FanHouse WorstUniforms

FanHouse's friends at AOL Sports are compiling a list of the worst uniforms ever. Because they're our friends and the subject matter lends itself to hilarity, we thought we'd join in the fun. We don't get too see too much of the drivers' uniforms in NASCAR, so we set our designs on their cars. Here's our look at the worst paint schemes in recent history.

Dale Earnhardt #3 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet Peter Max paint scheme
The Winston @ Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 20, 2000
I don't consider myself to be a connoisseur of fine art, but I'm down with the work of cosmic art innovator Peter Max--even have a signed print of my own that hangs behind me as I write this. But Max's rainbow hippie designs proved to be a little too psychedelic for a stock car

2007 again drove home the point that rainbow pastels should not come in contact with a race car:

FanHouse's friends at AOL Sports are compiling a list of the worst uniforms ever. Because they're our friends and the subject matter lends itself to hilarity, we thought we'd join in the fun. So here's our look at the worst uniforms in college football history.

This is always a difficult thing for college football fans, because everyone knows that Oregon is the be-all and end-all of hideous uniforms. They've been rocking their day-glo green and yellow combinations for decades, mixing in smatterings of black, white and truck-bed gray whenever the mood strikes them, which is constantly. There's no debate: Oregon has the worst uniforms in college football and probably in the entirety of sport. So, yeah. Brian Grummell highlighted five of the ugliest Oregon unis of all time in a separate post. The rest of the world is just trying to finish second.

You may notice that many of these "worst uniforms of all time" are recent creations. There is a simple reason for this and it resides in Oregon: Nike.

Dishonorable Mention: Penn State. What? Penn State? Yes. It's no coincidence that uncommitted recruits in EA's NCAA series have helmets that look like PSU's, as Penn State's uniform is really more of an absence of style than anything else. What one perceives as clean, classic, and unadorned is just boring to another. The kicker: you can trace the irritating trend of teams removing names from the back of their uniforms, thus confusing onlookers as to just who the hell is who on your newly "unified" team full of team players who play on a team right back to the Nittany Lion getups. While the PSU uniforms don't rise to the level of horror the following do, they're always amongst the most overrated uniforms in college.

5. The Nike One-Shoulder Look. This can't be blamed on one team. Rather, these hideous creations are the fault of Nike's phantasmagoric uniform torture lab, which decided it would be really cool to make some football teams look like stormtroopers.



Miami, Virginia Tech, and a few others obliged; the results were eye-melting. Though these are legendarily ugly, points are taken off because they were a one-time stunt.

AOL Sports is compiling a list of the worst uniforms ever, and, because they're our friends and the subject matter lends itself to hilarity, we thought we'd join in the fun. So here's our look at the worst uniforms in NBA history.

Bethlehem Shoals: I get that things were different in the seventies. Collars were easier to pop, everyone was on acid, and you could still freak out The Man. That said, I still think that the Hawks' home unis from 1970-1972 are the worst thing ever made. The road ones are okay, in a newly-built subway system map kind of way. But that green on the home ones is absolutely putrid, like what the guts of radioactive lobster look like on a bad night. Not only is it ugly, it's goofy and not at all imposing. Imagine trying to get your competitive fire burning when you're looking like a kid's book character.

Here's the thing: it got retro-ed recently, eventually sold in Foot Lockers everywhere, and became a totally legit, 21st-century fashion statement. I guess either I'm wrong, or everyone else is. Big surprise there.

AOL Sports is compiling a list of the worst uniforms ever, and, because they're our friends and the subject matter lends itself to hilarity, we thought we'd join in the fun. So here's our look at the worst uniforms in MLB history.

What do the Yankees, Dodgers and Tigers have in common? Timeless uniforms that look as sharp now as they did 75 years ago. Unfortunately, not every Major League Baseball franchise has been so lucky over the years. In no particular order, here are nine of the ugliest uniforms ever to disgrace our national pastime.

You know why Curt Schilling looks so upset in this picture? Because he knows he looks like a freaking Christmas tree, that's why. The Red Sox have worn green on St. Patrick's day in spring training the last few years, and for one game this April they busted out the uniforms in honor of recently deceased Celtics legend Red Auerbach. Good thing it's the thought that counts, because that combo is atrocious.

