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5 Things You Need To Know About Sports, America And The Anthem

Whitney’s is the most popular, Billy Joel’s is the shortest and Fergie’s is the weirdest. Here are five things to share with your fellow patriots today over burgers and beer.

The Rundown: A Winning Combination

It’s Friday and National Junk Food day – a stellar duo if we do say so ourselves. Now if only Last Night’s Game delivered coffee alongside your morning read.

 

Now that’s a winning combination,

The Last Night’s Game Team

Tour de France

  • A force to be reckoned with. The Tour's defending champion Chris Froome is hanging onto the overall lead in this grueling race. With three stages left, the race ends Sunday, he appears to have his fourth title in five years all but locked up. Ever wonder how taxing the race is on a rider's body? Check out this photo. Eww.

PGA (Professional Golfers' Association)

  • Swinging in the rain. It’s day two of The Open in England. (The Open – also known as The British Open - is the third of four Major tournaments in golf). The tournament is currently being led by three Americans who will have to brave the Irish Sea’s elements to win.

College Football 

  • Just plain wrong. After six questionable seasons at Ole Miss, head football coach Hugh Freeze has resigned. A U.S.A. Today investigation revealed that the coach’s phone records featured a plethora of calls on a school-issued phone to a number associated with an escort service. The university promptly escorted him out.

Overtime

  • Sports Illustrated released its list of the Fashionable 50 in sports. The NBA (National Basketball Association) MVP, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook, also claimed the title of fashion MVP for his eccentric dressing. Tom Brady, Misty Copeland and Serena Williams are a few of the other athletes at the top of the list.

Speaking of fashion, check out our Five Things You Never Knew About Baseball Uniforms to impress the best this weekend.

Sideline stat

  • The Houston Rockets (NBA) are for sale. Leslie Alexander bought the team in 1993 for $85 million. Forbes estimates the team’s value at $1.65 billion, the eighth most valuable NBA franchise. Shall we all pool our money?

Coaches’ corner

  • There was no way to avoid the coverage of yesterday’s parole hearing for OJ Simpson . (Spoiler alert: he was granted parole). What you may not have heard is that he’ll be walking out of prison with some cash in his pocket. His NFL (National Football League) pension, which is protected by state law, has reached close to $600,000 during his stint in prison. Here’s how the math works.

The Rundown: 5 Things You Never Knew About Baseball Uniforms

All of the greats have worn uniforms – Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth and Mark Zuckerberg. Here’s five things you never knew about on the field fashion.

 

You look good in my shirt,

The Last Night’s Game Team

 

PS – Thank you to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and our friends at Three Sands Clothing who celebrate historic sports teams, games, and events through vintage apparel for the research on today’s post.

FIVE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT BASEBALL UNIFORMS

  1. The first official baseball uniform was made for the 1849 New York Knickerbockers. It featured wool pantaloons, flannel shirts and straw hats. We’re sure dressing like the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz while trying to catch a pop fly was no big deal.                             
  2. In 1882 teams were required to wear different uniform colors to represent the positions on the field. For example, red and white striped shirts and caps were worn by first basemen, while shortstops wore solid red. This experiment didn’t last long and by mid-season this uniform rule was abandoned.
  3. Since most uniform colors were similar, teams began wearing colorful socks or stockings to differentiate one team from another.
  4. A baseball manager (aka head coach) is the only coach in sports to wear the same uniform as the players. It’s not because they think it makes their hips look small but because the role of coach used to be performed by the captain, who was also a player. The manager was actually the one who paid the bills and scheduled the games. As baseball advanced, the role of the captain evolved to a non-playing role and eventually into a manager/head coach as it is today – uniform and all. 
  5. Numbers weren’t worn on the back of the uniforms until the 1920s. Instead of wearing a number of the player's choice, the number corresponded to where the player was in the batting order. So Babe Ruth wore #3 because he was the third person hitting in the lineup.

OVERTIME

  • Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy revealed that his infamous (or famous depending on how you look at it) mullet was worth millions in marketing value this offseason, elevating the brand of the school. Party in the front, money in the back.

SIDELINE STAT

  • The LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) is enforcing a new stricter dress code to require players to dress more professionally. The fine for a dress code violation? $1,000. On the new dress code, pro Christina Kim said “Do you really need ventilation for your side-boob? It’s not going to make your score better.” Touché.

COACHES’ CORNER

  • Nike, the new official apparel provider of the NBA (National Basketball Association), unveiled the jerseys for the upcoming season yesterday. The new jerseys will be lighter and partially made out of recycled plastic bottles. A little different than the flannel and straw hat used in baseball.
 

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