By Bryan Redemske
The Giants won the Super Bowl, and all they’ll have to show for it — aside from the shiny trophy — is a jersey patch. Maybe. The Red Sox won the World Series in the fall. They may wear a cap patch or jersey patch for their first home series, but they won’t have any other overt, uni-borne tribute to their championship. Contrast that with cycling, where a national or world championship is worth a year of bragging rights, right on your chest.
Everybody knows about the Tour de France and the maillot jaune — the yellow jersey. But it’s far from the only jersey to be won over the course of the year. While all professional — and many amateur — stage races have leader’s jerseys, world championship and national championship jerseys are precious commodities.
The rainbow jersey, awarded to the UCI (cycling’s international governing body) world champion in a number of cycling disciplines, pretty much always looks like this. Depending upon the budget, some teams choose to outfit their rider in a full kit of stripes. But the rules attached to the jersey are arguably more important than the jersey itself:
A world champion must wear the jersey when competing in the same discipline, category and speciality for which the title was won. For example, the world road race champion would wear the garment while competing in stage races and one-day races, but would not be entitled to wear it during time trials. Similarly, on the track, the world individual pursuit champion would only wear the jersey when competing in other individual pursuit events.
Also, after a rider’s year-long reign, he gets to keep the stripes:
After the end of a rider’s championship year, they are eligible to wear piping in the same rainbow pattern on the collar and cuffs of their jersey. They retain this right for the remainder of their career, and like the jersey it can only be worn in the same discipline and speciality in which the title was won.
Additionally, if the world champion leads a stage race, he or she must wear that race’s leader’s jersey instead of the rainbow stripes. Also, failure to wear the stripes when required results in a fine. Damn.
Aside from the world champion, the pro peloton is also dotted with various national champions. The deal here is the same — wear your national championship gear for the event in which you won it. Here’s 2006 U.S. champion George Hincapie in his road race kit and time trial suit. When teammate Levi Leipheimer won the 2007 U.S. championship, he took over the stars and stripes and Hincapie went back to Discovery Channel’s black-and-blue kit. That’s Leipheimer on the left and Hincapie in the Tour of Missouri leader’s jersey.
This year, Leipheimer is riding for Astana, since Discovery Channel disbanded. His new kit leaves a little to be desired. I really hope that’s just a rough version. Hincapie, now riding for Team High Road (formerly T-Mobile), can wear the U.S. champion’s stripes on his cuffs and collar if he chooses.
And here’s what the rest of the world looks like. The plain-looking ones (no sponsors) are podium jerseys, awarded immediately after the championship race. Those with sponsors are the rider’s kit for the year. Those countries with multiple jerseys have a number of disciplines shown. “RR” is road race, while “CLM” is time trial and “U23″ is the under-23 competition. “CC” is cyclocross, but I haven’t the slightest idea what “ST” is.
Though most of that site is in German, it’s worth exploring a little further. Almost every pro team — on a number of levels — is represented, from 2000 to 2007. When the Tour of California gets underway on Feb. 17, we’ll get a look at some of the new versions of the national champions jerseys — including Leipheimer’s. Many stay similar year to year, but if there’s something particularly interesting, I’ll try to grab it.
Next time you think somebody’s jersey patch is a little much, just remember it could look like this.
And now over to Paul for today’s Ticker…
Uni Watch News Ticker: It takes a good 10 or 15 minutes to digest, but there’s a fascinatingly detailed authentication analysis of a Babe Ruth jersey here (with thanks to Dave Grob). … Yikes (with “thanks” to Glenn Chamberlain). … Bryan Packer reports that the Utes have kicked Nike to the curb. … Yesterday’s comments included a link to an eBay auction for this amazing photo, which shows Larry Doby wearing the kind of wraparound helmet that I had to wear while running the bases in Little League. Incredible. When I showed the photo to Todd Radom, he responded with this, which shows Jimmie Foxx posing with the A.L. and N.L. batboys at the 1936 All-Star Game. … Some wise-ass says this made him think of Uni Watch. … The pink thing has really gotten out of hand. … Ohio University has taken the unusual step of changing its hockey uni in the middle of the season, going from this to this. “They just make me want to throw up when I see them out there on the ice,” says Patrick LaBute, who brought the situation to my attention. “The fact that the base color is gray is bad enough, followed by the ’shiny’ material you would find on a basketball team. Oh, and the ugly giant green stripe that’s WAY too big at the bottom. AND the different colored piping, black on the bottom stripes and sleeve stripes, and white on the numbers and crest??? (I was told this was a mistake by the team manager.)” Yeah, but Patrick, how do you really feel about them? … Scroll down to the sixth paragraph of this page for some interesting info on Marc-Andre Fleury’s switch from yellow goalie pads to white.
