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Steve Seepersaud |
Sports Gossip: Whine, Liquor & Dope Montgomery contesting lifetime ban... NBA facing possible work stoppage... Trivial Matter... etc.   |
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Mark Simmons |
LeBron: Nike's $90 Million Man A look at the success and failure of various sneaker deals in the past and the motivation for signing a $90 million contract with LeBron James. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Jason Zengerle |
March Payday Madness No one makes more money from the annual NCAA tournament than big-time college basketball coaches. Are they worth their astronomical paychecks? |
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Steve Seepersaud |
Sports Gossip: Athlete Scandals & Attitudes Jamal Lewis drug bust...Colorado football rape scandal... Will Barry Bonds take steroid test?... etc. |
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Steve Seepersaud |
5 Of The Biggest Athlete Endorsement Deals Details on the 5 biggest endorsments deals for athletes. |
Sports Illustrated
January 22, 2003
Kelley King |
Doing the Legwork In the battle to lure top sports recruits, the kindliness of campus hostesses can make all the difference. And you thought it was the new physics lab. |
Sports Central
May 29, 2004
Adam Russell |
Barnett's Reinstatement Good For Head Coaches Gary Barnett is still the head football coach at Colorado and, despite mixed reactions to the news, probably deserves the position. |
Sports Illustrated
May 28, 2003
George Dohrmann |
James and the Giant Deal Adidas and Reebok offered more cash, but Nike's full-court press helped it win the battle for the heart -- and feet -- of high school basketball phenom LeBron James. |
Sports Central
January 8, 2004
David Martin |
Troubles, and Then a Split Title The college football season started with the specter of two coaching indiscretions looming over, if not outright haunting, their respective schools. It finished with a question mark haunting two other, happier programs. |
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Steve Seepersaud |
Failed Michael Jordan Heirs Fans and sports writers have dubbed a few young stars as the "next Jordan," but have any lived up to the hype? |
Sports Central
December 3, 2004
David Martin |
Bad Times For College Football Fans This college football season opened with as much hope and as great an expectation of success and great competition as any in recent memory. Now, we must consider what has gone wrong with the game of college football. |
AskMen.com
December 10, 2003
Steve Seepersaud |
Why Is The NCAA Downsizing? While money is a major reason colleges cut sports teams, it certainly isn't the only reason. |
Sports Central
December 10, 2007
Wailele Sallas |
NBA Superstars Trading Places How has the NBA got to this point? |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Nike's LeBron: Pure Gold? Nike's deal with the basketball phenom is getting buzz, but will it pay off? |
Sports Central
January 1, 2007
Ross Lancaster |
Crimson Tide Once Proud, Now Forgettable? Despite having three non-winning season in four years, Alabama football is still one of the most tradition-rich programs in the country. |
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Steve Seepersaud |
Top 10: Highest Paid College Football Coaches Head coaches at big-name schools have seven-figure incomes, often making more money each year than the athletic directors and college presidents for whom they work. |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006
Stanley Holmes |
Adidas' World Cup Shutout U.S. fans of soccer's big event will see only Adidas ads on television. Nike's response: A MySpace-style site for soccer nuts. |
Sports Central
October 8, 2004
M. Edward Guest |
Tressel's Buckeyes: How Long Will it Last? Jim Tressel's style of football is more suited for the National Football League than even the Big 10 because of his beliefs: the punt is paramount; causing, not making, turnovers; and field goals put "points on the board." |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Stanley Holmes |
Adidas: The Machine of a New Sole Adidas' new shoe is no gimmick, and at $250 it's no bargain. Nevertheless, Adidas is pumped by nine months of positive buzz that preceded the new shoe's launch. And rivals Nike and Reebok have taken notice. |
Fast Company
August 2005
Chuck Salter |
Protect This House Kevin Plank's improbable hit -- a sweat-wicking undershirt -- kicked off the fastest-growing category of sportswear. Now Nike and other megabrands are in hot pursuit of Under Armour. Welcome to the disrupter's dilemma. |
Sports Central
September 30, 2003
David Shaw |
The Intangibles of Success As college football begins to hit mid-stride and the true heart of the schedule with conference play, schools are dropping out of the top-10 like flyballs in a Colorado Rockies outfield. The division between winners and losers this year is no different than any other: the intangibles. |
Sports Central
June 4, 2008
Ben Feller |
Tressel is Dangerfield of College Football Jim Tressel is an elite college football coach that doesn't get the respect he deserves. |
Sports Central
November 16, 2004
Mark Chalifoux |
Tressel to Blame For Scandal Every Ohio State fan in the world has a right to be furious with the one man responsible for turning Ohio State football from a thing of pride into the biggest scandal in college sports, head coach Jim Tressel. |
Sports Illustrated
March 21, 2000
Jackie MacMullan |
Inside the NBA The Raptors want to believe Tracy McGrady won't fly the coop |
BusinessWeek
September 20, 2004
Stanley Holmes |
