Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Sept. 22, 2023

One-stop shopping for the past week of Uni Watch Blog content.

Hello! Here’s what’s been happening on the Uni Watch Blog over the past week:

Friday, Sept. 15

• A late-breaking item from last Friday: The NBA’s Orlando Magic have unveiled a throwback uniform for the coming season.

Saturday, Sept. 16

• Here’s a very entertaining look at how football and TV were practically made for each other.

• The NHL’s Boston Bruins unveiled three new “centennial jerseys” for the coming season.

Sunday, Sept. 17

• Phil published his Sunday Morning Uni Watch roundup of Saturday’s college football uni news.

Monday, Sept. 18

• Here’s this week’s Monday Morning Uni Watch roundup of Sunday’s NFL uni news.

• The saga of Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón’s “on again, off again” ad patch has gotten even weirder.

Tuesday, Sept. 19

• The Browns’ new white alternate helmet made its on-field debut.

• With cursive writing no longer being taught, some brands are abandoning their script logos. What are the implications for sports teams with script logos?

• Over in the NHL, the Sabres have a new home helmet advertiser.

• And in the NBA, the Jazz are retiring their longtime “5 for the Fight” patch.

Wednesday, Sept. 20

• The Sacramento Kings have unveiled the first centennial logo in NBA history — and it’s a beauty.

• Sticking in the NBA, it looks like the Timberwolves have a 1989 throwback in the works.

• And as I hope you saw here on Substack, I wrote about 10 NFL throwbacks I’d like to see.

Thursday, Sept. 21

• The PGA of America unveiled a new logo and slogan, the latter of which has a very annoying style error.

• This year’s Indiana’s men’s basketball team photo has a very subtle uni aberration. Can you spot it?

• The Golden State Warriors’ new City Edition jersey has leaked, and it has one of the strangest chest wordmarks in uniform history.

• The Utah Jazz announced their new uniform advertiser.

Friday, Sept. 22

• The Seahawks will be wearing white at home this Sunday for the first time in the team’s 43-year history.

• As expected, the Timberwolves unveiled a throwback edition of their inaugural uniform, as part of the team’s 35th-season celebration.

Uni Watch News Tickers

In addition to the articles I just linked to, we also had the Uni Watch News Ticker — our daily roundup of news items from across the uni-verse. Here are the Tickers for Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

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