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When it comes to sports uniforms, Los Angeles has room for improvement
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When it comes to sports uniforms, Los Angeles has room for improvement
In a list of best dressed sports teams from ESPN, Los Angeles' comes in at number 11. What went wrong? ESPN's Paul Lukas blames the Clippers.
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In a list of best dressed sports teams from ESPN, Los Angeles' comes in at number 11. What went wrong? ESPN's Paul Lukas blames the Clippers.

This week, ESPN released a definitive list of the best dressed cities, based on their sports teams' uniforms.

It scores the uniforms of every team in the every city with more than two teams, and averages them out. Rounding out the top three this year is Boston, then Pittsburgh, then Chicago… you have to scroll all the way down to 11 before you’ll find Los Angeles. 

The list and research is the work of

, he runs ESPN’s Uni-Watch and has one of the most unique jobs in the world: sports uniform design critic. He blames the Clippers, and their often panned uniform redesign: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMxC-c6sV8M