photo via Nike In an attempt to honor the 29 coal miners who tragically died last year at the Upper Big Branch coal mine , the West Virginia University Mountaineers have teamed up with Nike to create new football uniforms that have the mark of coal. The uniforms are white, but have coal dust on the pants and shoulders. The yellow strip on the hemet is said to represent a miner’s headlamp. In the photo featuring the new uniform a player appears to be emerging from a strip mine, leav… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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West Virginia Football Uniforms To Honor Coal, Fallen Miners
