Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Feb. 16, 2024

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

Hello! Sorry that I’m a day late sending out this week’s digest. I had jury duty for the past few days, so many of my usual routines were disrupted.

Here’s what’s been happening over on the Uni Watch Blog:

Saturday, Feb. 10

• As part of Phil’s pre-Super Bowl coverage, he took a look at the uniform histories of the 49ers and Kansas City.

• Phil also presented the third installment in his four-part ranking of Super Bowl uniform matchups.

• Phil also looked at the history of Niners/KC uniform matchups.

Sunday, Feb. 11

• Phil presented the final installment of his ranking of Super Bowl uni matchups.

• Phil wrapped up his Super Bowl coverage by predicting the winner based on the better uniform.

Monday, Feb. 12

• I delivered my Monday Morning Uni Watch report on the Super Bowl.

• Rumors that the Jets would promote their throwbacks to primary status have now been confirmed.

• If you want any Uni Watch or Naming Wrongs T-shirts, move fast because they will soon be sunsetting.

• Two more 2024 MLB batting practice caps have appeared online.

• MLB has also released its 2024 St. Patrick’s Day caps.

• As per his annual custom, Uni Watch reader Steve Speicher DIY’d himself some jerseys for the Super Bowl.

Tuesday, Feb. 13

• The NFL has unveiled the logo for next year’s Super Bowl.

• Tiger Woods, no longer with Nike, unveiled his new brand partnership with TaylorMade Golf.

• With spring training starting, Cardinals players don’t like Nike’s new uniform template.

• Speaking of the Cardinals, we got our first look at how their script will look on the new jerseys.

• In a major surprise, the Dodgers will be the first MLB team to get a second City Connect uniform.

• The Red Sox and Rays will wear caps with commemorative side patches for their upcoming two-game spring series in the Dominican Republic.

• A very creative krewe in New Orleans made some incredible sports-themed Mardi Gras costumes. Not to be missed!

Wednesday, Feb. 14

• Contributor Kary Klismet took an in-depth look at Valentine’s Day-themed uniforms.

• Speaking of Valentine’s Day, I reprised an old post featuring several hundred vintage sports-themed V-Day cards.

• A lot of people seem confused about whether Nike or Fanatics is responsible for the changes to MLB uniforms this year, so I tried to sort out the facts from the fiction.

• The Orlando Magic retired Shaquille O’Neal’s No. 32 — the first number retirement ever for an Orlando player — and totally botched the banner design.

• The Dodgers have become the latest MLB team with a sleeve advertisement.

• With the 2024 MLS season set to begin next week, five teams unveiled new shirt designs.

Thursday, Feb. 15

• Nike’s new uni template is ruining MLB’s best pants (yes, pants).

• Yet another casualty of the new template: The Phillies’ jersey logo is no longer chain-stitched.

• A Uni Watch scoop: The Nats are making changes to their home whites and navy alternates (and the changes aren’t bad!).

• Another MLB-related scoop: Atlanta has made some previously unannounced changes to their navy road alternate jersey.

• Over in the NHL, the Lightning unveiled a new black alternate uniform.

• Back in MLB, the Giants have a new sleeve advertiser.

Friday, Feb. 16

• Here’s the third installment of our weekly Remembership series, which looks back at the history of the Uni Watch membership card program.

• We recently invited Uni Watch readers to submit questions and suggestions to Phil Hecken, who’ll be taking over the site in a few months. Here are Phil’s responses.

• There are a bunch of newly unveiled MLS jerseys.

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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That’s it for this week. Thanks for reading Uni Watch!

Paul Lukas has been writing about uniforms for over 20 years. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Uni Watch merchandise. Have a question for Paul? Contact him here.