Uni Watch Blog Digest for the Week Ending Jan. 19, 2024

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

Jan 19, 2024

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

Saturday, Jan. 13

Phil picked the NFL Wild Card Weekend games based on which teams had the better uniform.
Contributor Walter Helfer continued his project of creating NBA In-Season Tournament uniform concepts.
The NHL All-Star Game jerseys leaked, and were then officially released, and boy do they suck.

Sunday, Jan. 14

Contributor Chris Diamond proposes that NFL uniforms be much more uniform.
Walter Helfer is back with even more NBA In-Season Tourney uniform concepts.

Monday, Jan. 15

Here’s this week’s Monday Morning Uni Watch report on Sunday’s NFL uni news.
I took a look at the uniforms from a few dozen teams that play for high schools named after Martin Luther King Jr.
The Uni Watch logo has been spotted in Antarctica!

Tuesday, Jan. 16

Despite its name, the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore is a lot more than just a baseball museum. Here’s a look at some very cool stuff from their archives.
A Uni Watch reader shared a letter written to his grandfather in 1952 on gorgeous New York Football Giants stationery.

Wednesday, Jan. 17

There’s suddenly a lot of chatter about the Seattle Seahawks getting a new uniform set for 2024, but it’s from a questionable source, so I explored how seriously we should or shouldn’t take the rumors.

Thursday, Jan. 18

Here’s a really great story: A minor league hockey logo designed by a Uni Watch reader more than 30 years ago is finally making its on-ice debut.
And I hope you saw my interview with David Crabtree, the world’s premier historian of hockey ice graphics, here on Substack.

Friday, Jan. 19

We got our first look at an authentic (not replica) MLB jersey rendered in Nike’s new template.

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.