’t white, but grey.
#31 by Nathan on 01.05.08 1:15 pm |
The Niagara road sweaters look terrible. I sit in the second row and had to look at them from a close distance. There is simply not enough contrast between the purple, black and the numbers and letters, which are in grey.
#32 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 1:18 pm |
just browsing thru some FA cup footy photos, and i noticed west ham united and aston villa both look like they took their uni inspiration from these guys…or is it vice versa?
#33 by Mike Engle on 01.05.08 1:58 pm |
LI Phil said:
Most likely vice versa. Premiership football has been around a long time. That particular Phillies jersey? Not so much…
#34 by Bruce on 01.05.08 2:02 pm |
Nathan said:
So Niagra has no substitutes?
#35 by Dan on 01.05.08 2:03 pm |
quote comment=”198348″]The Niagara road sweaters looked really cheap. There simply wasn’t enough contrast between the colors. The numbers and letters aren’t white, but grey.
On the contrary, the best uniforms in college hockey IMO are those of the north dakota fighting sioux: Home. Road.
#36 by Dan on 01.05.08 2:06 pm |
Home. link didnt go through first time
#37 by Ryan Cousineau on 01.05.08 2:10 pm |
Bryan: what, no wool jersey? Totally Uni-Watch approved, I’m sure!
Our club just did a wool “retro” (for a club which started in the late 80s…) this year. Our regular synthetic jerseys are typical club kit. The logo creep is a feature, not a bug.
#38 by zach on 01.05.08 2:24 pm |
im watching the under armou high school bowl game on ABC and all of the kids have shutt DNAS or the brand new IONS
#39 by Ed from Dallas on 01.05.08 2:28 pm |
Another number change, this time it’s Dallas Cowboy Roy Williams. He’s going back to #38, which he wore at Oklahoma. He says he’s waiting to do it next year in order to help Jerry Jones not lose money on the surplus of #31 jerseys already being sold.
#40 by My Name is not Earl on 01.05.08 2:29 pm |
I agree . . . play the Int’l Bowl in the stadium where FC Toronto plays. It would go over quite well today, seeing how FC Toronto, Ball State, and Rutgers all have the same color scheme
#41 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 2:32 pm |
holy fck batman…andy is in teh house
#42 by =bg= on 01.05.08 2:47 pm |
Mark said:
Yeah you’re right about that. I wore alternating the pink/black or the blue/orange..and had all that agassi tennis stuff. loved the demin shorts with compression shorts.
#43 by =bg= on 01.05.08 2:50 pm |
Or THIS shoe; man did i wear these forever. wish they still made them.
http://www.youtube.c...
#44 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 3:03 pm |
gopherboy said:
not a horrible look by any means…but DAMN that trajan font
=bg= said:
damn, =bg=, that takes me back…i so rocked the andre kicks in the early 90s…back in HS (early 80s) if mac wore sneaks (nike) and clothes (tacchini), so did i…then nike made tennis clothes and andre got hot, so i was the only one at the club to sport the black/pink ATCIIs…with pink compression shorts ever so barely visible under my (mandatory) whites…never rocked the denims tho
#45 by Pete (UK) on 01.05.08 3:21 pm |
Not sure why but what is normally referred to as “CLaret and Blue” is a very traditional combination of colours in English football. No Idea where it comes from though.
#46 by Steven on 01.05.08 3:26 pm |
Any clue why the Stars are wearing their whites at home today against the Red Wings (who are in 100% red)? I thought they HAD to wear their darks, which in Dallas’s case are all black…
#47 by Bruce on 01.05.08 3:28 pm |
Steven said:
Home team wears whatever they want (colored or white) away team does the opposite.
#48 by Jordan on 01.05.08 3:29 pm |
just browsing thru some FA cup footy photos, and i noticed west ham united and aston villa both look like they took their uni inspiration from these guys…or is it vice versa?
My favorite color combination for uniforms…
#49 by Pete (UK) on 01.05.08 3:31 pm |
OK, so I jsut looked it up – apparently Villa adopted Choclate and Sky in 1886, which changed to Clarest and Sky at some point in the 1890s. In 1899 a Villa player settled a bet with the father of a West Ham player by giving him a full set of Villa’s uniforms which he had been given to wash – reporting them missing. Wikipedia.
#50 by S Bennett on 01.05.08 4:02 pm |
Mark said:
Those kicks go well with the rest of the uniform.
