It’s Super Bowl weekend, finally. Maybe it’s just me but every year those two weeks off seem to feel longer and longer. This Sunday it’s the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots, the Eagles looking for their first Super Bowl title and I presume the Patriots are too since I
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The Story Behind Patriot Pat from the Cartoonist Who Created Him
In 1960, Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell, working for $25 a day, was handed an assignment that would change his life—and the lives of fans of the brand-new AFL football team coming to Boston. “Sports editor Jerry Nason came to me and he said, ‘They’ve decided to call the team
Goodell: No Change to Redskins Coming
The Washington Redskins aren’t changing a thing. Not anytime soon, anyways. While Major League Baseball and the Cleveland Indians announced yesterday that their Chief Wahoo logo was being removed from the team uniforms in 2019, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell today said the Redskins name was going to be sticking around.
Superstitious Pats Choose White for Super Bowl LII
They may be the “home team” for the Super Bowl but the New England Patriots will not be dressing the part. Announced this morning via their official Twitter account, the Patriots declared today that they will be wearing their road white jersey for the game two weekends from now in
Phantom Merch: Jaguars, Vikings 2017 Conference Champs
Facing Tom Brady in a championship game? Odds are you’re gonna get some phantom gear comin’ your way. Jacksonville Jaguars, welcome to the club. As for the Minnesota Vikings, ouch… it would’ve been the first time a team played in a Super Bowl in their home stadium. But hey at
NFL quietly releases 2018 Pro Bowl uniforms
The end of January will bring about the game that everybody wants to be invited to but nobody actually wants to play in since playing in that game means that you missed the Super Bowl — the Pro Bowl! While the NFL has yet to officially unveil the uniforms, all
NFL Playoffs: The Super Bowl LII Uniform Matchups I Want (and More)
The National Football League Playoffs are here and while we have the old, usual participants back once again with the Patriots and Steelers there’s a few fresh faces we haven’t seen ’round these parts in years, why heck we haven’t seen the Los Angeles Rams in a playoff game since
Colts wear all-white in snowstorm and it ruins film study for Broncos
Well, this is a first. This past Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts visited the Buffalo Bills and the two teams played in a blizzard. The first half of the game was basically unwatchable due to the heavy snow. Here’s a screencap from Sunday’s game that illustrates my point. When I say
Dallas Cowboys will wear white pants with primary navy jerseys
This Sunday’s game at MetLife Stadium will be one of the more unique uniform matchups in the history of the Dallas Cowboys/New York Giants series. The Giants made it known all the way back in preseason that they were going to be wearing their Color Rush uniforms from last season.
Washington may not wear their Color Rush uniforms
Washington has made it clear over the past year or so that they aren’t exactly fans of what they ended up having for Color Rush uniforms. Back when there were rumors that the Philadelphia Eagles were lobbying to the league for a rule change concerning alternate helmets, Washington was also
Green Bay Packers set to wear throwback uniforms once again
Despite my continued pleas for the Packers to find a throwback that better suits this current era of “one helmet only” rules in the NFL, Green Bay continues to wear the throwbacks from the 1937-48 era. Indeed, the team will be donning navy blue-and-gold jerseys as they’ve done for all
Texans Helmets Will Not Be Logo-Free Today
Houston Texans players were reportedly thinking of playing without a logo on their helmet during today’s game against the Seahawks in Seattle in response to the news of a comment made by Texans team owner Bob McNair earlier this week. It was just one of the options the team had