#1 by Neil on 02.08.08 9:15 am |
Deadspin has an amazing article about a guy who snuck into the Giants victory celebration and took a bunch of pictures. The article is at
http://deadspin.com/...
And his photo gallery is at
http://www2.snapfish...
#2 by C.N.q on 02.08.08 9:15 am |
At least we know the UCLA guy wasn’t puking because of Oregon’s jersey- that’s when they actually looked decent.
I miss those days.
#3 by Mike Edgerly on 02.08.08 9:18 am |
Bryan,
It bears mentioning that although Lance used the rainbow stripes on the cuffs of his regular team kit he ditched them late in his career.
#4 by Dane on 02.08.08 9:18 am |
Some wise-ass says this made him think of Uni Watch.
Yeah, who would say something like that??? Of all the nerve… let’s get ‘em!!! Oh, wait.
#5 by Dane on 02.08.08 9:20 am |
More pink uniforms this weekend: Yale Women’s Hockey.
#6 by MPowers1634 on 02.08.08 9:21 am |
Cade McNown had just returned to 1998 in his time machine. When asked by #96 What the future would hold for Oregon football, his response was quite profounsd!
#7 by Chris ATL on 02.08.08 9:24 am |
More PINK for you
#8 by Pat on 02.08.08 9:25 am |
Forgive me for not knowing much about cycling. But, what exactly are different disciplines? I pretty much thought they were all just riding bikes, I didn’t think that there were different kinds of pedaling. Anyone care to enlighten me a little bit… Bryan?
It seems to me a lot of cycling uniforms are quite extravagant, to a point where I can’t stand them. But that’s just me.
I did always enjoy the classic Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel shirt though.
#9 by Mark in Shiga on 02.08.08 9:27 am |
Those Ohio hockey jerseys would look a lot better if they ditched that little number on the front. It looks out of place right under the giant “OHIO” logo.
#10 by Stuby on 02.08.08 9:27 am |
I always thought that ‘rainbow’ striping was for the Olympic champion, since they’re the same colors as the rings. Thanks, Bryan, I learned something new.
A sidebar question:
For the Olympic road race, do the nations function as teams in the same sense as a normal Tour type race?
#11 by Kyle O on 02.08.08 9:28 am |
In soccer, teams will add a star to the jersey representing a championship, either the world cup or league. For teams that have won many championships each star may represent 10 championships
#12 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 9:28 am |
sometimes stripes aren’t always pleasing
#13 by MPowers1634 on 02.08.08 9:28 am |
I would just as much assume a quote of such poor taste to come out of the mouth(or keyboard) of the same caliber of person that would believe that placing a cactus on a hockey sweater to be normal!
(sarcasm)
#14 by Bryan Redemske on 02.08.08 9:29 am |
Road racing — like in the Tour de France when the whole pack is on the road togethe.
Time trial — just you and your bike, racing the clock. That’s when they wear the spaceman helmets.
Mountain — self-explanatory.
Track — usually indoors on a banked track
BMX — no, really
Cyclocross — Like off-road NASCAR, but with barriers to jump and hills to run up with your bike on your shoulder.
And that US Postal kit is my favorite, too.
#15 by JBees on 02.08.08 9:31 am |
You think that Hello Kitty Darth Vader is bad… check out what was in the news today
#16 by Pat on 02.08.08 9:36 am |
Good call… I just picked the first non-yellow Lance shirt I could find… didn’t think to change it from Discovery to Postal. I actually never liked the Discovery one… just forgot he was a Postal guy too.
Thanks for the info, I had no idea cycling was so vast in specialties. The only time I’ve ever watched is the Tour de France.
#17 by MPowers1634 on 02.08.08 9:37 am |
Or perhaps a gold C?
#18 by Bryan Redemske on 02.08.08 9:37 am |
Quite true. He dumped them early in the 2004 season, though his signature line of shoes had them until 2005, when he changed to the 10//2 color scheme.
