Happy 2012 and All That

. As you can see above, one of the chief pleasures of New Year’s Day Weekend is the rare sight of eye black during an NHL game. But the Winter Classic was just one of the many, many uni-relevant events over the past few days. Let’s take a look, one major category at a time… NFL • Isaac Redman of the Steelers had some nameplate problems on Sunday. • Did Larry Fitzgerald wet his pants, or did it just look that way? • During Sunday night’s Giants/Cowboys game, reader Zak McGinniss sent me the following: “I keep noticing four white threads coming from underneath Corey Webster’s jersey. Almost looks like a tzitzit worn by orthodox Jews. Ideas?” I couldn’t find a good shot of Webster from Sunday’s game, but I did find shots of him — and other members of the Giants secondary — showing the dangling threads in previous games. I sent a quick note to Joe Skiba, who replied, “Usually a player ties down his sweat towel down d...