SB
#51 by BA on 01.05.08 4:30 pm |
Wow…check out that GREEN accent on the shoes of the Seahawks!!
#52 by Mark on 01.05.08 4:42 pm |
Redskins are wearing their all burgandy socks again instead of these.
#53 by felix on 01.05.08 4:56 pm |
Congrats to the kids from Canada on winning their 4th straight WJHC (U20) Gold Medal. Way to go, boys!
http://www.tsn.ca/wo...
#54 by Sammy on 01.05.08 4:56 pm |
I missed the post yesterday, but in reading through the comments, and seeing today’s post about the Agassi throwback look, I’ve come to the conclusion that the 80s and 90s were dead years in Uni fashion. I think in normal fashion, too. I hope that we don’t return to the garish designs, and we stay classic, like many teams have already done. We have seen numerous examples of teams ditching the Nike template and going back to an old, traditional design.
#55 by Pretty Boy Paulie on 01.05.08 5:00 pm |
Mark said:
I’m with ya there my good man! They are “fresh ta def”.
I’m loving the neon green accessories on and off the field at Qwest field. I just wish the Redskins brought along their striped road socks and not the solid joints.
#56 by Pretty Boy Paulie on 01.05.08 5:03 pm |
LI Phil said:
Sorry fellas but neither of these chicks are hot what so ever….in my opinion.
#57 by Mike Engle on 01.05.08 5:10 pm |
Mark said:
Is Clinton Portis wearing SHIN GUARDS!? I never would have suspected that.
#58 by MJE on 01.05.08 5:12 pm |
Dan said:
On the contrary, the best uniforms in college hockey IMO are those of the north dakota fighting sioux: Home. Road.
I don’t care for them too much. I find them to be a bit busy with the shoulder patch, word mark, and logo. I think they would be a bit better if it was just the work mark (plus a number perhaps) or the logo. That being said, I love their colors.
#59 by Brandon on 01.05.08 5:17 pm |
BA said:
the neon is going to cause me to rip out my eyes it’s what the hell are the ‘hawks thinking?
#60 by Ryan on 01.05.08 5:23 pm |
The neon-green shoes on the Seahawks are blinding my eyes, which already were sore after seeing the amount of mascara the play-by-play announcer had on
#61 by Matthew H. on 01.05.08 5:24 pm |
Mike Engle said re: Kansas’ red jerseys in the Orange bowl: I always thought red Kansas jerseys had a bit of bad karma to them. Who wants to conjure up memories of Bleeding Kansas?
Why, Mizzou fans, of course! (Yes, this shirt is in terrible taste, and the University stopped their sale ASAP, as they should have.)
This is a joke, right? If not it’s PC gone insane.
#62 by Jason on 01.05.08 5:29 pm |
Last month there was the post on argyle in sports. Looks like Iona used to have argyle back in the late 90’s.
Also, nice yellow laces Portis…
#63 by MJE on 01.05.08 5:39 pm |
I kind of like the ‘Hawks look. I think they did “modern” in a good way. I liked their old look as well. Good colors.
How close is UW to Qwest field?
Are Portis’ laces a fineable offense?
#64 by Jerry on 01.05.08 5:41 pm |
Dan said:
On the contrary, the best uniforms in college hockey IMO are those of the north dakota fighting sioux: Home. Road.
North Dakota’s black alts are horrible!
#65 by Juan Grande on 01.05.08 5:43 pm |
The Seahawks’ neon gloves are interesting too. I don’t hate the neon green if for any other reason that it is unique in the NFL.
On a side note from Paul’s memorial patch article the other day… the initials of the Tom and Jean Yawkey are listed, in Morse Code mind you, vertically on the edges of the manual scoreboard on the Green Monster at Fenway. That is an example of a stadium memorial!
#66 by Paul Lukas on 01.05.08 5:51 pm |
Mike Engle said:
He’s been wearing them for years, back to his Broncos days. I’m surprised more football players don’t do this. Seems like you’d get a LOT of bruised shins out there….
#67 by Mike on 01.05.08 5:55 pm |
MJE said:
5-10 miles…you have to go past downtown and Lake Union
#68 by Pete (UK) on 01.05.08 5:57 pm |
There definitely used to be a Neon Green piping on the Seahawks jerseys which is where it’s use on accessories comes from. AS for the Socka, I’m sure I read somewhere that the long team colour sock with a short white oversock is now NFL regulation, which I think is pretty poor, plus the idea of fining players for where the white one comes to seems very stupid, and unevenly applied – I noticed that infraction a lot on the Titans team last week.