Kind of. But a lot of times you’ll have very good riders from a number of different pro teams all trying to be the team leader. It probably starts with some strategy, but turns into a free-for-all.
#19 by NJHawkeye on 02.08.08 9:38 am |
While looking at possible baseball books to read in the spring, I came across this soon to be released book on Chief Bender. The cover has a really neat photo of Chief Bender. Check out the sweater! Obviously from his days with the Athletics, but I can’t figure out if what that white spot is on the middle of it. Is it part of the sweater or a blotch on the photo.
Link
#20 by Floormaster Squeeze on 02.08.08 9:42 am |
I am a cycling fan and sometimes really like the colors. But obviously the clashing sponsors ruin even the best designs. This years Serrament/PVC/blah/blah/blah jersey is unbelievably much. Here is there most famous rider, Gilberto Simoni, with then new duds.
Gilberto Simoni with ads
I did not think people would care but there was an interesting uni-related happening earlier this year at the Australian National Championships (most countries national championships are in N. Hemisphere summer but Australia has their’s in their summer). Adam Hansen won the Australian Nat. Time Trial but his team did not have jersey’s yet (Team High Road lost its sponsor T-Mobile pretty late but there may have been another reason). Anyway, here is a picture of Hansen in the time trial without his team colors. He had a Team High Road jersey a few days later for the road race.
Adam Hansen in plain blue
#21 by al on 02.08.08 9:44 am |
Not wanting this to get political or into musical taste, but yesterday the two combined to make a cool logo.
#22 by Luther Mahoney on 02.08.08 9:45 am |
In the Italian Serie A soccer league,the current champion-this year it is Inter Milan-is
allowed to wear the “scudetto” patch on the
front of their jerseys for the duration of the season. The patch is shaped like a shield and
is outlined in gold with the green,white and
red encased in the patch.
#23 by Robert on 02.08.08 9:46 am |
It was nice to read that despite the players’ desire to wear black uniforms, the Utes will not give in to them and will continue to wear the true school colors. It is a shame that they will permit black as an accent color, however.
#24 by Mike Edgerly on 02.08.08 9:47 am |
Paolo Bettini wore a gold helmet in honor of his 2004 Olympic road Race victory along with his Rainbow Kit in 2006. I’m pretty sure that the Gold Helmet and handlebar tape (here along with Italy NC kit) were strictly his doing and the UCI went along.
Also see Bryan’s post above about National teams in the Olympics and World Championships.
#25 by Jon on 02.08.08 9:53 am |
Just and FYI that hockey isn’t an official NCAA sport at Ohio University - it is a club sport. My guess is that the uniform codes for such a sport are less hard and fast. They probably got new uniforms when they could finally afford them.
#26 by Jim on 02.08.08 9:58 am |
WTF
http://cgi.ebay.com/...
If they were ever to wear these, I think I might cry.
#27 by Nicole on 02.08.08 10:03 am |
Too bad he doesn’t know how to use the focus on his camera!
#28 by GregW on 02.08.08 10:06 am |
Here’s Paolo Pezzo after winning Gold in Atlanta
#29 by badly drawn boykins on 02.08.08 10:06 am |
Yup, you can see the jersey and the detail here.
You can also see the patch Liverpool wears for Champions League matches, since they’ve won it 5 times: pic
And Italy’s national team redesigned its crest to reflect its 4th World Cup - you can see the new and old crests here.
#30 by GregW on 02.08.08 10:07 am |
#31 by Dane on 02.08.08 10:18 am |
It just struck me - the goaltender (#35) has the Yale “Y” as the design on her pads. Nice touch.
#32 by E_Ro on 02.08.08 10:19 am |
Yeah I agree, since it is only club, I wouldn’t be as hard on them. I really don’t see anything wrong with the sweater colors/design/materials. My problem is the white helmets worn with non-white unis.
#33 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 10:23 am |
saw that yesterday (or early this am)…as a former deadhead, i thought it was cool…obama literally has a logo for EVERYTHING (except perhaps Uni Watch)
lets hope he don’t steal your face right off your head
#34 by Joe M on 02.08.08 10:25 am |
Just so Paul and everyone else here knows, the Hello Kitty Darth Vader is a Photoshop.
