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If you were watching the highlights of Sundays NFL games, you probably saw a play in which Bears running back KaDeem Carey had his left-side helmet logo knocked clean off of his helmet by Packers linebacker Joe Thomas:And that wasnt the only helmet glitch from that game. Packers linebacker Jake Ryan came away with major damage to his logo decal, striping tape and paint job:You might be thinking, With all the news involving concussions, isnt it a little weird to be highlighting these big hits that cause helmet damage? Fair point. But the reality is these incidents have more to do with the weather than with the severity of the hit. The game-time temperature at Soldier Field was 11 degrees, and history has shown that decal adhesives are more prone to break down in cold weather. Bears decals have been particularly vulnerable to this problem over the years because the teams wishbone-C logo consists of two thin prongs, which means there isnt much surface contact between decal and helmet. On a day with subfreezing temperatures, it doesnt take much for those decals to chip, tear or come loose.So you can enjoy the novelty of seeing these decal malfunctions without feeling as if youre celebrating a player getting jacked up. With that in mind, heres a selective timeline of 10 such incidents over the past decade:Sept. 8, 2007: Rashad Johnson, AlabamaA rare example of a warm-weather decal glitch. When Alabama linebacker Rashad Johnson, who wears No. 49, hit the ground during a 2007 game against Vanderbilt, the 9 on his helmet went flying.Dec. 23, 2007: Adrian Peterson and Brian Urlacher, BearsHere we have a classic case of Bears logo damage: torn decals during a late-season, cold-weather game. Once you start looking for it, youll find that this happens to many Bears players every year.Jan. 20, 2008: Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs, GiantsThe Giants ny decal is another logo with thin lines that are vulnerable to breaking. The temperature at Lambeau Field for the 2008 NFC Championship Game was right at zero degrees, so its no surprise that running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs, among others, suffered damage to their helmet decals. (Bradshaw had dealt with similar issues a few weeks earlier. Giants equipment manager Joe Skiba said at the time that Bradshaw often liked to stand near the sideline heaters during cold games, so the cold-hot-cold cycle might have additionally affected his decals adhesion.)Nov. 16, 2008: Lance Briggs, BearsIts one thing for a logo decal to be torn or damaged. Its another for it to be flapping in the breeze, as was the case with Bears linebacker Lance Briggs during a 2008 game in Green Bay.Dec. 7, 2008: LeRon McClain, RavensEver see a raven without its beak? That was the situation for Baltimore running back LeRon McClain for a 2008 game in Washington.Oct. 27, 2012: Damien Williams, OklahomaOklahoma running back Damien Williams had some trouble with his helmet logo during a 2012 game against Notre Dame. Of course, the Irish never have to worry about this kind of thing because they dont bother with helmet logos.Nov. 24, 2013: Chad Greenway, VikingsDid real Vikings lose their helmet horns during battle? Minnesota linebacker Chad Greenway lost part of his during a 2013 game in Green Bay.Jan. 1, 2015: Assorted Oregon and Florida State playersThe helmet logo gremlins were out in full force for the 2015 Rose Bowl (which was also a College Football Playoff semifinal), with several Oregon and Florida State players suffering assorted glitches.Nov. 29, 2015: Chandler Jones and Malcom Brown, PatriotsThe Pats Flying Elvis logo nearly flew the coop during a 2015 game in Denver, as defensive linemen Chandler Jones and Malcom Brown both needed a bit of postgame decal maintenance.Dec. 15, 2016: Assorted Rams playersThe Rams helmet horns are vinyl decals, just like the logos worn by other teams. For Thursday nights game in Seattle, they swapped out their usual gold horns for white versions -- their first time wearing white hots since 1972. Unfortunately, several players horns didnt hold up in the chilly temperatures.That list isnt close to complete, but it gives you an idea of how the look of a football teams most iconic visual signature -- its helmet -- can end up seriously compromised, especially on a cold day.Paul Lukas gives big thanks to everyone whos gotten screen shots of these helmet decal malfunctions over the years. If you like this column, youll probably like his Uni Watch Blog, plus you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Want to learn about his Uni Watch Membership Program or Uni Watch T-Shirt Club, be added to his mailing list so youll always know when a new column has been posted, or just ask him a question? Contact him here. Vans Old Skool Ireland . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. Vans Old Skool Sale Ireland . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. http://www.clearanceoldskoolireland.com/ . The All-Pro lineman got the leg bent under him while trying to make a tackle during the first half of a 22-20 overtime loss at Miami on Thursday night. The medical staff initially thought hed torn the ligament, and the test a day later in Cincinnati confirmed it. Buy Vans Old Skool Ireland . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. Vans Old Skool Womens Ireland . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors will seek to extend their winning streak to 12 games when they host the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.The Warriors (15-2) saw their run of 10 straight games with at least 30 assists end Saturday during a 115-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.However, Golden State shot 55.6 percent from the field and hit half of its 22 3-point attempts. The Warriors got 34 points from Stephen Curry, 28 from Kevin Durant and 23 from Klay Thompson.The Warriors are 7-0 when Curry, Durant and Thompson all score at least 20 points in the same game.Golden State began a five-game homestand with the comfortable win over Minnesota despite being without Draymond Green, who sat out because of a sprained left ankle. He is questionable for the Monday game.Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Green was missed.It was just not having Draymond out there, Kerr said while discussing the teams 25 assists, five shy of keeping alive the NBAs second-longest, all-time streak of 30-plus assists. It changes our ball movement and the force that we played with. Hes handling the ball so often for us that you take him out of there, it changes things.Kevon Looney made his first career start in Greens place and contributed six points, three rebounds, two assists and one steal to the win.The Warriors will be facing an Atlanta team that played Sunday night in Los Angeles against the Lakers.Coincidentally, Golden State entered their Saturday game against the Timberwolves under the same circumstances, having beaten the Lakers 109-85 the night before.The Hawks (10-7) had no such luck in Los Angeles, losing 109-94. It was theirr fourth defeat in five games.ddddddddddddAtlantas one and only visit to Oakland this season means another chance for Warriors fans to ridicule longtime rival Dwight Howards free-throw shooting.The Warriors intentionally fouled Howard on multiple occasions in his only visit last season as a member of the Houston Rockets. With the fans screaming in his ears, Howard obliged by missing eight of 10 from the line.He is just 145 of 248 (58.5 percent) from the line in his career against the Warriors, having made 6 of the past 20. Often intentionally, the Warriors put Howard at the line an average of 9.5 times in his 26 career visits.The veteran, a former Laker, responded to unappreciative former fans in Los Angeles on Sunday night with 19 points and nine rebounds. He did, however, miss four of five from the line.Howard insisted after the game that the fans didnt bother him.I closed my ears, he said. (The Lakers) are playing good basketball.The Warriors swept the two-game series from the Hawks last year, but it was a struggle.The second meeting, in Oakland, went to overtime, with the Warriors needing a 15-point, 13-rebound, nine-assist, four-steal effort from Green in order to prevail.Golden State was missing Curry (sprained left ankle) that night.The win, the Warriors third straight over the Hawks and eighth in the past nine meetings, allowed Golden State to take a 143-142 lead in the all-time series between the rivals, who first met in 1950 as the Philadelphia Warriors and the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. ' ' '