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
NBA takes For-Sale sign off jerseys. But we haven’t heard last of ads on uniforms
November 7, 2012 · No comments
The NBA's backing away from its plan to place For-Sale signs on its jerseys. But you haven't heard the last of pro sports leagues and teams looking to slap more corporate logos on their uniforms as a way to raise ad revenue in the current recession...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
NFL’s tubby linemen bash Nike’s new uniforms to WSJ: ‘I hate them’
October 3, 2012 · 1 comment
Some of the NFL's beefy linemen can't stand Nike's new sleeker, form-fitting uniforms. They're asking a question in locker rooms usually reserved for Nordstrom fitting rooms, according to the Wall Street Journal: Does this make me look fat?...MSG to telecast 70 NY Knicks games including home opener vs. Heat...Ray Rice signs deal with BODYARMOR...MORE
Jeter leads MLB in jersey sales but rookies Harper, Trout jump into Top 5
October 2, 2012 · 1 comment
Derek Jeter of New York Yankees leads MLB in jersey sales while rookies Bryce Harper and Mike Trout jump into Top 5...Chicago Cubs tickets selling for less than $1 apiece on StubHub...Jimmie Johnson's self-published book...MORE
Best news today: Nike says Lions lineman’s see-through pants were ‘isolated issue’
September 17, 2012 · No comments
Nike, the NFL's official outfitter, says the problem of sweaty lineman wearing practically see-through pants "seems to be an isolated issue." TV viewers across America heave a sigh of relief.
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