The person in question did indeed make a white Darth Vader outfit. It’s from some alternate Star Wars Universe story where Vader doesn’t die at the end of Return of the Jedi. And no, I have not read it, my brother, who a much bigger Star Wars fan than I, told me about it.
#35 by Breezy on 02.08.08 10:28 am |
Nice touch indeed: http://yalebulldogs....
#36 by Steve Flack on 02.08.08 10:33 am |
Love the photo of Foxx with the batboys. Is it possible to purchase a copy of it from somewhere? I’d love to get it for my dad to add to his “museum”.
-Steve!
#37 by KT on 02.08.08 10:36 am |
MLS got into the “scudetto” thing a couple of years back. Now the rule is this:
Last year’s champion wears a small patch on their shirts for the following season (visible, but not in detail, here on the Galaxy’s 2006 shirt as they were the first to display it). Then the FOLLOWING season, they add the star over the badge on the other side of the shirt.
Houston will wear the shield for the second straight year this year, because they have won MLS Cup back to back. This year, though, they’ll add the star for their 2006 title and NEXT year they’ll have two stars for 2006-2007 titles and the scudetto comes off (unless they three-peat, obviously).
Though Houston moved from San Jose, they don’t get to claim the two titles the Earthquakes won (2001 and 2003) and reference them with stars on their shirts because the league left the colors and history and records behind for the new San Jose team that starts up again this season. The “new” San Jose team has two stars over its badge on its 2008 jerseys.
#38 by GR on 02.08.08 10:41 am |
More of the Gwinnett Gladiators going pink…some pictures of their pink ice:
#39 by GR on 02.08.08 10:42 am |
Where did my link go? I used the link button. Oh well…here’s another try…pink ice for Gwinnett Gladiators:
http://projects.ajc....
#40 by Jet on 02.08.08 10:45 am |
That Ohio U. hockey uni is VILE.
-Jet
#41 by Mike on 02.08.08 10:53 am |
Every team that has won the Champions League has that patch on their jerseys with the number of times that they have wone it. Like ManUre has 2, Chelsea and Arsenal don’t have one but the Mighty Reds have 5.
“It’s only on loan, it’s only on loan. In the old Soviet Union, it’s coming back home!”
#42 by Joe from WV on 02.08.08 11:00 am |
As an Athens barcrawler, I can understand why OU is trying to streamline all of its athletic programs under one universal set of logos but that hockey non-sweater looks like total ass.
#43 by Steve-O on 02.08.08 11:02 am |
The real reason Mitt Romney lost the Republican Nomination …
He couldn’t tell the difference between a Baseball Mitt and a Baseball Glove
#44 by Joey Guns on 02.08.08 11:10 am |
Here’s the newest SI cover. Tyree made the cover!
http://i.cnn.net/si/...
#45 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 11:15 am |
speaking of “the catch”…
local radio stations here in NY are trying to come up with the perfect catch-phrase (if you’ll pardon my pun) for the pass & grab…nothing great so far, but the best two (imho) are
catch-42 and the hail manning…
if anyone is interested, there could be some decent bank if you can come up with the phrase that comes to symbolize that play…if you copyright it of course
#46 by Fez Whatley on 02.08.08 11:23 am |
MAF not in sport gold will be like seeing Michael Jordan with hair on his head.
#47 by ScottyJ in WV on 02.08.08 11:24 am |
Majestic may move their manufacturing facility.
#48 by Shaftman on 02.08.08 11:28 am |
I was listening to that windbag as well. I was listening at 3pm and he was doing that whole thing. Later (at about 6pm) I turned on the radio and he was still doing it. Slow news day.
#49 by Ronnie Poore on 02.08.08 11:34 am |
at least he didn’t wet his pants like his team mates! check the photo again and look at #’s 52 and 59.
#50 by Ronnie Poore on 02.08.08 11:34 am |
at least he didn’t wet his pants like his team mates! check the photo again and look at #’s 52 and 59.
#51 by Kenny on 02.08.08 11:35 am |
Shit he probably knew what Bears fans were going to do when they saw him play
#52 by lwiedy on 02.08.08 11:39 am |
Interesting. Give good historical on Majestic although “In 1982, Majestic pioneered the batting practice jersey, a shirt worn only for pre-game warm-ups” is incorrect. Wilson was making BP’s for the Angels in 1979.
