March, 2006:

• Houston Dynamo Unveil Uniforms (Major League Soccer)
  March 31, 2006
  Houston Dynamo unveiled its new uniform at a public ceremony at KICKS Indoor Soccer, at 611 Sheperd Drive, in Houston.  The home uniform consists of an orange jersey, white shorts, and the name "Dynamo" across the chest, while the away kit features a white shirt, and orange shorts. The name "Dynamo" also appears on the chest. On both jerseys, the team shield is at the top left corner.
  Source: www.soccer365.com
   
• Uni Watch by Paul Lukas - "The Latest in MLB Uniforms"
  March 30, 2006
  The start of the Major League Baseball season is just a few days away, which can only mean three things: Mark Prior and Kerry Wood are headed for the DL; you'd better finally get started on that tax return; and it's time for Uni Watch's MLB season preview, now in its eighth annual edition.  Uni Watch has already covered the season's most visible change: those annoying new CoolFlo batting helmets, which are being worn by the Cubs, Angels, Diamondbacks, Devil Rays, Orioles, Dodgers, Mets, Twins, A's, Braves and Padres. Fortunately, most of this year's other changes are more benign, and several are quite laudable.
  Source: www.espn.com
   
• Milwaukee Brewers Announce Heritage Celebration (Major League Baseball / National League)
  March 29, 2006
  The 1982 throwbacks won't be the only alternate uniforms on the Brewers' backs this season. On Wednesday, the team announced a pair of promotions aimed at Milwaukee's African-American and Hispanic communities. The Brewers have planned a June 2 Negro Leagues Tribute, and Miller Park will take on a Latin flair when the club presents "Cerveceros Day" on July 29.
  Source: milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com
   
• Macon Music to Unveil Nickname, Logo (South Coast League (baseball)
  March 28, 2006
  The newly formed Macon Professional Baseball Club will host it's 1st annual "Fan Fest" to be held at Historic Luther Williams Field. Scheduled for Saturday, April 8th from 11AM to 1PM, the event will be open to the public and completely free of charge. The flagship franchise of the South Coast League will reveal the results of it's "Name the Team" online contest and also unveil the team's new logo designs at the event.
  Source: www.oursportscentral.com
   
• Arizona Cardinals Unveil Interior Stadium Design (National Football League)
  March 24, 2006
  The Arizona Cardinals today will officially unveil how they're sprucing up their new home in Glendale. Among the features inside Cardinals Stadium are huge murals, a 60-foot team logo and a wall remembering Cardinals greats. After speaking to the Glendale Republic on Tuesday about the look and feel of the stadium, Cardinals Vice President Michael Bidwill walked into the lobby of the team's Tempe headquarters and invited some fans to an impromptu preview. Paul Garcia and his 8-year-old son had driven from Goodyear to get season tickets. They were joined by two more fans, also from Goodyear. They sat in awe as Bidwill ran through a presentation of the team's vision for the stadium.
  Source: www.azcentral.com
   
• Atlanta Braves Unveil 40th Anniversary Logo (Major League Baseball / National League)
  March 23, 2006
  The Atlanta Braves will recognize the 40th Anniversary of their arrival from Milwaukee in 1966 with a season-long schedule of celebrations slated for Turner Field in 2006. Opening Day will feature the first of six collectable pins presented by Home Depot given to the first 20,000 fans arriving at Turner Field.
  Source: atlanta.braves.mlb.com
   
• Laredo Broncos Unveil Name, Logo (United Baseball League)
  March 23, 2006
  The Laredo Broncos. That's the name unveiled on Wednesday of the new United Baseball League team that starts play here in May. The team has been operating here as Laredo Baseball Club since Feb. 1 when it announced it would join the UBL with the San Angelo Colts, Amarillo Dillas, Alexandra Aces, Edinburg Coyote and Rio Grande Valley Whitewings (Harlingen). At a press conference at Average Joe's Sports Bar, Laredo general manager Jose Melendez pulled the string on the ribbon that unfolded the name and logo, which is a high-kicking Bronco.
  Source: www.zwire.com
   
• Uni Watch by Paul Lukas - "Crimson and Clover"
  March 23, 2006
  OK, it's official. The second-best baseball team on the planet -- at least according to the results of the World Baseball Classic -- wears red pants. Judging by the e-mails Uni Watch has been receiving, lots of fans have a major problem with that. Uni Watch agrees that Cuba's full-on atomic fireball look was bad news (much like those mid-1970s Indians disasters) but thinks the red pants actually looked pretty cool when paired with the white jerseys, especially when the cuffs were hiked up to reveal the blue socks. And you might be surprised to learn that there's an old-school precedent for the red britches: the 1936 Reds.
  Source: www.espn.com
   
• New York Times - "The Jersey Boys, and Their Obsession With Double-Knit"
  March 19, 2006
  
  By JOHN FREEMAN GILL

  About seven years ago, the girlfriend of a writer named Paul Lukas grew weary of his eccentric habit of hollering at the television every time he noticed a quirk of sports uniform design. ''She got tired of me shouting, 'Look at that guy's socks compared to that other guy's socks!' '' Mr. Lukas, a goateed 41-year old Park Slope resident, recalled a week ago. ''And she said, 'You know, Paul, I think you need an outlet.' '' That outlet turned out to be a column called Uni Watch, Mr. Lukas's fondly obsessive chronicle and critique of sports uniforms. It ran for four years in The Village Voice, then briefly on Slate.com, before finding a cult following in 2004 on ESPN.com, where it still appears.

