NBA and Adidas’ ‘Big Color’ jerseys help ignite Black Friday retail sales
November 26, 2012 · No comments
The NBA’s new ‘Big Color’ jerseys from Adidas helped drive the league’s best-ever Black Friday sales at NBAStore.com and the NBA’s Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan…Superfan ‘Fireman Ed’ turns in his helmet before he gets punched out by angry NY Jets fans…MORE
Now we’re outsourcing athletic endorsers to China too: D-Wade signs with Li-Ning
October 14, 2012 · No comments
First we outsourced our jobs and economy to China. Now we're outsourcing athletic endorsers too as Dwyane Wade signs with Chinese basketball brand LI-NING...Talk about rubbing salt in the wounds. MLB sends World Series e-mails to Washington Nationals fans...MORE
MSG’s greatest moments, including ‘The Dunk’ over Michael Jordan
October 12, 2012 · No comments
They call it 'The Dunk.' To this day, Michael Jordan won't admit he was posterized by John Starks' soaring, left-handed dunk. Starks and others shared their memories of Madison Square Garden's "Defining Moments" as the World's Most Famous Arena squares off with new Barclays Center in Brooklyn...MORE
Ex-Reds superstar Eric Davis: It’s not just black athletes who go broke
October 11, 2012 · No comments
Ex-Cincinnati Reds superstar Eric Davis notes its not just black athletes who go broke due to bad investments. Look at Mets owners and others. "Guys have taken millions from Harvard-educated grads," Davis says. Eric the Red also weighs in on who should win AL MVP from the MLB Fan Cave in New York...MORE
HBO’s Real Sports takes on reasons behind ‘Fan-on-Fan Violence’
September 19, 2012 · No comments
HBO's Bernard Goldberg pinpoints one reason for the explosion in fan-on-fan-violence at sporting events. The breakdown in traditional institutions across the USA: home, family, organized religion...MORE
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