#53 by Chris ATL on 02.08.08 11:41 am |
PDF file of The Gwinnett Gladiators Pink in the Rink promotion as seen is the 5th anniversary logo and the pink jerseys of a team name Thunder (can’t make out which one)
#54 by Kevin M. on 02.08.08 11:58 am |
Looks like its the Stockton Thunder.
#55 by MPowers1634 on 02.08.08 12:07 pm |
Cade McNown had just returned to 1998 in his time machine. When asked by #96 What the future would hold for Oregon football, his response was quite profound!
Shit he probably knew what Bears fans were going to do when they saw him play
Whether it is urban legend or not is open to interpretation. Story has it that the referee was actually clairvoyant and at that exact moment he had a vision concerning the future of both schools. He was overheard explaining this vision to the players surrounding him stating “In the Future, the warriors of Eugene will don armor of diamond and headgear resembling both tennis balls and human reverse peristalsis.” #96 could not comprehend. He then mentioned to McNown and his lineman that they would not be spared such indignities when their standards will be adorned with the letter C in a Golden hue commemorating past victories. The two lineman then burst out laughing so hard that they peed themselves. This was all too much for McNown to handle causing him to vomit on the field. The referee once turned to the Oregon defender and simply said, “That’s it, son”!
#56 by James Craven on 02.08.08 12:12 pm |
Give credit to the REAL PIONEERS of the BP jersey: the 1977 Philadelphia Phillies! They were also made by Wilson at thatv time IIRC. Now, every team uses them for BP and spring training with the exception of the Evil Empire of Fat George III.
#57 by James Craven on 02.08.08 12:17 pm |
Yeah, with an American Flag sticker on the back along with a green dot meaning that he’s the quarterback and has radio communications with the coaching staff, mayhaps?
I call shenanigans, mullarkey and blarney on the stcikers and gold “C” for today. No Mas as Roberto Duran Duran once said.
#58 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 12:19 pm |
james,
lose the anger and get your facts straight
the spankees DO wear the ST/BP jerseys, just like the rest of the league
#59 by Robb on 02.08.08 12:19 pm |
At least he took his mouth piece out, that would’ve been gross
#60 by James Craven on 02.08.08 12:21 pm |
GREY IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COLOR AT OHIO UNIVERSITY!
NEITHER IS BLACK!
That new uni BBSS at once.
See “Chris Creamer Boards” for an explaination of BBSS at once means.
#61 by James Craven on 02.08.08 12:22 pm |
And Phil, they do wear the pinstripes for home exhibition games in Tampa IIRC.
#62 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 12:24 pm |
aren’t you banned @ cc james?
#63 by James Craven on 02.08.08 12:26 pm |
BREAKING NEWS: John Brady sacked as LSU Men’s basketball coach.
#64 by Tim Abel on 02.08.08 12:29 pm |
probably better to leave the hockey in ohio to the #1 school in the country…
#65 by ewcorpuz on 02.08.08 12:36 pm |
Don’t sell UCLA short…the C is for 100 championships, not 10.
#66 by Andrew on 02.08.08 12:40 pm |
I think it should be pointed out that hockey at OU is not a varsity sport, as far as I can remember. It’s bigger than most club sports, but it’s not a full university sport. So, call it an ugly uniform, but don’t blame my alma mater for it. There’s enough trouble over there without that.
#67 by Andrew on 02.08.08 12:42 pm |
Also:
Speaking of OU, pink uniforms.
Anyway, that’s also a link to the athletics site, where one can see that hockey isn’t part of this.
#68 by C.N. on 02.08.08 12:43 pm |
Well, they’re not the only team to do this. I;m not about to compile a comprehensive list or go hunting for pictures, but I know the Cardinals, Cubs, Mets, Twins, Tigers and White Sox have all worn regular season unis in spring games in the past couple of years or so, at least part-time.
#69 by C.N. on 02.08.08 12:44 pm |
Only two seasons after a trip to the Final Four. This what-have-you-done-for-me-lately crap has gotten out of hand. Unless there’s some other reason for his dismissal?
#70 by Evan G. on 02.08.08 12:48 pm |
haha another UF student, I just read that article and am actually sitting in Marston Library reading this
#71 by Mardi on 02.08.08 12:49 pm |
My friend plays for the Pitt Panthers womens basketball team and she told me that on sun the 17th they are having Pink the Pete. the players will be wearing pink jerseys and fan attending the game will wear pink also. There is an ad on the home page.