The New Nike No longer the brat of sports marketing, it has a higher level of discipline and performance. With revenues exceeding $12 billion in fiscal 2004, the company that started by selling sneakers out of the back of a car has finally grown up. |
AskMen.com
January 8, 2001
Jimmy Shapiro |
Top 50 Sports Stories Of 2000 Here's one man's opinion of the top 50 stories of 2000, in order of importance. Let's hope this year is as eventful... |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Townsend & Elfes |
Adidas' Big Money Defense Against Nike With Nike closing in, Adidas hopes sponsorships will preserve its lead. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Jordan Takes Air Out of Nike Nike's grand spokesman Michael Jordan recently bolted out of a scheduled appearance in Taiwan as quickly as he used to drive to the hoop for the Chicago Bulls. |
Fast Company
November 2000
Ron Lieber |
Boing! After 16 years of research-and-development effort, Nike has finally figured out how to put a little spring not in your step but in your shoes. Innovation, it turns out, is a marathon, not a sprint... |
Sports Illustrated
August 11, 2000
Marty Burns |
Free-agent sweepstakes favors Spurs A trip to the dentist for a root canal. The check-in line at the DMV. An all-day Maude marathon. Those might be the only things longer and more drawn-out than this year's NBA free agent "frenzy", which began July 1 and still hasn't completely died down |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2011 |
A Quick History of Adidas The story behind the increasingly popular athletic brand. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Skip Rozin |
A Whole New Ball Game? The push to reform--and scale back--collegiate athletics is gaining yardage. |
Sports Central
July 27, 2004
Eric Williams |
An Open Letter to Kobe Bryant "I guess congratulations are in order. You won. You got what you've wanted all along. You got your max contract and Shaq got shown the door. You are now the unquestioned leader of this new-look Laker team." |
AskMen.com
May 16, 2001
Mark Simmons |
Who Will Be The Next Michael Jordan? I hated seeing Michael Jordan retire. I loved seeing the new prospects step up their games and stake a claim as the Air apparent. But why is it that no one player has captured the fans' emotions? |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006
Mark Hyman |
Rescued By The Gridiron "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is a penetrating look at how football has changed, via the story of one underprivileged youth. |
Sports Central
August 2, 2004
Jonathan Lowe |
O-Hi-O-No: Stories in the Buckeye State Last year, college basketball's offseason reeked of scandal, including numerous coaching faux pas and even a tragic death. Which Ohio school will be sucked into the fray next? |
Sports Central
April 26, 2005
Vince Grzegorek |
Double Down! NBA Playoffs Notes Okay, maybe that was a little overdramatic; but the arrival of the NBA playoffs are a little hard for this Clevelander. I'm wondering where the meteoric fall of the Cavs this season ranks with the all-time collapses in sports history. |
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Christopher Hunt |
A Poem For LeBron James When Nike officially launched the LeBron 13 in front of 2,000-plus fans in Akron, Ohio, where James grew up, playwright and poet Lemon Andersen delivered a special poem called "The Akronite" at the event. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
David Lee Smith |
A Tiger in Nike's Tank Nike's relatively rapid success with links attire and equipment is only a microcosm for the company's wider-ranging growth and maturation. This company deserves investors' attention. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2008
Bill Hazell |
Rocket Men If the Houston Rockets continue their winning streak through this coming week, many of their critics who say that they are not for real may have to change their tunes. |
Sports Central
June 14, 2011
Bob Ekstrom |
A King Gone, But Not Forgotten The Mavericks' reversal of their perennial postseason underachievement was unexpected. |
BusinessWeek
January 22, 2007
Stanley Holmes |
Changing The Game On Nike How budget sneakers are tripping up Nike's basketball business. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2007
Billy Fisher |
Nike Delivers the (Kobe) Beef Investors, Nike re-signing of Kobe Bryant to a multi-year endorsement deal plays a significant role in the company maintaining its image as a premier sports retailer. |
Sports Central
December 28, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Grinches Ruin Christmas Kobe vs. LeBron on Christmas Day should have been the story of the week in the NBA, but instead, here's a list of the Grinches that stole the Christmas Headlines in the NBA. |
Sports Central
May 29, 2007
Adam Russell |
The Sports Fan's Cable/Satellite TV Paradox There are now so many specialized sports networks on cable/satellite TV that executives are forced to find anything to fill their programming schedules. |
Sports Central
February 10, 2010
Kyle Jahner |
Chasing the Dragon: Recruiting Coverage College football recruiting is the most obsessive following of high school boys that isn't prosecutable by federal law. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2004
David Martin |
Does the Clarett Ruling Kill College Football? Court's ruling allows Maurice Clarett to gain eligibility for the NFL. |
Sports Illustrated
June 1, 2000
Tim Layden |
Popularity contest Successful teams are a big draw for prospective students |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2010
Nick Kapur |
Should College Athletes Be Paid to Play? Take that idea back to crazytown. |
Sports Illustrated
February 12, 2003
Kelley King |
Inside College Football: Powers of Persuasion Why some programs had surprising results on national signing day |