Some people mock the Padres' camo jerseys, but I actually think it's a pretty slick nod to all of the servicemen and women located on San Diego's miltary bases. But those mustard yellow throwbacks? Yikes.

The Houston Astros prove that the spectrum of what's "ugly" and "cool" is cyclical -- the classic rainbow threads of the late 70s and early 80s were once considered atrocious, but now they're so loud they're considered by some to be pretty slick. So why include them on this list? Because I firmly believe no one would consider them fashionable if they weren't nostalgic.

Pinstripes work for the Yankees, perhaps because they're subtle. Sadly, as documented by Where is Andy Van Slyke?, there's nothing subtle about the Pirates' take on pinstripes in the 1970's. (And the pillbox style cap ... why? Why?)

AOL Sports is compiling a list of the worst uniforms ever, and, because they're our friends and the subject matter lends itself to hilarity, we thought we'd join in the fun. So here's our look at the worst logos in Olympic history.

The official logo for the 2012 London Olympics was unveiled yesterday, and British artists think it's hideous. In MJD's Debriefing he wrote, "I'm not saying I don't like it ... I just don't completely understand what it's supposed to make me feel." And that's just about the most positive thing anyone has had to say.

But the 2012 London Olympic logo isn't even close to the worst symbol in Olympic history. Here are the five worst logos or mascots in the history of the Olympics:

1. 1960 Rome: Reading that Romulus and Remus were nursed by a wolf is interesting. Seeing it is disgusting.

2. 1988 Seoul: Staring intently at that swirl can cause vertigo.

3. Whatizit, 1996 Atlanta: A weird blue creature sure to scare small children.

4. Waldi the Dachsund, 1972 Munich: The ugliest dog I've ever seen.

5. Tokyo, 1964: Would it have killed them to try to be a little creative?

I'm a Chicagoan, and if our fair city wins the 2016 Olympics, I nominate Miss Gossip to design the logo.

(Photo credit: Getty Images)

AOL Sports is compiling a list of the worst uniforms ever, and, because they're our friends and the subject matter lends itself to hilarity, we thought we'd join in the fun. So here's our look at the worst uniforms in NFL history.

In 1988, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Vinny Testaverde threw 35 interceptions. The Bucs' front office was horrified that the young quarterback they had just a year earlier selected with the first pick in the NFL draft was having so much trouble distinguishing his own receivers from the opposing secondary that they tried something drastic: They switched jersey colors.

Rather than wearing orange at home and white on the road, Tampa Bay switched to wearing white in every game, thinking that would make it easier for Testaverde to find his receivers downfield. That was the right move, but not because it would make Testaverde a better quarterback. It was the right move because those orange jerseys are hideous. We present here the five worst uniforms in NFL history:

1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1976-96: A monstrosity.

2. Denver Broncos, 1960-61: Brown pants, yellow jersey with brown numbers, socks with vertical stripes. With a team that looked like that, it's a wonder the American Football League lived long enough to merge with the NFL.

3. Buffalo Bills, present: Kissing Suzy Kolber labeled the Bills' uniforms the ugliest in the NFL, and they really do look like something that would be more at home in the CFL.

4. Green Bay Packers, 1937: When the NFL wore throwback uniforms league-wide to celebrate its 75th anniversary, Brett Favre put on the Packers' 37 duds. Ophthalmologists were overrun with emergency calls as fans everywhere gouged out their eyes.

5. Everything in the Pro Bowl: A Packers helmet on top of a blue-and-white NFC jersey, a Raiders helmet on top of a red-and-white AFC jersey, every combination looks bad. Sorry, No Photos

AOL Sports is compiling a list of the worst uniforms ever, and, because they're our friends and the subject matter lends itself to hilarity, we thought we'd join in the fun. So here's our look at the worst uniforms in Oregon football history.

My FanHouse colleague Brian Cook will publish his own list of the top five worst college football uniforms, but we'd be remiss not to single out a team in a world of its own for sheer ugliness: Oregon.

Long before unlimited color combinations became the metro thing in college football, there was Oregon blazing a trail of tears - and assaults on the eyes.

In no particular order, here are my top five worst Oregon Duck football uniforms of the last 15 years.

1994-1995 Rose Bowl: yellow - green - yellow, complete with the helmet stripe, daffy donald duck shoulder logo, interlocking U and O on the helmet and helmet stickers. No wonder Penn State clobbered 'em.