  Each week, Mr. Lukas receives hundreds of e-mail messages from a far-flung readership as fascinated as he is with such pressing issues as why the Chicago White Sox don't wear white socks (they did in the franchise's early days), why the uniforms of Canada's 2006 Olympic speed-skating team looked so wrinkly, and the story behind those reptilian-looking batting helmets the Mets are sporting in spring training.

  Mr. Lukas has become the high priest of an offbeat subculture of people who didn't know one another. Hoping to foster community, he recently did what few priests do: he invited the congregation to a bar.

  Thus was born the Uni Watch Athletic Aesthetics Party. Last Sunday afternoon, about 40 sports-attire buffs convened at Southpaw, a Park Slope nightspot. Some had come from as far away as Denver, and as one might imagine, the decision on what to wear to the event was fraught.

  ''I thought I was going to be the only jerk here wearing a jersey, but it turns out I'm surrounded by jerks,'' said Robert McGill, a 40-year-old graphic designer from Hackensack, N.J. Mr. McGill, who was wearing a 1980's Seattle Mariners pullover that had belonged to a middling pitcher named Glenn Abbott, proudly pointed out the ''game-worn tobacco juice stain'' on his chest.

  As period baseball scenes played on a large screen opposite the bar, sneaker heads, patch gurus and color mavens milled about, chatting about uniform arcana. ''I have over 22,000 confirmed values of color in my database,'' said Donovan Moore, the 43-year-old president (and sole member) of the Society for Sports Uniforms Research. ''I'm insane.''

  Tom O'Grady, a sports branding consultant in a 1996 Houston Rockets jersey, replied, ''You're frightening, but that's O.K.''

  Later, five panelists took questions from the audience, touching on matters like ''the double-knit revolution,'' and shared observations like this one from Mr. Moore: ''The Carolina Panthers use a different color black from the rest of the NFL., and that's important.''

  Mr. O'Grady then made a prediction to the audience: ''When there's 10,000 people in 10 years, like the Westminster dog show, it'll be because Paul started it all.'' But in a private moment a few minutes later, Mr. Lukas offered a less grandiose take on the day's events: ''Everyone was a little less dysfunctional than I expected.''
  Source: www.nytimes.com
   

• El Paso Diablos Unveil 2006 All-Star Logo (American Association (baseball))
  March 14, 2006
  The El Paso Diablos have unveiled the new 2006 All Star logo for the American Association / Can Am All Star game. The game, which will be held on July 18 at 7:05 PM, will be hosted by the Diablos at Cohen Stadium. The logo was designed to represent the unique southwestern El Paso flavor using chili peppers to represent the star on the Franklin Mountains. Measuring 459 feet in length and 278 feet in width, the star was originally lit as an El Paso Christmas tradition in 1940. Since World War II the star has been lit every year and has taken on a special significance within the El Paso community. In 1980 the star remained lit for 444 days during the Iran hostage crisis and for over a year in 1990 in support of Ft. Bliss and all US troops during Operation Desert Storm. The star on the Franklin Mountains now remains lit the entire year.
  Source: www.oursportscentral.com
   
• Minnesota Vikings Designing New Uniforms for 2006 (National Football League)
  March 14, 2006
  The Vikings are changing quarterbacks and uniforms for the 2006 season. On the day they traded Daunte Culpepper to Miami, several other players were in the New York City area for fittings of a new uniform the team is having designed. New starting quarterback Brad Johnson, tight end Jermaine Wiggins and cornerback Antoine Winfield were among the players who made the trip. Steve LaCroix, vice president of sales and marketing, confirmed that the team is redesigning its uniform but would neither reveal details nor comment on a report that the design includes purple pants to be worn at home with purple jerseys.
  Source: www.startribune.com
   
• Boise Hawks to Unveil New Logo for 2007 (Northwest League (baseball))
  March 10, 2006
  "As we approach our 20th anniversary season, these are exciting times for the Boise Hawks Baseball Club and our fans. One of our most pressing issues is the design of a new logo for the 2007 season that will lead us into our next 20 years. The licensing agreement we have with Minor League Baseball on our current logo is about to expire. Because of that, we've hired Plan B Branding, a company out of San Diego, to help us with the design of a new logo we'll unveil next year."
  Source: www.oursportscentral.com
   
• Peoria Rivermen Unveil 25th Anniversary Logo (American Hockey League)
  March 9, 2006
  President/CEO Bart Rogers of the Peoria Rivermen, the proud primary affiliate of the St. Louis Blues, unveiled today the silver anniversary logo that will commemorate professional hockey's 25th season in Peoria and Central Illinois throughout the 2006-07 Peoria Rivermen campaign. "We feel the melding of the ?25,' the puck and the Peoria skyline captures the essence of Rivermen hockey over the past quarter century," Rogers said. "This entire occasion is a true testament to the loyalty and long-standing support from our dedicated fans in Peoria, Bloomington-Normal and the surrounding areas. We want this to be as much a celebration about them as it is about hockey."
  Source: www.oursportscentral.com
   