#72 by Bradley on 02.08.08 12:59 pm |
New WVU basketball jerseys:
http://westvirginia....
#73 by Breezy on 02.08.08 1:01 pm |
I thought #2 looked familier:
http://www.allielafo...
#74 by Mike D on 02.08.08 1:02 pm |
I always thought the defending Super Bowl champions should wear a silver NFL logo instead of the regular red, white, and blue logo.
#75 by Al on 02.08.08 1:03 pm |
Athletes’ bodies are different for the different disciplines. The sprinters have gigantic legs and are good for about 20 seconds’ worth of burst, but are also cunning enough to “know when to go” at the end.
The time trialists (team or individual pursuit) have endurance, good speed, and good bike control to be that close to your teammate in the draft.
Road racers (especially climbers) have great endurance, VO2, and can generate power for six hours at a time and recover quickly (sometimes with help, sometimes without). It’s the “recover quickly” thing which has become the contentious issue around performance-enhancing drugs.
There are other ICU disciplines such as Cyclo-Cross (great balance and power for having to sometimes dismount the bike and run part of the course), Cyclo-ball (literally playing soccer with a very thin bike that you pop wheelies on to propel the very light ball), and the Keirin (a Japanese sprint race on which there is pari-mutuel betting everywhere except the Olympics).
#76 by MPowers1634 on 02.08.08 1:03 pm |
Touche!
#77 by Al on 02.08.08 1:07 pm |
They try, but since they are “throw-together” teams, the tactics are not as good; breakaways can often lead to the “winning move” early on. This can also happen in the World Championship road race. These are, I think, the only two races on the calendar where national teams are pitted against each other.
Oh, and another thing (more uni-related). The USA cycling jerseys for the Olympics have often been horrendous explosions of stars, bars, and colors. But for ICU pro races, they’re still understated.
#78 by Jeff on 02.08.08 1:07 pm |
Maybe that jersey is like the optical illusion where you stare at it for 30 seconds and then look at a white wall and it looks normal, like this America flag on this page:
http://pearl.homeste...
#79 by Mike on 02.08.08 1:13 pm |
While mentioned earlier, here is another article which explains more about why you will be seeing the “Angry Pirate” in Pittsburgh less this coming year:
Linky
#80 by Al on 02.08.08 1:15 pm |
I’d like to see that for any competition. DC United, for example, should have one star when it plays in the Concacaf Champions Cup/League since it was the Interamerican champions in 1998. They should have four stars in MLS play, one in US Open Cup play.
#81 by Al on 02.08.08 1:20 pm |
That would actually be neat (a la the opening credits of America’s Game on NFL Network..
Also, for the Super Bowl only, the NFL Equip logo changes to red for the AFC team, blue for the NFC. Pro Bowl: same thing. And, hey, why not interconference while we’re at it?
#82 by ryan c #40 on 02.08.08 1:21 pm |
My friend plays for the Pitt Panthers womens basketball team and she told me that on sun the 17th they are having Pink the Pete. the players will be wearing pink jerseys and fan attending the game will wear pink also. There is an ad on the home page.
…geez! everyone is getting into the act! i liked when the target nascar was all pink and you couldnt see the sponsors (3 seasons ago i think). just looked cool for one race (at charlotte), there was one car that just looked plain.
i’ll be at the pete tonight.
you dont by chance have any friends that play pitt womens volleyball do you *smiling*… hee hee
#83 by Robin on 02.08.08 1:26 pm |
Sorry to get off uni topic, but this has been a loooooong time coming. Speaking as an LSU alumnus, Brady has a history of running off solidly talented bball players. The team has had some luck in recruiting over the years leading up to the final four appearance, but I don’t credit the success to John Brady. It was time for a change.
#84 by Original Jim on 02.08.08 1:29 pm |
Yes…banned for constantly trying to prove his superiority with bad catch phrases, pretend outrage, condescending remarks and obsessive use of the phrase “BBSS” (bites, blows, sucks and swallows).
#85 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 1:32 pm |
i thought so
i distinctly remembered posts #71 & 72 from last year
#86 by KT on 02.08.08 1:37 pm |
Look what I found in the office of a construction site I visited this morning.