#69 by Garfield on 01.05.08 6:13 pm |
MJE said:
Couple miles away
#70 by junkland on 01.05.08 6:18 pm |
LI Phil said:
Good lord! Gotta love Hantchukova’s jeans. How long’s the zipper? An inch?
#71 by danakadent on 01.05.08 6:39 pm |
WANTED – MLB Dot Sleeve Undershirts
I’m looking for a Nike black and orange dot sleeve undershirt from the 2006 MLB baseball season to add to my collection. Please reply if you know where one in this color scheme can be found. See example of the style http://sportsillustr...
I’m late to the party, since they are more than a year old and nearly impossible to find, but the black and orange (Orioles /Astros/Giants) will match the uniform for my adult weekend league baseball team.
Regarding this particular style, I think it’s sharp without being overbearing or over designed. Unlike the Nike Tri Bolt design or asymmetric design compression shirts with mismatched sleeves and such, this one seems less “high tech” and more applicable to baseball. The actually design is a series diamonds in various sizes and the sleeve material underneath the screen print creates the dot pattern. Clever huh? I read recently Nike introduced a new compression shirt during the World Series with mesh vents on the forearms and elbows, but I wish they would include this unique design and make it more accessible.
#72 by Juan Grande on 01.05.08 6:45 pm |
The dotted sleeves are banned by MLB aren’t they? At least for pitchers anyways…
#73 by Mike Engle on 01.05.08 6:53 pm |
Juan Grande said:
Pitchers need solid sleeves. Other positions do not have this restriction.
Side note: pitchers’ gloves may not be white or gray. The spirit of the rule is probably “don’t blend the glove into the jersey, because the batter needs to see hands.” Nowadays, with alternate jerseys, use your imagination…real pet peeve of mine. Does this particularly bug anybody else?
#74 by shaylen on 01.05.08 7:05 pm |
BA said:
I actually like those alot but they had a close up on one of the lineman and his paint seemed to be coming off
#75 by Robb on 01.05.08 7:22 pm |
Laron (sp?) Landry for the ’skins is wearing purple shoulder pads, probably from his LSU Days (aka last year)
#76 by scot on 01.05.08 7:25 pm |
Shane said:
I love this quote from the Int. Bowl website: “The International Bowl features a match-up of teams from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and the Big East, two of the NCAA’s powerhouse conferences.”
Powerhouse conferences???
#77 by Kerry P on 01.05.08 7:37 pm |
scot said:
OK, sugarcoating is one thing…but WHAT?!?!?!?
#78 by anonymous on 01.05.08 7:40 pm |
scot said:
Well, it didn’t say powerhouse football conferences.
#79 by Jason on 01.05.08 7:41 pm |
The Edmonton Oilers have an feature up on their website talking to Dwayne Roloson and Mathieu Garon about their masks.
#80 by James Craven on 01.05.08 8:35 pm |
Obviously, refs wearing black pants with white stripes to differentiate from the Jags’ tights look.
#81 by Stuby on 01.05.08 8:52 pm |
James Craven said:
I wonder if those cold weather ref pants would look any better if they were white with a black stripe. Right now they kind of look like prisoners who pick up roadside trash.
#82 by DenverGregg on 01.05.08 9:11 pm |
Dan said:
On the contrary, the best uniforms in college hockey IMO are those of the north dakota fighting sioux: Home. Road.
Not just the best uni in college hockey – the best uni in all of sports.
#83 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 9:19 pm |
this sure is a purdy road uni…im not generally a fan of green, but that’s a awesum shade and it goes great with the black
pantsbreezersin contrasts nicely with teh gold goalie pads
#84 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 9:26 pm |
LI Phil said:
which is why i think im one of the few who prefers the celts alt
#85 by Matt Lesser on 01.05.08 9:58 pm |
LI Phil said:
Great jersey. Horrible material. Get rid of that friggin’ dazzle shtuff and get mesh!
#86 by spencer on 01.05.08 10:04 pm |
I would love to see the seahawks wear neon green jerseys. That would be one of the best looks ever in the history of football.
The shoes they were wearing, looked awsome and so did the green hats the fans were wearing.
#87 by Mike Engle on 01.05.08 10:35 pm |
spencer said:
I’m normally against women’s jerseys in stupid girlie colors (it’s the ultimate sign of fashion over fandom, and it’s a huge turnoff to me), but the more I think about it, I JUST might be able to make an exception for lime green Seahawks jerseys.
