Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Jan. 12, 2024

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

Jan 12, 2024

Hello! After taking two weeks off for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the weekly blog digest is back!

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

Saturday, Jan. 6

Phil recapped the uniforms from college football’s final round of bowl games.

We got our first look at an Atlanta jersey in MLB’s new tailoring template.

Sunday, Jan. 7

Contributor Walter Helfer came up with a bunch of really fun NBA In-Season Tournament uniform concepts.

Monday, Jan. 8

Here’s this week’s Monday Morning Uni Watch report on Sunday’s NFL action.
In an embarrassing social media move, the Spurs got Cleveland mixed up with Cincinnati.
More advance info is trickling out about the Houston Texans’ upcoming uniform redesign.
The Tampa Bay Rays are reportedly considering a “St. Petersburg” jersey.
NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo says the Bucks’ equipment manager “has to wash our clothes better.”
Here’s how to decode the merit decals on the Michigan Wolverines’ helmets.
After a long absence, Uni Watch caps are once again available.

Tuesday, Jan. 9

The weirdest-looking facemask in football is getting a makeover.
College football can’t decide if this week’s national championship game was for 2023 or 2024.

Wednesday, Jan. 10

There are lots of rumors and speculation about the Denver Broncos’ upcoming uniform redesign.
A local TV news sports reporter didn’t have access to the Michigan/Washington CFP highlights, so he drew his own highlight graphics, with brilliant results.
Following up on the first post of the day, I scored an exclusive interview with the guy at the heart of the Broncos’ uni speculation.

Thursday, Jan. 11

The only post on the blog this day was a teaser for my ranking of this season’s NFL throwback uniforms, which I hope you already saw here on Substack.

Friday, Jan. 12

The 2024 NBA All-Star uniforms have leaked.
The NHL’s Florida Panthers are taking a very odd approach with their 30th-anniversary patch.
Free agent pitcher Marcus Stroman is signing with the Yankees, which could have some interesting implications if he gets to wear his preferred No. 0.

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.