• MetroStars Sold and Renamed Red Bull New York (Major League Soccer)
  March 9, 2006
  Major League Soccer's MetroStars are being sold and renamed Red Bull New York.  Anschutz Entertainment Group, owned by Denver billionaire Philip F. Anschutz, completed an agreement Thursday to sell the team to Red Bull Co. Ltd., an Austrian firm that manufactures an energy drink. Red Bull also bought naming rights for the soccer stadium the team hopes to build in Harrison, N.J., and will have 50 percent ownership. AEG will be in charge of building and operating the stadium.
  Source: www.espn.com
   
• Uni Watch by Paul Lukas - "Helmets, Hats and Snazzy Jerseys"
  March 8, 2006
  Let's say you're an official Major League Baseball equipment licensee. But due to the complexities of MLB's licensing arrangements, you're not allowed to put your logo on the gear the players are wearing. What a gyp, right? What's the point of being associated with MLB if you can't put your brand's graphic stamp on the game? Is there anything you can do? Unfortunately for the rest of us, there is. And that story line is now playing out in at least two places during spring training.
  Source: www.espn.com
   
• Binghamton Senators Unveil 5th Anniversary Logo (American Hockey League)
  March 7, 2006
  Season tickets for the Binghamton Senators' fifth anniversary season will go on sale Wednesday, March 8 at the Senators' executive office on the third floor of the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Once again, there are multiple season ticket options to choose from - each offering significant savings and advantages not available to those purchasing single game tickets. The 2006-07 campaign will be the B-Sens fifth season in the American Hockey League and the team is commemorating the anniversary with a logo that will be featured on the Senator's sweaters for select games during the upcoming season.
  Source: www.oursportscentral.com
   
• Chicago Bulls Unveil Special St. Patrick's Day Uniforms (National Basketball Association)
  March 7, 2006
  The Chicago Bulls will showcase a specially designed St. Patrick’s Day uniform as part of the NBA’s holiday celebration. The team will celebrate the holiday by wearing its special edition uniforms on Saturday, March 18 when they host the Miami Heat at 1:00 p.m. The home green jerseys will incorporate elements from the team’s red road jerseys for the Shamrock Saturday matinee. The wordmark “BULLS” will remain the same, in black block lettering with white trim and the Bulls logo will also remain consistent with the traditional red, black and white Bull’s head.
  Source: www.nba.com/bulls/
   
• Port Charlotte Franchise Looking for a Few Good Nicknames (South Coast League (baseball))
  March 6, 2006
  He has spread the news in North Port, pumped up the volume in Englewood, preached the gospel in Port Charlotte and Murdock, and looked for converts in Punta Gorda. Omar Roque has been a very busy young man in the three weeks he has been here selling professional baseball, meeting civic groups, potential sponsors and vendors and talking with just plain folks who want to know about the independent league team that will begin playing in Charlotte County Stadium next May. Three hundred thirty-one days and counting.
  Source: www.sun-herald.com
   
• Boston Celtics Unveil Special St. Patrick's Day Uniforms (National Basketball Association)
  March 6, 2006
  The Boston Celtics have officially unveiled a special St. Patrick's Day uniform that the team will don for a week-long NBA celebration. The Celtics will join the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls in wearing special uniforms and apparel beginning on March 12th when the Denver Nuggets visit the TD Banknorth Garden.
  
  Source: www.nba.com/celtics/
   
• Houston Dynamo Unveil Uniforms (Major League Soccer)
  March 6, 2006
  Houston Dynamo unveiled its new uniform at a public ceremony at KICKS Indoor Soccer, at 611 Sheperd Drive, in Houston. The home uniform consists of an orange jersey, white shorts, and the name "Dynamo" across the chest, while the away kit features a white shirt, and orange shorts. The name "Dynamo" also appears on the chest. On both jerseys, the team shield is at the top left corner.
  Source: www.soccer365.com
   
• Houston Dynamo Unveils New Nickname (Major League Soccer)
  March 3, 2006
  With a fitting backdrop of the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Weiss Energy Hall, the Houston club in Major League Soccer will be known as the Dynamo, team president and general manager Oliver Luck announced Monday in a press conference.
  
  Source: www.mlsnet.com
   
• New York Knicks Unveil Special St. Patrick's Day Uniforms (National Basketball Association)
  March 1, 2006
  The New York Knickerbockers today continued to expand their celebration of New York’s ethnic heritage, signing Tourism Ireland as the presenting sponsor for their special St. Patrick’s Day celebration game, on Friday March 17 when the team takes on the eastern conference defending champion Detroit Pistons at 7:30 p.m. The night will have a decidedly Irish flair, with in-game entertainment, giveaways, food specials, and…for the first time ever…the Knicks donning green uniforms.
  Source: www.nba.com/knicks/