William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

BOB GREENE: No one will ever name a sports team this way – CNN
Washington, D.C. probably has the strangest history with the nicknames of their sports teams. The NBA’s D.C. team was the Washington Bullets (originally Baltimore Bullets), but owner Abe Pollin changed the name to the generic Wizards because his friend Israeli prime minster [...]

Reading the DC Sports Bog’s Monday post on the Washington Nationals new batting practice caps gave me an idea. I have already complained about the Nats BP caps — red brim, white front panel and blue side and back panels. I never liked the white front panel on any cap and not just because the [...]

Opposition to the name “Redskins” is building momentum in the last several months. A conference today at the National Museum of the American Indian Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports is getting a lot of attention. The Redskins nickname has been the subject of many recent columns. At the very least, that was [...]

First look: new MLB batting practice caps – UniWatch on ESPN
The latest MLB batting practice caps have been leaked to Paul Lukas of UniWatch. The Washington Nationals version is above, along with the previous version.
I guess we now know what the Opening Day giveaway is going to be. I don’t care for it – [...]

It is old news, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are wearing these on Sunday when they host the Washington Redskins:

Technically, those are “inspired” by the 1934 uniforms, back when they were the Pittsburgh Pirates of the NFL. To me, it makes them look like convicted bumble bees that broke out of prison and started running a [...]

I noticed on Saturday that Yale is now putting little Bulldogs on their helmets, presumably for good play. This is the first time I can recall it. Since the photo is not as clear as I would have liked, here is a look at the graphic I believe they are using:

Yale upset Penn, 27-13 at [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After changing to an outlined Y in the 1990s, Yale football helmets are now adorned with the traditional block Y sans outline. That is sophomore nose guard Jeff Schmittgens pictured. From a pregame release:
RETRO
The Yale helmets have a slight “retro” look this fall with a change in the “Y” on the [...]

#PennState unveils the hockey jerseys for their Division I teams, which begin play this year. twitter.com/GoPSUsports1/s…
— Penn State Athletics (@GoPSUsports1) September 11, 2012

I don’t think you could have done them better. Simple and elegant. I’m glad they just have the oval logo on the front, the ones with that and “PENN STATE” that they had [...]

Generally speaking, I’m pretty happy with the Washington Nationals uniforms. I’m in the tank for the curly W and don’t miss the beveled-block typography of the original set. However, if I had a say, I’d make a few changes.
HOME UNIFORM
There are just two changes I’d make
1.) remove the number from the front of the jersey
2.) [...]

The great Paul Lukas of Uni-Watch and ESPN Playbook has ranked the uniforms of the 122 MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA teams. This is similar to a feature he did over five years ago called the most livable Uni-Cities which I blogged about back then: Ranking cities by team uniforms. Lukas explains how he [...]