#88 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 11:05 pm |
Mike Engle said:
as much as people beat up oregon for their unis (and rightly so…they’re wayyyyyyy over the top)…i AM intrigued with someone ELSE coming out with a neon yellow uni (prolly just keep it to pants or jersey…not both), but without all that other crap oregon uses (piping, shoulders, the shit ON the shoulders…the shit on the knees)…just a neon yellow…combine it with a matte black and no other colors
i’d love to see something like that, at least in theory…perhaps not in actual use, but i’d at least like to SEE it
as far as the lime or neon green…lemme get back to ya on that one
#89 by Mike Engle on 01.05.08 11:16 pm |
LI Phil said:
It’s just that lime green is actually really close to a Seattle team color. For that reason, I’d probably love to see a girl in a powder blue Chargers jersey, tolerate a lime green Jets jersey (wrong shade), and lose my appetite over, say, a pink Raiders jersey (I don’t know what would be more off the mark).
#90 by CV on 01.05.08 11:22 pm |
I really like the all-black pants with the Jags road jerseys. I wish the Vikes had went with an all-purple pants with their road jerseys.
#91 by LI Phil on 01.05.08 11:22 pm |
Mike Engle said:
seahawks colors are:
“Seahawks Blue”, a darker “Seahawks Navy” and neon green piping.
not sure if ‘neon green’ is an official color but that would make for an interesting jersey
#92 by DP30 on 01.05.08 11:56 pm |
spencer said:
You really want to see the Seahawks in neon or lime green? This would probably give you a little of an idea.
#93 by Ben on 01.06.08 12:19 am |
Watching “we are marshall” right now and a uniwatch moment occured. After the article a few days ago on uniform memorials I’m wondering if the following (taken from wikipedia) actually occured or was made up for the film- In memory of the victims of the crash, Mountaineers players put green crosses and the initials “MU” on their helmets.
#94 by Ben on 01.06.08 12:22 am |
in my search for an answer just found the following history-The Thundering Herd has added award stickers to the helmets for the first time in many years for outstanding play. Mark Snyder has dipped into Herd history to begin awarding “Herd Horns,” or stickers that look like the horns of the Buffalo, or American Bison, the Herd’s mascot. Jack Lengyel gave a similar award while coaching the “Young” Thundering Herd from 1971-74, as the stickers go up the back of the helmet to form a pair of horns with every two given. The last time MU used stickers was 1988, when then head coach George Chaump gave “Hammers and Washboards,” awards for working out in the weight room over the summer. In 1976, then MU coach Frank Ellwood gave American Flag stickers to players for outstanding plays to put on the “Ohio State” style helmets of that year’s Herd, who had no logo on the side of that helmet. Marshall returned to a “M” in 1977 and, except for the 1984-85 green helmet of former coach Stan Parrish, has had a “M” or logo with a “M” in it since.
#95 by Art on 01.06.08 1:21 am |
Ben
George Chaump is my cousin – he is currently coaching high school football at a AAAA school in Harrisburg after his stint at Navy years ago. It was nice to see his name – he did a nice job at Marshall.
#96 by =bg= on 01.06.08 1:35 am |
Mark said:
They DID reissue my holy grail sneakers. But look at the price.
http://www.kix-files...
#97 by Ed from Dallas on 01.06.08 3:29 am |
=bg= said:
Check these out.
#98 by todd krevanchi on 01.06.08 4:27 am |
Art said:
wow!
then art, you have a true coaching legend for a cousin as george has certainly made a great name for himself in the annals of pennsylvania coaching.
i hope that you were able to view the pbs documentary, football legends of pennsylvania. its a great doumentary narrated by harry kalas, and it includes a feature on your cousin.
#99 by spencer on 01.06.08 1:19 pm |
You really want to see the Seahawks in neon or lime green? This would probably give you a little of an idea.
Those jerseys look awsome.
#100 by spencer on 01.06.08 1:20 pm |
sorry about messing up the formating in my last post
#101 by random reader on 01.06.08 2:42 pm |
Ed from Dallas said:
A shame those were butchered and the color choice was poor.
What’s with the constant Nike-bashing here? =\
#102 by roboto03 on 01.07.08 12:01 pm |
I wore this Agassi shoe in high school. It was an amazingly light and responsive shoe.