#87 by Ryan Cousineau on 02.08.08 1:39 pm |
Bryan’s going to kick himself for missing this one, but I’m virtually certain the “ST” championship is a track cycling event.
Track cycling, because you have 9 different world championship disciplines, produces lots of champions.
#88 by Shane on 02.08.08 1:42 pm |
Man, what’s wrong with a little pink now and then?
That said, I really dig this old Palermo shirt.
#89 by Tom on 02.08.08 1:43 pm |
I like the Ohio hockey unis. They’re MUCH better than my school’s:
Minnesota State, Mankato
#90 by al on 02.08.08 1:46 pm |
i am missing something … why 42?
as for names, i like “the great escape”. the names let you remeber the play … the catch (dwight clark), music city miracle (titans) and the imaculate reception (franco) let you know the star, and in this case, i will remember eli avoiding the sack more than tyree’s catch.
the great escape!
#91 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 1:47 pm |
that’s sweet kenn
btw…i loved what you did with your numerology post yesterday
#92 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 1:54 pm |
42=super bowl XLII
as far as the great esacpe, i do like it, but it only tells 1/2 of the story…it doesn’t reference the catch, which was amazing
that’s the problem with coming up for a phrase for this play…it’s really TWO awesome plays rolled into one
#93 by Jerico on 02.08.08 2:02 pm |
Don Cherry’s greatest hits, according to the blog Going Five Hole.
#94 by Joe Drennan on 02.08.08 2:07 pm |
Equipment makers have been doing this for a while. Brian’s does it the most, but more of the other makers are following suit. One of the Ohio State University men’s hockey goalies had white pads with a big “O” on them as well. Some goalies see this as an extension of showing their persoonality/team pride from the paintings on their masks. I think the simple ones like the “Y” or “O” are pretty cool though.
#95 by Max on 02.08.08 2:14 pm |
In that ebay ad with Larry Doby, is he wearing two different stirrups?
Looks like the one on the left leg has more stripes than the right.
#96 by LL on 02.08.08 2:17 pm |
Brown women’s hockey hops on the pink bandwagon:
http://rfx.cstv.com/...
…It’s always a little comical when Brown makes apparel or uniforms in any color other than brown.
#97 by ScottyJ in WV on 02.08.08 2:17 pm |
Yeah, I saw those last night.
Yet another entry into the “fugly” category…..
#98 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 2:19 pm |
it’s really annoying how slovenia’s shield detracts from all the pretty logos
#99 by al on 02.08.08 2:20 pm |
I know it has been said before, but this sure could be confusing … http://store.nba.com...
#100 by joe on 02.08.08 2:32 pm |
it was superbowl 42
#101 by todd krevanchi on 02.08.08 2:50 pm |
my goodness!
purple doesnt bother me at all…
at least it doesnt to the extent that it seems to bother everyone else on the board (i know its not really everyone else, but ive never come across so many people who hated one color in my life)
but when you take a color, any color, and make your mascot that color, when said mascot has no business being that color, that gets on my nerves.
i mean, a purple bull?
i can justify the red “chicago bull” in the fact that historically in bull fighting red is widespread (the blood, in the matador’s uni, as well as the traditional color of the cape).
but a purple bull?
#102 by C.N. on 02.08.08 2:54 pm |
Well, speaking as a college b-ball fan, LSU fan and former resident of the great state of Louisiana, I think that if you reach the pinnacle of your profession (which, for most programs anyway, is the Final Four), that should buy you a few years. Especially at a school like LSU, a football school where, aside from the Pistol Pete and Shaq eras, basketball success has been spotty at best.
This just goes to prove again that college athletics is so far from its original intention, and is now nothing but a multibillion-dollar business. Coaches shouldn’t be fired so soon after a Final Four trip unless they’ve done something illegal or otherwise immoral. Period.
#103 by LI Phil on 02.08.08 2:54 pm |
todd,
today i’m proudly wearing a plum shirt and tie…some might even say it is purple…if anyone actually cares, i’ll take a pic and post it…
/not EVERYONE hates purple ;)
#104 by Richard Bruns on 02.08.08 2:55 pm |
In the English Premier League, all teams wear the league’s patch on their sleeve. But the past season’s champion, currently Manchester United, wears the same patch ex