Posts Tagged ‘Nike’

Of Course They Are (LeBron James)

Friday, July 24th, 2009

According to NBA.com, Nike is giving back the Jordan Crawford dunk tapes they confiscated from Ryan Miller. Hopefully, Miller has a better angle of Crawford’s two-handed flush, because while it wasn’t the most eye-popping dunk in the world, Jordan did, in fact, yack LeBron. Whether he was late or just lazy, LeBron did [...]

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New Roethlisberger Commercial Is A Lie

Friday, July 24th, 2009

I’m not trying to kick Ben Roethlisberger while he’s going through a potentially tough situation, but his new commercial for Dick’s Sporting Goods/Nike isn’t accurate. In it, Big Ben is telling a prospective buyer how the new Nike Marauders are good for helping a quarterback move around the pocket so they can better avoid [...]

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More Jordan Over LeBron Video

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Here’s another angle of the “Jordan Crawford over LeBron” dunk that, all of a sudden, we can’t keep from discovering. Where was this two weeks ago, guys?
Oh, and for those defending LeBron, saying he was merely late on the rotation; you might want to watch again. He got caught being lackadaisical [...]

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The Economy, Attendance and Nike Shoes (Kobe Bryant)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Yeah, it’s a slow news day, so things like this tend to stand out when you are hunting for content. While touring the Philippines, Bryant spoke about whether or not the faltering economy would hurt attendance for the upcoming NBA season. He’s confident it won’t, saying families will continue to support NBA basketball. [...]

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The Josh Selby Hubbub

Monday, July 20th, 2009

So a stud basketball player decommits from a team he pledged his eligibility to when he was 16 and reopens the recruiting process. All-in-all, it’s just another day in the world of college basketball recruiting, where the fates of millionaire coaches are decided by the whims of athletically-gifted children. Why is it, then, [...]

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A Thought About LeBron and Jordan

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Something occurred to me while sitting through, like, Day 3000 of LeBron’s Dunkgate “scandal” concerning Jordan Crawford’s now-mythical dunk: Is this another viral marketing move on Nike’s part, and Ryan Miller is simply playing along? Granted, there’s not much you can do, commercial-wise, with an NCAA athlete, lest you want to threaten his [...]

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